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jkipp82
10-19-2011, 12:08 AM
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Battlefield 3 has surpassed 'a couple million' pre-orders, far outpacing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/07/battlefield-3-preorders-over-1-25-million-already-beating-bad-c/), according to EA.
Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/37942/Battlefield_3_PreOrders_Surpass_2M_In_Total.php) noted the stat from a recent appearance by EA Project Manager Kevin O'Leary on FOX Business (http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1222299328001/ea-gearing-up-for-battlefield-3/?playlist_id=87247) (clip may take several minutes to load).

The official Battlefield Blog (http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2011/10/17/battlefield-3-open-beta-wrapup-or-how-many-tanks-can-you-build-from-the-bullets-you-fired.aspx##) also posted an infographic, which states 8.1 million players participated in the controversial (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/10/the-beta-and-battlefield-3/) Battlefield 3 beta. Click on the gallery below to check it out or grab the mega-sized version (http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/OB_2D00_Stats_2D00_Final.jpg) from EA.

CloudStrife7x
10-19-2011, 12:13 AM
damn that is a lot of people but still wasnt too impressed with the beta will wait and see when this game comes out how it turns out, cool share jkipp :)

angelon
10-19-2011, 12:40 AM
yea me too wasnt impressed with beta either ill wait and see. thanks for sharing info