Edward 1Battlefield, 1.5 million, 3
September 24th 2011 18:22
Battlefield 3's campaign for FPS dominance has taken a step forward as over 1.5 million pre-orders had been made.
The massive amount of pre-orders stems from the popularity of Battlefield: Bad Company 2's mulitplayer, which is strongly considered the superior alternative against's Call of Duty's twitch intensive gameplay.
And lets not forget the amazing first look of the game, which I believe, marks the new standard in video game graphics as did Doom 3 done in 2004.
Compared to Call of Duty's multiplayer, Bad Company 2 gives players more than one way to decide how they want to encounter the enemy; either by guns blazing (via the sniper scope or metres away), commanderring a land or flying vehicle, or play a support role as a mechanic or medic.
Despite 1.5 million pre-orders sounding like a lot, it is merely a small percentage compared with over 26 million copies sold by the franchise since its creation.
And then there is the numbers from the Call of Duty camp: over 98 million copies of all their titles combined as of last August provided by IGN.
As much as I am excited for the two big FPS heavyweights coming in November, my eye is still on Skyrim and Saints Row 3... Just saying.
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Comment by Anonymous
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The numbers game with Call of Duty is silly. The quality of a game cannot be measured by ending (or beginning) sales numbers but by how dedicated the fans are. Case in point: Battlefield 2 and Call of Duty 2, both released in 2005, have drastically different numbers of players on the servers, with Battlefield greatly eclipsing Call Of Duty.