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    Xav de Matos posted a new article, Battlefield 3 sells five million units in first week, says internal EA estimates.

    Battlefield 3 has successfully deployed into five million homes worldwide, EA has announced. According to the publishing giant's "internal estimates," it is now "the fastest-selling game in EA's history."
    Oct 31, 2011 7:00pm PDT
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    Xav de Matos posted a new article, Battlefield 3 sells five million units in first week, says internal EA estimates.

    Battlefield 3 has successfully deployed into five million homes worldwide, EA has announced. According to the publishing giant's "internal estimates," it is now "the fastest-selling game in EA's history." : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      I can't wait until next week when MW3 comes out, and all the little kids start playing that instead. : jimvolk
      • Good, keep them off our servers. Not like they play the PC version anyway. : cruncht1me
      • Let me rephrase that for you -- I can't wait until next week when MW3 comes out and everyone leaves BF3. ... : meoffThis person is cool!
      • Thats funny, you sound just like those little kids. : Mr. Monday
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        Childhood is short. Maturity is forever. I wish I was a kid again. : Dragzeela
        • Actually maturity quite quickly segways into senility then shortly after death! : disembodied potatoThis person is cool!
      • that's fine. not even going to bother with CoD this time around : dantasticThis person is cool!
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        lol MW3 comes out next week? News to me : kill9This person is cool!
        • Mechwarrior 3 came out in May of 1999 : sanchezThis person is cool!
        • It's news to you that MW3 comes out next week? Ok... : pizzaput
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          I had no idea either. : marmiteThis person is cool!
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            I'm sure the both of you not knowing will have a huge impact on sales : Dravenport
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              Seeing as how I bought every CoD game up until this one, I doubt that I'm alone on this. : kill9This person is cool!
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                no, you are not the only person that feigns ignorance about popular things : maullaThis person is cool!
                • wtf242'd : Dravenport
                • Actually I had no idea. Focused more on playing Dark Souls/BF3 and then next week is Skyrim 24/7. Nothi... : kill9This person is cool!
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                I didn't get Blops but I bought every single one since the very first until then. I just kinda stopped no... : marmiteThis person is cool!
                • Same here. I stopped at Blops (but then, I ignore all the non-IWard ones anyways). : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
              • I've bought 4 through Blops and didn't even know MW3 was coming out next week. I'm not really interested ... : OutlawSundown
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              I very much doubt that, it'll sell in huge numbers. : marmiteThis person is cool!
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                http://cdn.head-fi.org/d/d6/d61912a9_cant-tell-if-serious.jpg : zerog83This person is cool!
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                  Well I wasn't sure what his point was. : marmiteThis person is cool!
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                    My point was that while I have seen BF3 advertised for weeks and weeks at every single opportunity (on bi... : marmiteThis person is cool!
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                      my point is a couple of people not knowing about the release of the game won't effect anything, the hardc... : Dravenport
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                        also I must have seen ads for it a million times during NFL games on Sunday : Dravenport
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                          I was just gonna say, all day sunday all I saw was BF3 ads across all the networks. : Affliated
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                            what : Dravenport
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                              lol whoops.. MW3 ads, my bad! : Affliated
                              • lol that's what I figured you meant : Dravenport
        • Yeah I had no idea MW3 was coming out next week until I saw an ad for it last week. : deathofratsThis person is cool!
        • I thought it was at least another month away. I'll definitely pick it up when it's on sail. : Dschinghis Khan
        • It will outsell BF3, so yeah, it will be news. : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
      • Speaking of MW3, check out this link... http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1211242p1.html : SOTGAce
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      I wonder if it would have sold another million or two if it was on Steam, or if being on Steam wouldn't h... : Mystery0000
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        I'd hate to think there's a million herp-derpers out there who wouldn't buy a game they wanted to play si... : Dravenport
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          It does make a difference to me, I'll say that. It didn't stop me from enduring the whole Origin thing, ... : Lucien Irenicus
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            yea this is my point, if people want to get a game, they'll get it regardless of the delivery/login metho... : Dravenport
            • i would have bought it if it was on steam. i didn't, because i can wait for mw3 since i have a backlog. ... : xxiv
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          I'm not really thinking about boycotters but rather that Steam has 30+ million subscribers and it's very ... : Mystery0000
          • so your theory is that there's a million or two people in the world who only hear about games through ste... : Dravenport
        • So would I, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were. The herp-derp is strong with the Sperger generatio... : ColoradoCNC
      • i'm sure the holdouts are right there with the L4D2 boycotters : RikiTiki2
      • I really doubt it. : Sgt_BoomstickThis person is cool!
    • This thread sucks exactly as much as you'd imagine it would : Chipwarrior
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      whoever doesn't buy this game is retarded. : shakybonez31
      • i cant wait to be retarded : sreyes22
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        fuck all people who don't buy this game : MercFox1
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          all 6.98 billion of them : deject
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            I am assuming they'll sell 10 million copies. : deject
            • We officially passed 7 billion. : Regim
      • I'm ready for my full retardness. : Kub666
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        I want a redo. I'd like the chance to go back to retarded. : SlingBlaze
        • lol username : jvoxThis person is cool!
      • My grandfather isn't a retard. But I know what you are! : Chipwarrior
      • a retard that is 60 bucks richer! : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
      • I'm retarded. I just can't think of a reason to get it besides the graphics. Some of the gameplay of the ... : thebigbeefsandwich
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        I don't play MP and the SP sounds like it sucks. I'd rather be retarded until its on sale. : rickThis person is cool!
        • I'll buy it when it hits $30 or less. : deject
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          I've enjoyed the SP campaign quite a bit actually. : ZakkoThis person is cool!
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            I made the mistake of reading some of the hyperbole here regarding the SP being terrible before I tried i... : xlartiThis person is cool!
            • 0 Bugs for me too! It's just boring as hell! : SOTGAce
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        I bought it, not happy that I bought it. The SP pretty well sucks. It's like a hot chick with a shitty pe... : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
        • I figured from your post preview you were going to say "a hot chick with a shitty penis." : XevoThis person is cool!
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          What do you mean by squads work 50% of the time? This seemingly doesn't make sense. Multiplayer is the... : kershner25
          • Half the time when we get in the game 1 or more people are not in our squad even though we started in the... : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
      • You're adorable. : Ride-My-RocketThis person is cool!
      • You must be talking about the Germans: http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=27006233 : Alco23
      • MW3, SR3, Skyrim, Batman:AC and Serious Sam 3 all come out this month. I just don't have time. :( : DynotakuThis person is cool!
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      No surprise, game is exceptional, where it counts. The multiplayer. The frostbite 2 engine is pure FUEGO... : rtricoche
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        Does FUEGO mean buggy as fuck? : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
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          Buggy as fuck? Really? How is it buggy? I haven't encountered really anything game breaking. : Dschinghis Khan
          • I've posted multiple times about the SP bugs. The bugs I've seen in MP are mostly likely going to be patc... : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
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          Do you even own this game? : pancake humper
          • Yes, humper of flat cakes made in a pan. I bought it release day. : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
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      eBay estimates that nearly 2 million used Battlefield 3 copies have already been sold. : SOTGAce
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        that makes 7 million Battlefield 3 "sales" : TheGeneMachine
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          You did see the "used" word correct? Which means to subtract. If I had said "addtional" you could then ad... : SOTGAce
          • They call those "story problems" instead of "word problems" now? Well shit. Also I think he was just b... : ChaosNovaXZ
          • *reads your post then facepalms* : TheGeneMachine