Battlefield 3 Blows Up 5M Sales Record First Week

By ONE Liners Agency

In the first week of its release, Battlefield 3 has sold five million units globally. On day ONE 10 million units of Battlefield 3 were shipped, making the game as the fastest-selling in the history of Electronic Arts (EA).

At the price of about $60 one unit of Battlefield 3, the company has crossed a mark of $300M. Even for a blockbuster movie the first week sale is not easily reached so much.

Last year on day ONE Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops was sold seven million copies and the richness it took was $360M in just 24 hours.

It is said the upcoming COD series, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, will break all the records as Black Ops did in 2010. But last year there was no similar title as Battlefield 3. This time there is a head-to-head competition. Modern Warfare 3 is getting released in a week later on November 8.

One thing is sure, Call of Duty has a huge die hard fanbase, and it is growing further.

So far, Battlefield 3 is doing well amid few critics. On Facebook fan page the game has got more than 2.5 Million fans with hundreds of thousands of them actively engaged. On Twitter there are more than 200K followers.

Also check: Battlefield 3 iPhone Wallpapers

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November 02, 2011 | 0 comments