Battlefield 3 Break EA Records

Battlefield 3, first person shooter game from Electronic Arts (EA), sold over five million units within one week after the day of its release. In the market, this game has an estimated revenue gain of more than 300 million U.S. dollars.

EA said the number of copies sold is a game that internal estimates, and this makes Battlefield 3 becomes fastest selling game in the history of EA. This is a positive signal for EA in the competition against its competitors, Activision Blizzard will launch a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, on 8 November.


Although sales figures above to be good news for EA, but this game companies still have to face the rigors of competition games first person shooter genre. Rival, Activision Blizzard, the year 2010, achieved revenues of more than 650 million U.S. dollars from the game called Call of Duty: Black Ops, in just five days. While the sequel to this best-selling game, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is predicted to sell two ata three times more than the latest war games EA, Battlefield 3.

A game reviewer on Metacritic, gave a 85 out of 100 for Battlefield 3 is playable on Xbox 360, the value 87 for the PlayStation PS3, and the value 90 for its PC version.