Battlefield 3 ships 10 million copies

By Fred Dutton Published 27 October, 2011

EA claims retailers already asking for more stock.

EA has shipped more than 10 million copies of Battlefield 3 to retailers, the publisher has announced.

Speaking during an investor call earlier today, CEO John Riccitiello claimed that it was already receiving requests for re-orders from vendors.

COO Peter Moore added that it represented the "biggest day one shipment the company has ever done," and it was "maybe double what we did on Medal of Honor."

It also confirmed that the game pre-sold three million copies to customers ahead of release.

Battlefield 3 launched in North America on Tuesday, with a European release tomorrow.

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Comments (35) Latest comment 7 months ago

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  • thenastypasty #1 7 months ago

    Just make sure you increase server capacity to go with it then EA......OK!
    Edited by thenastypasty at 27/10/11 @ 22:46

  • coolbritannia #2 7 months ago

    Not from Amazon they haven't. Still waiting for my copy.

  • sybixsus #3 7 months ago

    Judging by all the advertising, I'm assuming 9 million of those are Eurogamer readers.

  • SaintDaveUK #4 7 months ago

    Nice. It's an excellent game and I hope it does as well as they expect.

  • bad09 #5 7 months ago

    It's out tomorrow? Does that mean all us EG users have to clear out for the battlog site EG has been replaced with?

  • Genyus #6 7 months ago

    What's that you are all talking about? I'm telling you guys, Firefox + AdBlock Plus does miracles (video miracles included).

  • Bravestinsane #7 7 months ago

    @Genyus

    yeh, i use chrome though, since the revamp im seeing battlefield adverts THROUGH my adblock... seriously some fucking commitment EG has to BF3,... adds through ad-blocks endless BF3 articles aday....
    jesus christ...

  • revan8 #8 7 months ago

    Played 5 hours Mp n about half way through sp. Mp as expected, awesome. The suprise is I loving sp. Far better than the euro gamer review suggests

  • Hurleybird #9 7 months ago

    Shame so many people can't play MP on Xbox thanks to this "Failed to Join Game. Please check your network connection and try again" error.

  • Mazzle #10 7 months ago

    @Hurleybird Or PC due to the Origin activation servers being down :(

  • lockload #11 7 months ago

    @Bravestinsane Well im on chrome and not seing adverts. make sure you are signerd up to the correct blobk lists in setup of the addon

  • Ranger101 #12 7 months ago

    Server capacity right now is shit for B3. only 4-5 servers for eu.
    Quick matche doesnt work, but server browser is awesome, as is the queuing system!

    Once you get in though... good lord this game is amazing.

    360 version.

  • polaris70 #13 7 months ago

    Twice as many sales in one day as Medal of Honor did in its lifetime, well done DICE, multiplayer is awesome. Shame about people not being able to join servers, I couldn't at first but filtered the server browser for rush only and eventually joined a server. I stayed on the same server from 1800 until 2330. Hopefully it will be a bit easier in the coming days.

  • Badassbab #14 7 months ago

    11.11GB out of 13.59GB downloaded. Current DL speed is 850kbs. I'm going to bed.

  • Jonny5Alive7 #15 7 months ago

    Shipped is not games sold. As people have already mentioned if EA know these big numbers then get the servers sorted!

  • Bravestinsane #16 7 months ago

    @lockload

    Thanks, i manually assigned it to be blocked all good now

  • Kanjin #17 7 months ago

    I thought of buying it for the single player, true fact, but then I read the review, it just sounds like CoD in a different box.

  • Ap3xx #18 7 months ago

    Post deleted at 12:25:39 14-12-2011

  • DapperGent #19 7 months ago

    Game can't be played, I surprised myself by being surprised.

  • inutaihanyou #20 7 months ago

    I didn't like BF3 campaign(i've played it 3 times already). Thought it was boring, tried too hard to be something it wasn't. You can't destroy anything they don't let you, a complete reversal from the promise of the frostbite 2 engine and even the bad company games as well as the multiplayer element. You stay in claustrophobic tunnels almost the whole game, and you can't take any direct control any vehicle besides the tank, and that's only to go down a straight street.

    I think it was about the time i went one millimeter off the beaten path to shoot at some enemies and died because of the countdown that i realized i wasn't playing a Battlefield game at all. Stick with the multiplayer.

    If BF3 was rated only on its campaign and not on the excellent multiplayer, the reviews unfortunately would not have been as glowing.
    Edited by inutaihanyou at 28/10/11 @ 01:05

  • LR100 #21 7 months ago

    Optimistic. Hopefully we'll see the full sales figures next week.

  • Totza #22 7 months ago

    @Kanjin why would you buy battlefield for the singleplayer? thats like Oblivion for multiplayer.. lmao

  • abot #23 7 months ago

    Shipped does not mean sold.

    It would be great to see how many have sold. Especially in the first week.

  • Quixz #24 7 months ago

    Installing my copy as I type this up, YES IT'S 2 AM!

  • djronz. #25 7 months ago

    is that shipped or sold?

  • PaulieWaulie #26 7 months ago

    Post deleted at 14:23:40 06-01-2012

  • SpaceMonkey77 #27 7 months ago

    Nice sales, there. I'm plucking my way through single player, and while enjoyiing its Ghost Recon edge, I still kinda yearn fr what BF2 was. It seems the less serious approach of Bad Company was actually more fun to play.

    Any game where its you can die to easy, can be a turn off, but give BF3 more time, with more weapon unlocked and I'm sure it'll grow on me.

    As for midnight cues, bugger that, especially in this weather. Preordering all the way now.

    By the way, that 8/10 seems a fair score after actually playing BF3.

  • homerramone #28 7 months ago

    Itll be people buying it as a sort of cheap rental 'til cod comes out ;-)

  • linksdad #29 7 months ago

    How many have failed to connect to multiplayer?

  • SFG_Clan #30 7 months ago

    I actually like the campaign so far, I mean its a bit better than CoD (although that isn't exactly hard with them using an aging engine and the same formula for every story).

    The multiplayer is :eek: ... so goood

  • MakeYourself #31 7 months ago

    @inutaihanyou You didn't like the campaign and yet you've already played through it 3 times?! Jesus, I'd hate to see how much you play games you actually enjoyed...
    Edited by MakeYourself at 28/10/11 @ 13:10

  • metalangel #32 7 months ago

    Server capacity right now is shit for B3. only 4-5 servers for eu.
    Quick matche doesnt work, but server browser is awesome, as is the queuing system!
    Good to hear the open beta didn't even accomplish its stated goal of ensuring the servers could cope.

  • rob_of_the_robots #33 7 months ago

    My Physical Warfare code didn't work :(

  • overcorpse #34 7 months ago

    There was 50+ people outside of Gamestation for a midnight opening in my town last night so i can well belive this.

  • rudedudejude #35 7 months ago

    Medal of LOL