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[GraveRobberX]

Bingo. Huge part of my hype is that there really hasn't been anything to fill the gap that Battlefield 2 filled. Section 8: Prejudice was close.

<3

Section 8 was good, it was a starting point, but Prejudice is fucking AMAZING!

If they can convert that into at least modern setting (present time), with-out the future sci-fi elements it would be a fun ride
(Keep it at $15 please =3)

 

[specialguy]

If Subway can name October, Anytober then

November is Shootervember

Saw some funny quote about Subway slapped Red Lobster Shrimptober in the face.

 

[hamchan]

Doesn't that mean it could break Blops record?

It could but I seriously doubt it. 5.6 million in one day is kinda a lot.

Anyways congrats to EA and DiCE. Very interested to see how they'll make this a yearly series.

 

[Ardenyal]

Well deserved. Even though the game has it's share of flaws it's still a good improvement in quality over other shooters on the market.

 

[meppi]

Go research everything EA has done and does now. It's like a 1000 page book versus Activision's 100 page book.

Well, Activision closed down Bizarre and for that reason alone I refuse to give them one more cent.

 

[Choke on the Magic]

Releasing 1 game every year is not really that anti-gamer. You could say $15 map packs are, definitely, but what else do they really do? Not much.

Go research everything EA has done and does now. It's like a 1000 page book versus Activision's 100 page book.

So I guess you defend Activisions CoD Elite service as pro gamer? You're trolling and it's laughable.

 

[jax (old)]

Well deserved sales.

 

[RibbedHero]

The faster things get crowded out, the faster people will work on making new business models to sell their games.

Given that XBLA sales are vastly dying down as well, I suspect we will see some changes rather soon.

Shiiit. Is that true, or anecdotal? Would be a real shame if true.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

Wow, I didn't think it'd be that big that fast.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Amazing for opening week. Inb4 1000 more shooters get announced so they can attempt to emulate.

 

[(._.)]

The faster things get crowded out, the faster people will work on making new business models to sell their games.

Given that XBLA sales are vastly dying down as well, I suspect we will see some changes rather soon.

XBLA really just does better during the summer. baston did really well and they pretty much pushed themselves for s summer release because they knew a fall one would be very challenging.

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

Guess that boycott because of online codes was really a shot across the bow.

 

[snack]

How are these sales compared to Black Ops?

 

[Khal_B]

Really happy for DICE. They treated gamers to an amazing engine and game and I'm eager to see what they bring out next.

 

[hamchan]

Actually they are and the fact that you think otherwise is pretty funny. I'll gladly take used game passes over the same 3 franchises every single year. The fact that they put so much of their eggs into one basket is just terrible business on their part and just sets them up to be as much "anti-gamer" as anyone.

Just because you don't like Activision's games doesn't make them "anti-gamer" lol.

 

[DieH@rd]

Really nice news. Next year its MOH's time.

 

[Derrick01]

So I guess you defend Activisions CoD Elite service as pro gamer? You're trolling and it's laughable.

I don't defend Activision and I'm not a fan of theirs. It's just for every 1 bad thing you can find on them you can find 3 on EA.

 

[Gully State]

Activision and EA are both horrible to their consumers, just in different ways.

 

[hamchan]

So I guess you defend Activisions CoD Elite service as pro gamer? You're trolling and it's laughable.

CoD Elite is basically a season pass like every other publisher is doing, except they give you a bunch more stuff on top of just the DLC as well. If a person was going to buy all the DLC anyways it's actually a pretty good deal. You can shit on Activision for some things, but not this.

 

[GraveRobberX]

Really nice news. Next year its MOH's time.

I know I maybe in the minority, but the SP was really good, the MP was barebones

I was joking when I said Danger Close should do SP for BF3 due to DICE helping with the MP in MOH, maybe they should've?

I'm already growing my Tier 1 beard back =D

 

[DieH@rd]

I know I maybe in the minority, but the SP was really good, the MP was barebones

I was joking when I said Danger Close should do SP for BF3 due to DICE helping with the MP in MOH, maybe they should've?

I'm already growing my Tier 1 beard back =D

They need to ditch UE3, make MOH in Frostbyte 2 and keep on with "realistic" approach to the script.

 

[DaBuddaDa]

They need to ditch UE3, make MOH in Frostbyte 2 and keep on with "realistic" approach to the script.

That's exactly what they're doing IIRC.

 

[Hey You]

It will be interesting to see the XBL Activity chart next week.

 

[RoboPlato]

Holy shit. If true that means that BF3 outsold BC2's lifetime sales in a couple days. Insane. I have no doubt that MW3 will outsell it but some solid competition may spark some extra quality in the CoD series now, like Rock Band did with Guitar Hero.

 

[Riposte]

i guess having an effective marketing is more important than having a good game nowadays.

That has always been true.

 

[Tallshortman]

I know I maybe in the minority, but the SP was really good, the MP was barebones

I was joking when I said Danger Close should do SP for BF3 due to DICE helping with the MP in MOH, maybe they should've?

I'm already growing my Tier 1 beard back =D

I feel like most people said SP was good. I've personally said that it and CoD4 are the best military shooter SP games of this gen. The problem was that it was relatively short and Multiplayer was uninspired. The thing is, didn't DICE do MoH MP? I guess they used it as a sort of experiment since BF3 and BC2 were vastly superior MP wise.

 

[thcsquad]

That has always been true.

For every industry. I don't know why some people think the games business is any different than any other business.

 

[Kyaw]

Yay, make more shitty rush focused maps and dump the good old CQ maps for good. ;_;

 

[gatti-man]

Good for DICE. Im all for the success of a Dev that actually tries to push tech forward with each mega release as opposed to mw3=mw2=Blops method.

 

[Tallshortman]

Just because you don't like Activision's games doesn't make them "anti-gamer" lol.

I actually do enjoy Activision games and have every major CoD (1, 2, 4, MW2, WaW, BLOPS) release as well as a few of the GH iterations. Thanks for talking out of your ass though.

You quite clearly don't even understand the post I was responding to otherwise you'd realize I said iterating the same franchises over and over again leads to too much franchise dependence which leads to bad milking policies.

 

[Ark]

I'd like to say I contributed towards that figure, but I'm still yet to buy the game

From what I've seen though, a well deserved profit! (presumably).

 

[hamchan]

I actually do enjoy Activision games and have every major CoD (1, 2, 4, MW2, WaW, BLOPS) release as well as a few of the GH iterations. Thanks for talking out of your ass though.

You quite clearly don't even understand the post I was responding to otherwise you'd realize I said iterating the same franchises over and over again leads to too much franchise dependence which leads to bad milking policies.

And why is this anti-gamer or anti-consumer in any way? Hint: it isn't.

 

[Empty]

welp. with those sales they'll probably be put to grinding out battlefields forever instead of making mirror's edge 2.

 

[LuchaShaq]

Considering the single player so far (3.5 hours in) is worse than even bodycount/new call of juarez, and a small step above duke nukem this is pretty depressing.

Moving 5 feet off intended path to flank dudes? FIVE SEC TO RETURN TO MISSION.

Cut off wave of attackers? Nope! Ai runs through concrete walls wtf?

and to top it off the gross online pass shit.

Ea went quickly from my favorite to least favorite publisher this gen.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Wow. I guessed 7 million in the first month. Guess that was a bit wrong...

 

[RoboPlato]

welp. with those sales they'll probably be put to grinding out battlefields forever instead of making mirror's edge 2.

I'm sure they're going to do ME2 at some point, especially considering the look of the Paris mission in the BF3 campaign.

 

[Dipswitch]

Good numbers. Will be interesting to see if this impacts the MW3 numbers at all. I decided to go the BF3 route myself this year, so curious to see if other people followed suit.

 

[Moaradin]

Considering the single player so far (3.5 hours in) is worse than even bodycount/new call of juarez, and a small step above duke nukem this is pretty depressing.

Moving 5 feet off intended path to flank dudes? FIVE SEC TO RETURN TO MISSION.

Cut off wave of attackers? Nope! Ai runs through concrete walls wtf?

and to top it off the gross online pass shit.

Ea went quickly from my favorite to least favorite publisher this gen.

Multiplayer is the best this gen.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Shipped, eh?

I'll wait for the NPD and Chart-Track numbers.

 

[TheSeks]

Good, the game is great and will be even better when DICE finally fixes the aiming controls on PS3 and fixes the goddamn servers (DICE LAUNCH!).

 

[gatti-man]

Considering the single player so far (3.5 hours in) is worse than even bodycount/new call of juarez, and a small step above duke nukem this is pretty depressing.

Moving 5 feet off intended path to flank dudes? FIVE SEC TO RETURN TO MISSION.

Cut off wave of attackers? Nope! Ai runs through concrete walls wtf?

and to top it off the gross online pass shit.

Ea went quickly from my favorite to least favorite publisher this gen.

DICE isnt known for their SP campaigns. Not an excuse but now you know for next time.

 

[Empty]

I'm sure they're going to do ME2 at some point, especially considering the look of the Paris mission in the BF3 campaign.

could you describe the paris mission for me, i'm curious now.

hope you're right. i'm just sceptical that the execs will see the point in giving the series another chance when they can get so much more from the military shooter genre. i mean i'm willing to bet one bf3 map pack makes more profit than their estimates for a mirror's edge 2.

 

[LuchaShaq]

DICE isnt known for their SP campaigns. Not an excuse but now you know for next time.

I guess bad company 1/2 don't exist despite them being my favorite non halo campaigns this generation.

 

[Shadow780]

Can it do it?!

 

[Fjordson]

Considering the single player so far (3.5 hours in) is worse than even bodycount/new call of juarez, and a small step above duke nukem this is pretty depressing.

Moving 5 feet off intended path to flank dudes? FIVE SEC TO RETURN TO MISSION.

Cut off wave of attackers? Nope! Ai runs through concrete walls wtf?

Yeah, single-player is hot garbage. Not that I'm surprised about a new military shooter having a terrible campaign, but damn.

The multiplayer on PC is pretty dope, though.

 

[The Nature Roy]

That's exactly what they're doing IIRC.

Yep.

 

[I H8 Memes]

i guess having an effective marketing is more important than having a good game nowadays.

Princess Zeldas dad is a huge BF fan. You could be ruining any chance you ever had with her.

 

[tea_and_crumpets]

The marketing in the UK for it has been crazy. Literally see billboards, magazine and TV ads everywhere - expect it will sell very well here too, may well smash some records.

 

[Andrea23]

I get déjà vu :'D.

 

[J-Rzez]

Good for these guys, at it's core when the stars align it's MP is the best of this gen, easily. But EA, how about throwing some more of that cash to DICE to get some help to fix all the problems plaguing this in game, as well as that joke that's Battlelog. Hopefully we'll get some continued DLC/expansions for this due to those sales numbers. With a steady stream of content that are vehicles/guns/maps/modes, this thing can and will be unstoppable, not to mention in the long haul put a real hurting on it's competition.