NPD: BF3 moves “just under” 2 million, 360 still tops

October 2011 saw a 1% increase in sales yoy to $1.08 billion compared to $1.07 billion the year prior, according NPD’s monthly US figures.

Software grew 3%, increasing from $604.8 million to $621.3 million, with Battlefield 3 the clear winner with just under 2 million units sold across all platforms. Frazier said she expects “notable sales occurred via digital downloading as well,” for the title.

[DonaldBeck]

2 million is good

[Winter47th]

It's true. EA talked about Call of Duty more that Activision. They shot themselved on the foot by overhyping Battlefield 3. Hey, better luck in two years, again.

[Torunkz]

2 millions units is very good, it's their best selling Battlefield game now.

MW3 did 6.5 million units which is their best selling Call of Duty game now.

You can argue back and worth about which is better and who sells more but at the end of the day both games did very well in reviews, which ever game you play you should be proud of your series.

[jeremyKX]

Only 2 million? Didn't they just proclaim they shipped 10 mil and ended up with 5 mil sales in first week?

[Focus]

NPD =/= the world, however 2 million is pretty low considering US buys most fps. It is still 2/5 so I guess its plausible that the rest of the world contributed 3/5 in sales.
If they shipped 10 million and sold less than 5 million, why was everybody having an orgy over uncharted 3 shipping 3.8 million?

[zeeshan]

Because Uncharted is platform exclusive.

[-Alpha]

US may buy more FPS games but I thought BF3 was more popular in Europe.

[BlmThug]

BF3 steam has run out very quickly. Its a great game but they kept bad mouthing the competition

[hiredhelp]

BlmThug
Ha ha ha ! No

[GamersRulz]

?!

[awi5951]

They have no idea what it sold digitally amazon sold it for 20 dollars cheaper i bet they sold a bunch by themselves. NPD isnt worth anything without walmart sales and digital download sales they are way the hell off. Most people buy their games from walmart or download.

[cyclonus007]

These are October NPD numbers.

BF3 came out in the last week of the month.

Meaning BF3 sold approximately 2 million in North America alone in one full week, helping EA to their most successful launch ever.

If that equals failure then most games would be happy to fail that hard.

[mcstorm]

I think they are good numbers for bf3. What people keep forgetting is bf3 is a core gsme mw3 is not and there are more none core than core in the world.

I also think if ea had shown bf3 on the 360 rather than the ps3 it would of sold a few more as fps games tend to sell better on the 360 than the ps3.

But i expect bf3 to sell around 5 to 7 million in its life which is not bad at all only a few games sell more than 5 million and they are halo gt cod and mario games plus a fee more but is is a selection of game that do.

[awi5951]

Bad company 2 sold 11 million so BF3 will sell better.

[mcstorm]

You sure it sold 11 million? I thought it was around 5 million?

[awi5951]

Yes look it up over its whole lifetime it sold 11 million

[Venjense]

Is there no company that tracks world-wide sales, having the US only is useless.

[ZeroX9876]

BF3 made some great sales, even if MW3 sold more. BF3 got a more realistic feel to it compared to the arcade MW3.

I bought the 2 games for my PS3 and I tried letting my friends try both games. the majority of them prefered MW3 over BF3 mainly because MW3 is more user friendly than BF3. most of them said that BF3 was too much real and wasn't run and gun enough.

[0neShot]

EA made an official announcement, that sales 'estimate' of BF3 for a week is near 5 million. And now it turns out it is actually only 2 million? Obviously another lie from EA, like using high end PC to market BF3's graphical prowess that is not true for consoles, saying they're taking a big pie of the COD market and trash talking COD all year long.
MW3 sales 6.5M first day US and UK alone, a week of sales will double this number, so BF3 turns out like BC2, that is NOT on the league as COD.

[cyclonus007]

NPD= North America. There is still the rest of the world to consider and digital sales.

[hiredhelp]

@0neShot
so BF3 turns out like BC2, that is NOT on the league as COD.
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No you right its not as big as COD
(ITS BIGGER A WHOL;E LOAD BIGGER)
you may only see it from the console side but have you actually seen the list of servers on pc. have you seen the regions you can choose have you seen the amount of lobby's

Im talking hundreds overall in lobby's "servers"
each varying from 32 to 64 players Each lobby. take on board that factor generate that with the console owners Thats alot of people.

And no its not in same league as cod hell am i glad of that. "ITS IN A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN"
As for sales concerned it sold well i still dont beleave we know the real estimate yet not world wide.

And another thing funny how quiet its been this year with no statements from activision for mw3 with videos hyping there game very very quiet. Most news if any came from blogs and leaked info. Now look i see cod posts full of ppl upset with the game sure bf3 got issues But i come in here listen to all the cod players trying to bash a game thats been in the works fr 6 years and with a new engine all you lot can do is cry and talk smack.

[0neShot]

Big? no, BF3 is small but you have a big d.. It cannot even surpass COD MW2 and more so COD BOP in the XBL most games played list when it launched considering majority of the online BF3 players are in XBL you ignorant fool.

[hiredhelp]

Firstly Stop talking about my D*CK its just dam weird, secondly XBL seriously you talk like its the biggest thing "Majority of players are" oh kid please stop take your head out of your ass wake up son.
Theres more than the 360
I know you bring cod to the mix beleave me you dont wanna bring cod into this argument cos im not talking about sales here kid im talking about the better game. Were you have maximum gameplay Land, Sea,Air talking of air
If i met you on bf3 after calling me a fool talking about my D**K again i plant you one with a C4 charge so far up your ass you be screaming in pain for me to pull the trigger. Witch then in turn shoot you 900ft in the air were you be faced with a oncomming Jet.

[Clarence]

What are you talking about. These numbers are for NA only. Calm down lil soldier. Be happy with COD.