Wed, Aug 10, 2011 | 09:35 BST
Amazon: BF3 pre-orders up more than 2,000 percent against BF2
Wowzers. Amazon UK’s announced this morning that pre-orders for Battlefield 3 are more than 2,000 percent higher than those for Battlefield 2.
The exact figured given by the online retailer in a press release this morning said it was seeing pre-orders for the DICE shooter up by 2,302 percent against BF2.
Amazon also gave figures for other upcoming Christmas titles. Pre-orders on Modern Warfare 3 are up 321 percent against Black Ops, while Gears of War 3 is seeing a 216 percent count against Gears 2.
FIFA 12′s pre-orders are up by 325 percent compared to last year’s, with Batman: Arkham City seeing a 349 percent jump over Arkham Asylum.
But the biggest leading game besides BF3 on the list is Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception: the Naughty Dog action title has seen pre-orders go ahead by 488 percent compared to UC2: Among Thieves.
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Posted in: Retail, UK
Tags: amazon, Batman: Arkham City, battlefield 3, FIFA 12, Gears of War 3, modern warfare 3, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
6 comments
#1
Maximum Payne
10/08/11, 9:42 am
They already said pre orders are similar with Black Ops…
#2
EvilGost
10/08/11, 9:49 am
against Battlefield 2 or Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ?
#3
Johnny Cullen
10/08/11, 9:53 am
Battlefield 2.
#4
SplatteredHouse
10/08/11, 10:10 am
Isn’t that a pointless metric? More people buy and play video games what, than two hardware generations ago. Thanks, Captain Obvious!:D
#5
Fin
10/08/11, 10:32 am
Yeah, BF2 v BF3 is a pointless comparison.
The other ones are quite interesting though.
#6
BULArmy
10/08/11, 10:53 am
So the whole shit about the game is not on Steam is not so real.