Sales figures of EA Games’ Battlefield 3 have been released today, and certainly there was no doubting that this game would be a huge seller. Within a week of Battlefield 3’s initial worldwide release, the game has sold over 5 million units across three different platforms: Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC/Mac. The game has become EA game’s fastest selling game in history.
The record sales figures can be attributed to the game’s critical acclaim by both fans and the media. Currently in the social media realm, Battlefield 3 has over 2.5 million facebook fans and a tweet about the game is post about every ten seconds on twitter.
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