Many speculations of battlefield 3 have come about due to bad company 2’s performance, many re judging that battlefield 3 will be much like bad company 2, and those not too fond of bad company 2 are sure to miss out on the great experience. This opinions are deluded, they have no realised that not only is battlefield 3 much much different to bad company 2, but will be a lot better, in both sales, success and gameplay.
Pre-orders
Bad company 2 managed with 70,000 preorders, this calculated from EA’s statement that when battlefield 3 reached 700,000 pre-orders; "Battlefield 3 pre-orders had surpassed 700,000 preorder units, a number which was 10 times that of the previous Battlefield game, Bad Company 2"
But battlefield 3 on the other hand at the current stage has reached a staggering 1,500,000 pre-orders, tremendously more than bad company 2; "new numbers from EA: Battlefield 3 pre-orders have now reached 1.5 million units". Showing that many people, battlefield fans or not, are hugly confident in this game, much MUCH more than bad company 2
Sales
Although terrible Day 1 performances (as stated later on), bad company 2 was able to reach current Sales of 9,000,000 in total; "As of June 30, 2011 over 9 million copies of the game have been sold across all platforms" and has been regarded as widely successful as stated by dice; “It did far better than we hoped for”
As battlefield 3 hasn’t been released, there are no guaranties of sales (yet), but In accordance with Bad company 2 sales and preorder statistics, we can predict with mathematical calculation that were would be a tremendous total sales of 192,857,142, although plainly over expected due to previous buyers of bad company 2 may have pre-ordered battlefield 3 and bad company 2 statistics may be unique and much MUCH different to battlefield 3
Beta Players
Bad company 2 also had a beta, and from statements from ea, we can assume it reached around 2,000,000 beta players, as "12,000,000 people have joined the Battlefield 3 beta, six times the numbers DICE had testing Battlefield: Bad Company 2"
Just as stated above, battlefield 3 showed an astonishing 12,000,000 beta players in their open beta, making it one of the most played game beta in history. This shows that there were many other people who were more interested in testing bf3 than bc2, although not as confident as pre-ordering, many people were confident to try out the game for themselves and help improve it for release, as the game looks much MUCH different to bad company 2
Beta Performance
Ignoring Dice’s response to why betas should be bad in order to improve the final game, people still though that the bad company 2 beta was horrible; "It was the worst game ever". – BF Community
There were much similar responses with the battlefield 3 beta, as people keep on ignoring dice’s reason to why a beta should be bad, just like bad company 2; "And it’s like, “Well, it’s a broken entertainment product, because we want your feedback.” And they say, “Well, I understand that, but it’s not polished enough!” And we say, “Well, that’s exactly what we’re talking about" - DICE. Although they were still surprised that so many people joined when it was (and supposed to be) just as buggy as bad company 2; "I think six times the amount of people playing the beta as we had in Bad Company and it’s the same problems." – DICE
It can also be noted that many people were disappointed with the Bad company 2 beta gameplay calling it “the worst game ever”, but with the battlefield 3 beta, many people confessed that it was incrediably amazing than any other fps they’ve ever seen, that going back to the current Patched and “best FPS in the market now” (bad company 2) was “shit”
Release Review
Heading from beta to day 1, DICE admitted that bad company 2 day one was horrible, they weren’t as experienced in betas and many things weren’t wrong; "But it wasn’t great on day one. People hated it on day one. It was a complete disaster, according to the forums, it was the crappiest game ever" - DICE. But despite this, bad company 2 still managed to sell well and after much patching, is said to be best FPS on the market (and still is, by certain players); "And then we patched it and fixed some issues. And now it’s like some people think it was perfect from day one. It was the best game ever" - DICE
Battlefield 3 once again has not been released, so there is yet to be any release reviews (yet), but as stated by DICE, they are going to make battlefield 3 release much better than bad company 2, due to their experience from bad company 2’s release, they promise it to be much MUCH better than bad company 2, even if it needs a few patches; "Why can’t Battlefield 3 be perfect from day one. But I mean [Battlefield 3 ] is much better today day one than Bad Company 2 was day one" - DICE, "but is will not be perfect as day 1 patches are still involved" - DICE
Overall
Bad company 2 did really well overall, dice were impressed and there were many sales and pre-orders, from these we can expect that Battlefield 3 will do tremendously better, as already seen by the pre-order statistics which can aid in predicting it’s HUGE sales. The beta was also was much more popular, even if the beta is said to be like bc2 to fix bugs, beta’s are supposed to be bad and there’s nothing to complain about their. From previous experience, DICE has said that battlefield 3 will have mega improvement on day 1 support and will be the focus of the company for years to come, unlike bad company 2.
So ultimately, Battlefield is in all ways much better than bad company 2, so if you (still) hate bad company 2 and hooked on repetitive reproduced crap, battlefield 3 might show you the light, and if you loved bad company 2, well… won’t you know about it!
References
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/10/how-will-battlefield-3-be-remembered/
Pre-orders
Bad company 2 managed with 70,000 preorders, this calculated from EA’s statement that when battlefield 3 reached 700,000 pre-orders; "Battlefield 3 pre-orders had surpassed 700,000 preorder units, a number which was 10 times that of the previous Battlefield game, Bad Company 2"
But battlefield 3 on the other hand at the current stage has reached a staggering 1,500,000 pre-orders, tremendously more than bad company 2; "new numbers from EA: Battlefield 3 pre-orders have now reached 1.5 million units". Showing that many people, battlefield fans or not, are hugly confident in this game, much MUCH more than bad company 2
Sales
Although terrible Day 1 performances (as stated later on), bad company 2 was able to reach current Sales of 9,000,000 in total; "As of June 30, 2011 over 9 million copies of the game have been sold across all platforms" and has been regarded as widely successful as stated by dice; “It did far better than we hoped for”
As battlefield 3 hasn’t been released, there are no guaranties of sales (yet), but In accordance with Bad company 2 sales and preorder statistics, we can predict with mathematical calculation that were would be a tremendous total sales of 192,857,142, although plainly over expected due to previous buyers of bad company 2 may have pre-ordered battlefield 3 and bad company 2 statistics may be unique and much MUCH different to battlefield 3
Beta Players
Bad company 2 also had a beta, and from statements from ea, we can assume it reached around 2,000,000 beta players, as "12,000,000 people have joined the Battlefield 3 beta, six times the numbers DICE had testing Battlefield: Bad Company 2"
Just as stated above, battlefield 3 showed an astonishing 12,000,000 beta players in their open beta, making it one of the most played game beta in history. This shows that there were many other people who were more interested in testing bf3 than bc2, although not as confident as pre-ordering, many people were confident to try out the game for themselves and help improve it for release, as the game looks much MUCH different to bad company 2
Beta Performance
Ignoring Dice’s response to why betas should be bad in order to improve the final game, people still though that the bad company 2 beta was horrible; "It was the worst game ever". – BF Community
There were much similar responses with the battlefield 3 beta, as people keep on ignoring dice’s reason to why a beta should be bad, just like bad company 2; "And it’s like, “Well, it’s a broken entertainment product, because we want your feedback.” And they say, “Well, I understand that, but it’s not polished enough!” And we say, “Well, that’s exactly what we’re talking about" - DICE. Although they were still surprised that so many people joined when it was (and supposed to be) just as buggy as bad company 2; "I think six times the amount of people playing the beta as we had in Bad Company and it’s the same problems." – DICE
It can also be noted that many people were disappointed with the Bad company 2 beta gameplay calling it “the worst game ever”, but with the battlefield 3 beta, many people confessed that it was incrediably amazing than any other fps they’ve ever seen, that going back to the current Patched and “best FPS in the market now” (bad company 2) was “shit”
Release Review
Heading from beta to day 1, DICE admitted that bad company 2 day one was horrible, they weren’t as experienced in betas and many things weren’t wrong; "But it wasn’t great on day one. People hated it on day one. It was a complete disaster, according to the forums, it was the crappiest game ever" - DICE. But despite this, bad company 2 still managed to sell well and after much patching, is said to be best FPS on the market (and still is, by certain players); "And then we patched it and fixed some issues. And now it’s like some people think it was perfect from day one. It was the best game ever" - DICE
Battlefield 3 once again has not been released, so there is yet to be any release reviews (yet), but as stated by DICE, they are going to make battlefield 3 release much better than bad company 2, due to their experience from bad company 2’s release, they promise it to be much MUCH better than bad company 2, even if it needs a few patches; "Why can’t Battlefield 3 be perfect from day one. But I mean [Battlefield 3 ] is much better today day one than Bad Company 2 was day one" - DICE, "but is will not be perfect as day 1 patches are still involved" - DICE
Overall
Bad company 2 did really well overall, dice were impressed and there were many sales and pre-orders, from these we can expect that Battlefield 3 will do tremendously better, as already seen by the pre-order statistics which can aid in predicting it’s HUGE sales. The beta was also was much more popular, even if the beta is said to be like bc2 to fix bugs, beta’s are supposed to be bad and there’s nothing to complain about their. From previous experience, DICE has said that battlefield 3 will have mega improvement on day 1 support and will be the focus of the company for years to come, unlike bad company 2.
So ultimately, Battlefield is in all ways much better than bad company 2, so if you (still) hate bad company 2 and hooked on repetitive reproduced crap, battlefield 3 might show you the light, and if you loved bad company 2, well… won’t you know about it!
References
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/10/how-will-battlefield-3-be-remembered/
http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/04/battlefield-3-beta-has-12-million-players-is-based-on-month-old-build/
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/10/battlefield-3s-executive-producer-talks-beta-reactions-certification-delays/
http://bf3blog.com/2011/07/battlefield-3-pre-ordered-10-times-more-than-bad-company-2/
http://bf3blog.com/2011/09/ea-battlefield-3-has-1-25-million-pre-orders/
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/10/battlefield-3s-executive-producer-talks-beta-reactions-certification-delays/
http://bf3blog.com/2011/07/battlefield-3-pre-ordered-10-times-more-than-bad-company-2/
http://bf3blog.com/2011/09/ea-battlefield-3-has-1-25-million-pre-orders/
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