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Battlefield 3 beta enlists 8.1 million

Online multiplayer test of EA DICE's upcoming military shooter yields 47 billion shots, 1.5 billion kills.

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Electronic Arts shut down Battlefield 3's open multiplayer beta last week in the run-up to the game's launch on October 25 and today revealed some of the data collected during the trial window. Chief among the stats touted was that 8,125,310 people participated in Battlefield 3's multiplayer beta across the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

Battlefield 3's open beta featured enough knifings to kill every man, woman, and child in Shanghai once, according to EA.
Battlefield 3's open beta featured enough knifings to kill every man, woman, and child in Shanghai once, according to EA.

Beyond the total number of players, EA also offered a more granular look at some of the stats gleaned from Battlefield 3's beta. Some 47 billion shots were fired during the testing phase, which began in earnest on September 29 and lasted until October 10. Those shots contributed to a large chunk of the 1.5 billion reported player deaths in the beta.

EA also said that the longest headshot was recorded from 635.6 meters away. Meanwhile, 19 million players were killed as the result of an old-fashioned knifing, and 21 million M-Com stations were destroyed.

For more information on Battlefield 3, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

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PS3 version looks bad, the 360 version is where its at

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@glassesboy BF3 does not have any"TEAM"work.THat's why it has 1,5 billion kills so easily. Its just another Run & Gun cod game. Battlefield 2 was teamwork oriented.

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Hey if you don't what a beta is for maybe you shouldn't be playing it. Its a test for glitches ummmmmm k

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@glassesboy yeah all the campers in BF are skilled players that don't need to camp but do it for the team. Ok? And in MW killstreaks are the objective. So camping for objectives is ok in BF but not MW. And stop with this teamwork nonsense, there are just as many people running around doing their own thing in BF as there is in MW. And there are just as much instances of teamwork in MW as there is BF. Stop assuming that MW is purely done run and gun by everyone.

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i hope they will fix these glitches

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This will be my last military shooter for a while.

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@BreakingSpecter I love me some Bring Me The Horizon!!! :D

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More like Battlefield 3 pisses off 8.1 million

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@TigerRifle1 I'm not trying to start a war here, but when it comes to camping there are 2 MAIN reasons people do it in BF & CoD. In BF it's an objective type game style, with allot of teamwork involved. Rush is especially campish because you have to defend the M Coms. In CoD people camp to get killstreak rewards. I can't think of any other reason other than they can't play very well.

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@shaunchgo its funny how much crap BF3 players give MW for camping when BF is just as bad, if not worse, then MW when it comes to that.

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GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!

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yet sales preditions are only in the 6-8 mil range. WHATEVER. if they have 8 million in the beta test, you can bet 50-100% sales over the 8 million who bothered with the beta. NOT to mention they think COD will out sell BF3 yet on sights like AMAZON BF3 has outranked MW3 for many months now on the sales chart. not saying either is bad or good, just that the predications are crap

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well like people say, its only the beta, so when the real game comes out about 2 million people would at least not have the game

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I still kept my 2 copies pre-ordered one for my self and one for my nephew and My nephew is not a hardcore gamer and he knew the difference between a beta and a demo.

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damn.. we all cant shoot lol

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I am 1.

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Hope all is well at release and the Beta's issues are all resolved...

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Played the PC beta and I enjoyed. Too bad some people on console had some problems and are complaining, a Beta is going to have problems since a Beta is basically a testing of the game.

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Played the Beta... considered cancelling my pre-order due to extreme amount of camping! I figured maybe the camping was due to the "rush" mode. I hope the amount of camping I've seen in rush mode doesn't carry over to team deathmatch (my preference).

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In before rank 30's on day 1 as I get destroyed with my starter equipment because I don't dedicate my life to video games. Go ahead. Thumbs me down.

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this game's gonna be sweet...

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cant wait

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And aprox. 8.1 billion glitches experienced.

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My android widget says: 06 days : 05 hours : 52 minutes : 50 seconds

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@InfinityGauntl ...Suppressive fire.

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Yeah, Its nuts because they had to double and triple server farms. So I'm glad we weren't finding that out on release day.

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Didn't get chance to play the beta, but it sure sounds like it weeded out the true fans of the series, from the rest. Canceled pre orders because of a beta? LOL...the people that did that, trust me, you won't be missed on the battlefield.

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Very Impressive!! Sucks I cant get it on launch day due to a very tight bugdet this month but I will get it next month! :D

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dang... 700 yards...

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Cant wait!!!

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I'm not super into FPS. This is the first Battlefield game that looks "must own" to me.

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A lot of people cancelled their orders after playing the beta because they said it had too many glitches and errors. I'm guessing they don't know the difference between a beta and a demo, its a fail for them.

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I wasn't sure about buying this game but after playing the beta it's easy to tell that BF3 is leagues ahead of other shooters. The beta ran perfectly fine on my computer so I don't understand where are these complaints are coming from about it not working right

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@thebeachguy90 "Our Game" lol really....you take it personally...sad very sad...I feel sorry for you. Its just a game.

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That's a lot of people for a beta. Hopefully, most of those players weren't turned off by the buggy console versions. The final game--which releases in a week--should be fantastic.

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I hated the PS3 beta and liked a little bit of the PC beta. Not because of bugs, but it just wasn't the way it was promised. It wasn't nearly as fun as the devs said it'd be. Of course they boosted it a lot, but it could be better.

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More M-Com stations destroyed than knife kills? Just one more reason Battlefield is better than CoD.

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For those who obviously dont know the meaning :A beta version is basically a test version of a software program.In any event, if you download a pre-release or beta version of a program or game, keep in mind that, since it is a test version, you may encounter problems.

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I was playing battlefied with AMD's "Infinty Eye" over 3 screens. It auto dettected and went to 3 screens without having to set any video options up.Very impressed,looks amazing.Definite instant buy.

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@Got2stoned you're totally right. I used to be a hard to the core ps3 fanboy( lame isn't it?) and after I got a very nice job and bought an awesome gaming PC, a xbox 360 and games, I don't complain anymore, since I can have my own impressions on any game I buy. #can'twaitforbattlefield!

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I'm guessing that this game will get a solid 8.5. Even if they fix all the issues that the Beta had. Games like Deus Ex 8.5, Rage 8.5 these couldn't get 9's and I would lump Battlefield in thier with them (even with fixing the bugs). I couldn't see this game being any better than those.

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If you guys are honestly sick of being peddled garbage for 60$, quit supporting developers that make trash. I'm not gonna name games and start a fanboy war, but until we refuse to buy crap, we will be given crap. And Battlefield 3 is NOT CRAP!

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The beta restored my hope on console. It showed me that consoles CAN handle great graphics.

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3 billion of those shots were from me. 5 of those kills were also from me.

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whoooaaaa cant wait for BF3 and MW3! !@# the debate im getting both only kids that cant afford two games make it a big issue. I love the realistic feel of BF and the arcade lone wolf killing spree on MW! so quit complaining and go cut extra lawns and get the best of both worlds

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Nothing against the beta, glitches and all. I just don't like 12 on 12 cluster****s.

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