Battlefield Bad Company 2 Tops March Sales Stats

DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio, today announced that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is on pace to be the top selling title for March 2010. With over 2.3 Million units sold, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has become the best-selling March release on record in North America and Europe. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is winning accolades from fans and critics for outstanding visuals and action-packed gameplay with no less than 46 outlets having awarded the game a score of 90 or above. GameSpot.com commented that, “whether or not you're looking for a new shooter in your life, you owe it to yourself to play Battlefield: Bad Company 2.”

The momentum of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 can also be seen across social media networks and in the game’s statistics:

• 81 Billion points have been earned in online multiplayer sessions
  
• 43 Million weapons and gadgets have been unlocked in online multiplayer
  
• Over 6 Million video views on YouTube
  
• 2.9 Million hours have been spent playing online in the last 24 hours alone
  
• 230K peak-concurrent-users (PCUs)
  
• Over 44k Twitter fans (most out of any EA title)

“We are so thrilled with the success of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 sales and fan response. In the first 48 hours we had such a tremendous rush to multiplayer gameplay that our servers experienced overwhelming demand. This is a testament to the massive response players have had worldwide for the extraordinary action experienced in the Battlefield sandbox,” says Karl Magnus Troedsson, Executive Producer, Battlefield Franchise. “DICE and EA have brought more servers online. We now have enough capacity to handle all BFBC2 connections seamlessly and we continue to monitor online play daily.”

Defined by its exceedingly intense vehicular warfare, destruction, variety of weapons and huge sandbox environments, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is one of the finest online FPS games of 2010. Developed using state-of-the-art graphics technology, the PC version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is the first title in the Battlefield franchise to be 3D-ready, playable in DirectX 11, and support multiple monitors for properly equipped PCs.