Must be some sort of record for EA. DICE announced that the 12 million figure is six times larger than the beta they had for Battlefield Bad Company 2 which attracted some 2 million players. Just a note on the figures for BC2 though, the beta figure was mostly from the console beta as the PC beta ran much later. Battlefield 3's beta ran simultaneously across all platforms. It is interesting to note though that DICE General Manager, Karl Magnus Troedsson, noted that the beta is a month old build. He said "Just like normal procedure when releasing a game, the Open Beta has had long lead times due to testing, certification, and setting up. This means that the code you are now playing is actually quite early and not representative of the final game." The beta was also a stress test for their back end servers apart from picking out balance issues. Give yourselves a pat on the back soldiers! Now if you haven't voted in The Software Boutique's poll whether you're in favour of a midnight launch, vote here. Not confirmed yet, but might happen.
Source: VG247
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