PS3's a bit harder to judge, but once the numbers start coming on the main 'Battlefield 1943' site it should be a lot easier to determine. My bet is that, by next Friday, 43 million will be hit on the 360.

For the PS3 it's around 3 weeks.īUT factor in that the game launched mid-week, and probably lost half the number of interested players to server issues and you're looking at much higher numbers to come. The kill count clock for Coral Sea starts today, so if that number remains constant, 43 million kills will be reached in just over 2 weeks on the 360. PSN for playing games online that may be low, but we'll be conservative. The game easily became one of Capcoms very first hits followed by 1943: The. Considering the popularity of Xbox Live vs. BATTLEFIELD is the classic, tried-and-true series of online multiplayer. No one really had a sense how long this would take, but lets do some simple math to figure it out.įactoring in the relative install bases, lets say 3 million of those kills were on Xbox 360. The kill count matters 'cause when your chosen platform's global kill count hits 43 million kills, the fourth map, Coral Sea, will be unlocked. More pertinent, though, was that over 5 million kills were counted. Hopefully that doesn't count the time you spent sitting the menu. The game offers hours of 24 player multiplayer action over three classic and tropic locations Wake Island, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. According to EA's ongoing forum post detailing the tech efforts to get the game fixed, 29.45 years (or 258,153.19 hours) of gameplay were experienced. Using the Frostbite engine, Battlefield 1943 takes players back to WWII. Last night at around 11PM EST things seemed to get more manageable, I was able to get into a game with friends on my first try, but that first day was a mess.ĭespite all the issues, a lot of people still played that first day. In Battlefield 1943, Dice has pulled off an amazing feat of keeping fans and newcomers happy with it’s simple yet addictive game. I played right when the game launched with little-to-no problems, but once more and more people starting signing on the servers quickly hit capacity and everyone was just left helplessly hitting 'Join Game' with little to no effect. With this new approach to the video game industry, it can be hard to accomplish a shooter that lives up to today’s standards. There aren't too many ways to describe the launch of 'Battlefield 1943' other than clusterf*ck, so we'll just go with that.

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