{"id":13154,"date":"2011-07-26T23:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T21:57:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"sw-the-old-republic-sets-new-pre-order-record-for-ea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/13154-sw-the-old-republic-sets-new-pre-order-record-for-ea","title":{"rendered":"SW: The Old Republic sets new pre-order record for EA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get out of the way Battlefield 3, EA has revealed that its upcoming StarWars themed MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, has broken its previous record for pre-order sales. This is an impressive feat, not only for a PC exclusive game, but also for a game which is currently available on pre-order exclusively via EA’s own online distribution network, Origin.<\/p>\n

The announcement was made during the publisher’s recent quarterly financial briefing, at which it announced that it is now the “#1 publisher in Western Markets”. According to EA, it commanded a 16% market share for the quarter ending 30 June. Instrumental in achieving this success were big sellers such as Portal 2, Dead Space 2 and Dragon Age 2, all of which sold over two million copies each. Crysis 2 was EA’s biggest seller over the quarter, moving over 3 million copies.<\/p>\n

EA revealed additional stats regarding older titles, announcing that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has gone on to sell over nine million units so far, while FIFA 11 has moved 15 million.<\/p>\n

Bad Company 2 may have sold well, but EA is expecting Battlefield 3 to blow it away in terms of sales, claiming that pre-orders on BF3 are “more than 10x” what they were on Bad Company 2.<\/p>\n

EA would not reveal pre-order numbers for any of games currently lined up, but confirmed that Battlefield 3 is “tracking well on pre-orders”, and that Star Wars: The Old Republic has broken EA’s previous record for pre-orders, which is highly surprising given that it is only being released on PC.<\/p>\n

Discuss Star Wars: The Old Republic<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in the forums<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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