Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is new king of UK sales charts

March 8th, 2010 admin

It’s debatable whether or not the server crashing this past week was a symptom of Battlefield: Bad Company 2’s success. What isn’t debatable is the game’s explosive debut on the UK’s Chart-Track all-formats chart . The multiplayer-centric shooter, which we’ve been thoroughly enjoying , outsold the original Bad Company ’s launch week numbers almost 3 to 1. According to Chart-Track, BC2 is the “best ever launch for any game released this early in the year.” Interestingly, 53 percent of BC2 sales went to the…


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