EA is no doubt proud to announce that the publisher’s recently released blockbuster shooter, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, has gone on to sell 2.3 million units across North America and Europe to become the best selling videogame in March of this year.

Executive Producer for the Battlefield Franchise, Karl Magnus Troedsson, enthused:

“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.

“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.”

EA and DICE also released a few interesting statistics regarding Bad Company 2, including how many points have been earned in the game, the number of weapons that have been unlocked and how many hours have been spent playing online in the last 24 hours. Read ‘em below:

• 81B points have been earned in online multiplayer sessions
• 43M weapons and gadgets have been unlocked in online multiplayer
• Over 6M video views on YouTube
• 2.9M 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)

You can look over El33tonline’s previous coverage of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for a host of screenshots, videos and extra information, and be sure to look forward to our upcoming review.