Electronic Arts has announced that pre-orders for Crysis 3 are 35 percent above those of Crysis 2. Sales of Crysis 2 were 3 million after just a few months after its launch March 2011.

Additionally, EA announced that the Crysis 3 multiplayer beta saw 3 million downloads until its conclusion on February 12. Likely helping the situation for Crysis 3 pre-orders is the free upgrade to the Hunter Edition with multiplayer bonuses along with a free digital copy of the original Crysis.