OR, you can GameShare on the PS3 if you have someone you trust (unless we should not talk about that, but I believe Sony states it can be downloaded to 5 different PS3's).

I prefer the 360 controller, but got it for the PS3.

And I bought it for PS3 since thats where my friends are, and we used GS. Awesome game though

When you GS, you can't have the same account online twice. That might be a problem for an online-only game like this, esp if the same purchase is shared five times.

Interesting Decker...although, I think 2 people from my group have played online....

Servers must be swamped again. Had lots of trouble connecting to the servers this morning. Two games froze and I had to reboot the console.

360 = 8.21 Million Kills
PS3 = 4.71 Million Kills

I got booted this morning and decided to get up and take shower and get on with my day. I said it already but I am saying it again this is just plain fun.

360 = 11.70M
PS3 = 6.99M

Just imagine how many kills it would be if the servers were working appropriately.

Yeah I ran in to some crippling lag a couple hours ago so I quit for a bit. I was thinking they should do a contest for whoever gets the kill.

There was even more yesterday and it was voice most played game knocking down Halo 3

They probably should have made it 194.3 Million Kills.

360 = 19.25 Million Kills
PS3 = 10.99 Million Kills

360 is over halfway to the new map. PS3 is almost 30% of the way.

360 = 21.86 Million Kills
PS3 = 12.35 Million Kills

Here's the IGN Video Review:

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No, it doesn't work like that. It's the cumulative total, so we should have it by Tuesday if not before.


edit: Maybe not. Here's the details as they lay it out:

DICE announced the 4th Pacific location “Coral Sea” with Air Superiority Game Mode will be unlocked for players once they collectively reached 43 Million kills on the initial three maps, Wake Island, Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima. When the game is ready to download and play, each platform will begin the quest to reach the 43 million kill goal this summer! Coral Sea features the new game mode “Air Superiority” which takes pilots to the sky for and unmatched online aerial battle like never before seen! Get ready to put your pilot skills to the test and prove yourself an Ace of the Pacific!THE BATTLE PLANHere are the details for the battle plan: the goal to accumulate
43 million kills will begin for Battlefield 1943. The more time you spend putting lead in the bodies of your sworn enemies, the quicker everyone will be able to play Coral Sea. To keep track of the progress keep visiting the website to view the real time kill counter per platform of how you and your fellow soldiers are progressing towards the goal of 43 Million.

Coral Sea is the ultimate online multiplayer dog fighting map ever released! With two aircraft carriers supplying your team with all the F4U and Zero fighters you’ll need as your conquest to control the skies and make your place in history as an Ace Pilot of Battlefield 1943. Use the volcanic island terrain to your advantage and flank your enemies or weave in and out of the low arches to avoid enemy fire. Stay with your wingman, practice the Thach Weave, and soon you’ll dominate the skies of the Pacific! The choice is yours once you’ve helped achieve the 43,000,000 kills.
Battlefield 1943 will soon be available on the PlayStation® Network and on the Xbox LIVE® Arcade.. ©2009 EA Digital Illusions CEAB.

Man, it is so easy to lose yourself for hours in this game. I played BF 1942 a bit back when it came out, but I still can't get enough of this. I suck pretty badly, too. I'm having some trouble dropping bombs while flying planes. I really can't tell if I am supposed to lead the bombs into the target a bit or just drop when I am right overhead.

Started pretty rough today but a few hours in and I was usually near the top of the leaderboards. Gotta relearn planes, but my old anti-tank tricks came back big-time. And my AA skills came back too.

Little pro-tip for those that haven't played much of the BF series - tanks are weaker in the rear. So anti-tank soldiers should always try to get behind the vehicle, and tank drivers should try to speed past another tank and shoot it in the ass as you pass by. You can take more hits in the front of your tank then they can take in the rear of theirs.

This game has been a mix of fun and frustration. I think I've had more games end up frozen/disconnected than full games. They really need to get this fixed.

Yeah it froze on me so bad last night I had to reboot.

I've been booted but no freezeups yet and only one game were I had to leave because it was too laggy.

I finally got to play the trial tonight and it gave me about 70 minutes. I finished 2nd a couple times and had a blast doing it. I wasn't sure if I could switch maps, but I had the same one for the entire time. I think this may be a purchase, but as stated before, you can really lose some time in this game.

That's how I read it too, but there is an official twitter page were they are answering questions for people and talking about packetloss causing some of the freezing and some other things they are working on (as in we will stop the games once in awhile while we try things) , but it was also confirmed that it is per platform and last count 26 mil for 360, and 14 for ps3

I just can't get into multiplayer on consoles. I really enjoyed BF1942 on PCs, and got pretty good at sniping, but after an hour of playing BF1943, I could not score one single kill. I would unload entire clips, throw grenades, and still the damn game would not register me a kill. I can barely last 20 seconds before getting shot. Same reason I hated Warhawk. Just not fun IMO.

Can you host local games with only a select group of players like you can in Warhawk?

I finally had time to play this for longer than a few minutes yesterday and had a blast. It froze up once but other than that there were no issues save for a few seconds of serious lag in one game. I like how easy it is to pop into a game and how almost comically frenzied the action is. I spent one game manning the big guns and blowing the tops off of trees while watching jeeps madly careening into each other on the road below. The only aspect I haven't liked so far is the planes. As a longtime flight sim fan and occasional pilot I just can't get used to those wacky arcade-style flight controls.

All in all it's a fun time-waster and I've already gotten my 12 bucks worth out of it.

I played the demo for a bit on Saturday, and it was pleasant enough.

Things I liked:

- It sounds trite, but there's just something about destructable trees...
- FPS controls were spot on, except I kept trying to use the sites on the rocket launcher
- Variety of terrain
- I like the idea of regenerating ammo/grenades

Not so much:

- I could be wrong, but the map didn't feel symmetrical (Americans seemed to have advantage)
- First person driving is garbage
- Flying is garbage
- Typical FPS "it takes me 3 tries to climb a ladder" crap
- The cardinal sin is me dying and not knowing who/what killed me

On PS3, it's tough not to compare this to Warhawk, and in Warhawk, I can actually drive the vehicles (partly because the gas/brake are in the right place, but also because they simply control better). And compared to 1943, my Warhawk dude is an absolute gymnast in terms of jumping and climbing. I also like the weapon variety better in Warhawk.

Overall, kind of cool and a good value for the price, but an absolute non-purchase for me.

Coral Sea should be unlocked in the next day or two on the 360. PS3 will probably take another week.

360 = 34 Million Kills
PS3 = 18.5 Million Kills

Seriously, I'm not one to mock others in their skills, but I'm freakin horrible at FPS and I get at least a couple of kills per round as a sniper or by manning a big anti-aircraft gun. It seems much easier than Warhawk or CoD 4 to me. In any case, I enjoy it even though I suck -- partly, I think, because you aren't penalized for dying over and over. That sort of system is very appealing to a lame-o like me.