User blog comment:Bovell/Battlefield 3 release date? Potential showdown with Call of Duty./@comment-1786471-20110402152435/@comment-1786471-20110405103522

Does the amount of people playing really matter? I mean, who cares if there's a hundred thousand people playing if you're only playing with 63/23 of them? So I don't care if BF3 has less players than CoD; I don't care if CoD takes players away from BF3. As long as I can play with a decent full lobby, I'm happy.

@Nemo BC and BC2 has showed us that singleplayer does not take away from multiplayer, especially in the case of BC2. Singleplayer also allows players to enjoy the game without an Internet connection or want to practice against AI.