Which 3 is your 3 in 2011?

2011 is shaping up to be a great year for games.  Moving closer and closer to the Christmas season what is your most anticipated Three Quel of 2011?  What do the numbers show us for games ordered and pre-ordered? What are your favorites?  Gears 3 is right up there in the online gameplay charts on Xbox Live, Battlefield 3 is lagging behind Black Ops and Modern Warfare 2 with Gears 3 pulling in the fourth spot.

I'm curious to play Battlefield 3 myself, but have limited gaming budget and have to go with the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 game.  It's fun, it's proven, really wonderful game.  What are you playing?

IGN has a more in depth story, Third Time Lucky?

   Gears of War 3 - Gears of War 3 is the spectacular conclusion to one of the most memorable and celebrated sagas in video games. Developed by Epic Games exclusively for Xbox 360®, Gears of War 3 plunges you into a harrowing tale of hope, survival, and brotherhood. In Gears of War 3, fight on as Marcus Fenix, the grizzled war hero and leader of Delta Squad. Eighteen months after the fall of the last human city, the war against the Locust rages on. Meanwhile, deep beneath the surface, a fearsome new threat is infecting the planet from within. With survivors scattered and civilization in ruins, time is running out for Marcus and his comrades as they fight to save the human race. The Gears of War series is one of the most popular franchises in Xbox history, with more than 12 million games sold worldwide, a forthcoming major motion picture, New York Times best-selling novels, and more.

Xbox 360 only release has sold 3,060,529 units (4,240,582 as of 10/29/2011)

   Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - A search for the fabled "Atlantis of the Sands" propels fortune hunter Nathan Drake on a trek into the heart of the Arabian Desert. When the terrible secrets of this lost city are unearthed, Drake's quest descends into a desperate bid for survival that strains the limits of his endurance and forces him to confront his deepest fears.

• An interactive cinematic experience that blurs the lines between games and Hollywood films.
• Nathan Drake's journey will put you through new challenges and take you to stunning locations around the world, from a derelict chateau in France, to the merciless Arabian Desert.
• Epic single player campaign with evolved signature UNCHARTED gameplay.
• A new breed of Action Adventure Multiplayer that brings the exciting cinematic elements of the single-player campaign, into the multiplayer.
• Experience the thrill of UNCHARTED in stereoscopic 3D

PS3 only release has pre-sold 248,658 units (437,122 pre ordered as of 10/29/2011)

  Battlefield 3 - Battlefield 3 leaps ahead of the competition with the power of Frostbite 2, the next installment of DICE's cutting-edge game engine. This state-of-the-art technology is the foundation on which Battlefield 3 is built, delivering superior visual quality, a grand sense of scale, massive destruction, dynamic audio and incredibly lifelike character animations. As bullets whiz by, walls crumble, and explosions throw you to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before. In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines where they will experience heart-pounding single player missions and competitive multiplayer actions ranging across diverse locations from around the globe including Europe, Middle-East and North America.

Available on PS3, Xbox 360 & PC has pre-sold 1,046,258 units (4,222,340 sold as of 10/29/2011, the new number includes PC sales, the pre sale numbers didn't have that included)

   Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the 2011 release in the best-selling Call of Duty First-Person Shooter action series. The game is a direct sequel to the previous game in the series, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, with a campaign storyline continuing the struggle of U.S. forces against an invasion by the Russian Federation following the framing of an undercover U.S. agent in a terrorist attack on Moscow. Along with classic Call of Duty multi-character control, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 contains deep multiplayer support, including two-player Co-op Survival mode. The game also contains all-new Kill Streak categories and customizable strike packages that offer more options for player combat styles and strategies.

Available on PS3, Xbox 360 & PC has pre-sold 1,781,994 units (3,354,803 pre ordered as of 10/29/11)

All numbers as of 10/02/2011 courtesy of VGChartz, no data available for PC pre-orders