Simply the opposite day, I reported that an analytics agency reckoned Battlefield 6 had bought 6.5 million copies. Effectively, they have been fairly rattling shut as EA and Battlefield Studios has introduced a complete of seven million copies bought in simply 3 days.
That’s greater than sufficient to set a brand new document for the franchise, each by way of gross sales and concurrent gamers. That’s not dangerous for a franchise that has been in a decline. Are….are we again, guys?
“Firstly we wish to thank our gamers,” mentioned Byron Beede, Normal Supervisor of Battlefield, whereas casually strapping C4 to a quadbike. “Battlefield 6 was constructed with our followers. From the preliminary idea by way of to the implementation of Battlefield Labs and into the record-shattering Open Beta now we have been obsessive about participant suggestions. Collectively, with our gamers we’ve had a singular purpose: to craft the very best Battlefieldever. And that is only the start – our first season of latest content material is simply 12 days away.”
It’s onerous to say precisely the place Battlefield 6 will wind up on the checklist of best-selling video games of the yr, however with 7 million copies and counting already bagged, it can presumably be near the highest.
Season 1 will kick-off in just a few weeks as effectively, which might doubtlessly enhance gross sales even additional. Will that sufficient to compete with this years Name of Obligation? In all probability not. No official gross sales numbers have been launched for Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 from final yr, but it surely did apparently break data for the franchise, and contemplating what number of tens of millions an ordinary CoD recreation sells, it simply be a fairly large quantity.
Maybe the extra essential query is whether or not Battlefield 6 can meet EA’s loopy requirements, if the reviews are true. Ars technica reported earlier this yr that an nameless supply inside EA advised them the sport’s funds had already gone previous $400 million in 2023, and EA was gunning for 100 million gamers.
