For BF3 the 360 version was the most popular.
https://web.archive.org/web/20111104011932/http://bf3stats.com/
And for BF4 it was evenly spread.
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Star Wars Battlefront: PS4 is outdoing Xbox and PC combined [in concurrency numbers]
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For BF3 the 360 version was the most popular.
https://web.archive.org/web/20111104011932/http://bf3stats.com/
And for BF4 it was evenly spread.
Only two or three friends at a time seem to be playing Battlefront on mine. Everyone else is on Fallout 4 or Netflix, haha.
I don't know, y'all. I was told my estimates for Battlefront's opening were "dire-low" before but they seem really reasonable in light of this peak angle. I'm not trying to pound my chest. But as a lifelong space opera fan who's charted Star Wars games since he was a kid it just really feels like a lot of people severely overestimate the brand's selling power in the gaming sphere and I think that's going to be reflected with the PAL and NPD estimates going forward.
Wow at those numbers, though the split shouldn't be much of a surprise. PS4 is dominating worldwide, while XB1 is still doing well in the territory in which shooters sell the most.
8/10, would consider surfacing for bait again.
8/10, would consider surfacing for bait again.
DoublePayje
Banned
I posted PC-stats on the very first page.
What we know:
CoD: Black Ops 3 on PC ~ 42k players a week after release (coming from 63k one day after release)
Black Ops 3 has currently more players than Battlefront on Xbox One, but we have no numbers on that
Black Ops 3 might had over 1mio on PS4 already, but that's just a rumor
Netherscourge
Banned
Everyone is playing Overwatch Stress Test this weekend on PC.
When that ends, they'll go back to Battlefront.
When that ends, they'll go back to Battlefront.
RespectThySole
Member
Going by these numbers it seems many of you overestimated the Star Wars brand in video games. Fallout and CoD concurrent numbers are higher on single platforms than Battlefront on all platforms. We'll see how much of a bump the movie hype gives it in December I guess.
This, especially the third point. Hard to say the marketing is "paying off" given the low number and low ratio relative to the install base ratio. If anything, EA access had an impact is shrinking the ratio.
The low overall numbers are interesting. Lots of people getting this for Christmas maybe instead.
U mean cs
What!? "Nobody plays that game anymore"
My FL is populated with Destiny lol
RespectThySole
Member
I don't think friendslist anecdotes mean all that much, but on mine everyone is either playing Fallout 4 or on Netflix/YouTube.
Others in this thread are trying to extrapolate sales
Jup here to. And i am one of them also haha.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
But Blizzard players only play Blizzard games on PC
I fucking wish, I couldn't even get into the weekend beta :|
We'll have to see how it looks over 24 hours, but this looks just like the Battlefield Hardline statistics.
DICE multiplayer in general is biggest on PlayStation and then depending on how recent a release is the Xbox One is higher than PC.
So SW is doing better? And BF3 sold like 20m? Seems good.
Edit: Is not doing better, lets wait for Sunday to see if im right.
Yep. There's going to be a lot of talk of disappointment in November's NPD thread. Before that, there'll be PAL numbers, and people will insist that maybe Star Wars just isn't as big in the UK, "just wait."
The biggest surprise to me continues to be that EA adjusted up to 13 million. Either they know something I don't (quite possible obviously) or they're crazy.
I used to find games in both Killzone 2 and Shadow Fall well after those games had fallen off. You'll still find games with even low player counts, but you'll just notice more names popping up repeatedly. Sometimes that's a good thing though.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
The results seem intuitive, almost obvious.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
We all know what is really killing the PC numbers, right? If this game was on Steam w/ Steamworks, those numbers would be quadrupled.
Yeah maybe there's reason for that breh.
Friday night, "Netflix and chill" Tinder dates, no doubt.
Netherscourge
Banned
Are we jumping the blaster a bit here?
The game has been out 4 days, launched on a Tuesday, in the middle of a non-holiday week.
Check the receipts after this weekend at least - or better yet, over Thanksgiving weekend.
May the force be with you.
The game has been out 4 days, launched on a Tuesday, in the middle of a non-holiday week.
Check the receipts after this weekend at least - or better yet, over Thanksgiving weekend.
May the force be with you.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Yeah, I thought I could drop my online subscriptions, but looks like I'm going to keep subbing for Live solely for AAA fps.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Not bad for Xbone, considering PS4 has like probably more than double the install base and they just launched their own competing flagship FPS recently.
PC though, that's a little weird and maybe their exclusion of steam might've killed a ton of its exposure.
PC though, that's a little weird and maybe their exclusion of steam might've killed a ton of its exposure.
Perhaps. After all, that's probably the main reason Terraria got big, the game people wanted wasn't on Steam.
Obliterator
Member
Yeah we need to see weekend peaks and PAL numbers but we may need to reassess launch predictions on this one.
I think beta turned a lot of people off on PC version. They probably saw it as another titanfall. So they decided to stick with cs/tf2 and waiting for overwatch
The Janitor
Member
Not to mention EA's price gouging
Battlefield 3 + premium = $110
Battlefield 4 + premium = $110
Battlefield Hardline + premium = $110
And now Star Wars with even less content and no singleplayer = $110.
I think people are getting sick of this, especially PC gamers. We've already had BF3 back in 2011 which was pretty next-gen on PC, and BF4 wasn't really an upgrade in comparison.
It's always possible.
Launch numbers are always a big deal, though.
Most games launch on Tuesdays in the US.
Indeed.
Oh, I'm really hoping these threads get updated. I'd love to keep tabs on these numbers. It'd be really interesting if they do rise substantially. I don't really think they will (and I realize I'm kind of a broken record on that front, sorry) but it'd be fascinating if they did.
You too.
It's going to nab third place on the NPD. But there's going to be a really large gap between two and three. Sticking to my guns, here. There's no way in heck it charts at the top and second place seems crazier and crazier as we start getting preliminary info.
Goldenroad
Member
I would also like to point out that next week is Black Friday, so I bet a ton of people are holding out for one week. Not that it should change the ratio all that much, but I expect Battlefront to be a huge Xmas Gift game.
Obliterator
Member
Agreed 100% on placing. It won't beat COD or FO4 it looks like
It must be disappointing to realize that "decades old gameplay" is still at the forefront of FPS multiplayer design, while large part of the rest of the industry has declined.
That was my first thought. I still have 9 hours left on my EA Access trial. Should last me through the holidays. Games is fun just a lot of other games to play.
Seriously. $299 console plus SW and other games. Or they can opt to buy the PS4 bundle.