It can't be, too many other gamesI expect the next NPD thread to be most exceleent
I love how every game I join is full.
But still this ain't no Halo 2 (200k+ daily in it's prime)...
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Star Wars Battlefront: PS4 is outdoing Xbox and PC combined [in concurrency numbers]
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CrimsonEclipse
Member
I'm more shocked at this than anything else to be honest. Oh well.
don't think anyone should be surprised though. More PS4's, big PS4 marketing....pretty self-explanatory situation here.
bf4 did good and was not on steam
Based on BF4 and BFH numbers I have on record (which track similarly over the day) I'm expecting a 50% increase from now to its peak player count this weekend.
League of Legends and Blizzard games could get 4x more on Steam!
I'm primarily interested in this game's longevity. It is thin on content as is currently, and there are a lot of games vying for attention this holiday.
LordBaztion
Member
That's impressive. I wonder how is BO3 doing comparably.
boredandlazy
Member
Does this include digital numbers?
I don't see how it wouldn't. All it's doing is tracking people who are online with the game.
How much will that give?
http://steamcharts.com/app/311210
37,5k playing right now with a 24hour peak of 42,8k
So,yeah, CoD is doing pretty good.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
The concurrent peak for Fallout 4 on PC being a fair bit higher than all 3 platforms combined for this game really puts things in perspective.
KnightHart
Member
I'm pretty sure you could word this argument better without making people irrationally butthurt, but there's some truth to your statement. I think it's just that most PC gamers tend to stick to a few games and stick to them for a long ass time. You're more likely to find people who play ONLY Dota 2, CS:GO, or League of Legends than you are to find people that buy every new triple A release every week on PC. It's just financially safer to stick with one or two games you really enjoy and that have good longetivity. Not everyone is crazy with expendable income and buys a new triple A release every week of October to November (why the fuck did I do this?).
The issue is that it's tougher for new games to enter the market. Like, you see some indie games making it purely by Youtuber word-of-mouth, but the rest kinda just get tossed out to pasture. The hope is that the games that do come out find their own audience that enjoys it enough to stick around, like Red Orchestra 2 for example (love this game). An example of that going wrong is Natural Selection 2.
If the stats I have are true for launch weekend as well (they are not launch aligned; I grabbed them for a different purpose) then another ~140k concurrent on top of what it is right now.
Everyone connected to EA servers is counted, that includes EA Access players.
the timed trial is the full game so they would count, yeah.
The PC version has one of the best GAF feedback from our local Performance topics. Smooth, relatively trouble-free, beautiful and scales well.
What's shitty about the PC version? I haven't had any issues since Tuesday...are people having problems?
It's the most optimized game I've purchased on PC this year FWIW.
Dictator93
Member
Weird. Our performance thread has only pointed out the positives of the port, beyond its barebone feature set and decidedly simple gameplay.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I love Steam, but a game being on Origin wouldn't stop me from playing it.
What's the obsession with holiday game? Would I have enjoyed Bloodborne, Until Dawn among others If they released in November?
I'm sure Cod is beating BF and Halo online numbers on X1 combined.
3m daily players on XboxLive not concurrent though .
Iced Arcade
Member
Quality thread's the last while
Aceofspades
Banned
Thank god Sony is spreading their lineups whole year otherwise they would go unnoticed like RoTR and Halo.
Enosh
Member
yep, the non valve shooter community migrated to consoles
I'm honestly kinda surprised BF4 is still hovering at around 30k peak like it did for the last few months after both cod and battlefront released edit: on pc I mean
Microsoft gets an E for Effort though.
that may have added a few dozens of copies!
Not like they have a choice.....
But not going down that road. The real test will be if the numbers are still there in the next few months after the new game smell wears off.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
I didn't. No custom servers. Origin exclusive. DICE seemingly burned through their good will with PC players.
Also there's the way CSGO absolutely dominates PC and peaked today with more than twice the players of every version of battlefront combined.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Not shocked. Marketing deals are important, my casual gamer friend was upset because he throught Fallout 4 was Xbone exclusive based on all the TV spots.
If you have a big game and your console at the end, you're in the head of people. But it really depends on the game. Battlefront and Fallout are lightning in a bottle phenomenons, the COD deal is less worthy as everyonek knows by now that game releases on everything. CODs importance is compromised and that's why the 1 month exclusive map packs are the main feature in their TV spots.
If you have a big game and your console at the end, you're in the head of people. But it really depends on the game. Battlefront and Fallout are lightning in a bottle phenomenons, the COD deal is less worthy as everyonek knows by now that game releases on everything. CODs importance is compromised and that's why the 1 month exclusive map packs are the main feature in their TV spots.
That's because there really isn't another game that does what battlefield does well.
Aceofspades
Banned
You mean MS or Sony? well yeah they both had a choice when to release their first party IP or games they publish, except Sony is not dividing the year into seasons of which one only matters.
Maintenance
Member
I'm not getting Origin for this, so I understand the PC numbers.
Anyone that saw how the PC version would be knew that this would happen.
Anyone that saw how the PC version would be knew that this would happen.
Numbers make sense.
PC players know this is not a hardcore shooter. Not worth their time. Its beautiful for sure but just not worth paying all that money for a game that NEEDS people, which as the numbers show its better to be on a console.
Xbox1 has the EA access. After 10 hours most people know its not worth the money. Also there are much fewer xbone1s vs ps4 so I would expect there to be fewer players on xbox. Considering how many more PS4s there are out there...that difference is much smaller than I would have thought.
PC players know this is not a hardcore shooter. Not worth their time. Its beautiful for sure but just not worth paying all that money for a game that NEEDS people, which as the numbers show its better to be on a console.
Xbox1 has the EA access. After 10 hours most people know its not worth the money. Also there are much fewer xbone1s vs ps4 so I would expect there to be fewer players on xbox. Considering how many more PS4s there are out there...that difference is much smaller than I would have thought.
I think it may be in reference to the reverse acceleration and poo flight controls.
Totaleclipes
Banned
Sounds like your reaching a bit bro I'm sure pc players didn't look at a great game like this and say "welp no mods no buy" the excuses you gave are irrelevant in the face of how good the game is.
TalesFromHoth
Neo Member
Been playing it on my Xbox One and loving it. No problems finding a MP game to play. The game is everything I hoped it would be and I'm a big fan of the Battlefield games as well.
Although I might be a bit bias and I'm sure you know why.
Although I might be a bit bias and I'm sure you know why.
Only thing I really get from it is that the console numbers are going to be gangbusters against PC. We keep hearing about the death of consoles, the return of the PC with e a vengeance and yet, even formerly PC centric games are just dominating on consoles. Even a poorly received console like Xbox One is doing double according to this. I mean Xbox One is pretty much dead in the water outside Canada, US, Mexico, Australia, UK no?
Yes instead they said 50 dollar dlc and lack of content no buy.
Collateral22
Member
Game is run off DICE servers. Nothing to do with XBL or PSN.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
The game was made for console players. Makes sense.
Battlefront is overshadowing not only Halo 5 but also Tomb Raider. Everyone forgot TR came out. You forget the SW hype is real.
Arma 3 had the same numbers at its peak. It's hardcore-ness is irrelevant.
Maybe its something you know that they don't"?lol
Perhaps you should get in contact with them and explain so they can bring down there numbers.