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[Draugoth]

Battlefield 2042‘s concurrent player count on Steam reportedly fell below 1,000 for the first time on Monday. That’s according to SteamCharts.

It shows that earlier today, just 979 people were playing the game at one point. It’s worth noting that SteamDB data for April 11 shows today’s player count low as 1,021.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Those poor poor 979 people.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[PaddyOCanager]

 

[Rheon]

 

[jaysius]

I was hoping it’d go F2P a few months ago, but I really don’t give a fuck about it anymore.

 

[Klik]

They know nobody will buy next BF title and that's why i'm sure its gonna be F2P.

 

[Banjo64]

This game is such a shame. The trailers and early footage looked fantastic, however the actual map design and game design is appalling. The Dice we knew, who produced B3 and B4, are dead. Modern day Dice are just a bad/bang average studio.

 

[GHound]

Wait what do you mean it's not zero yet? 979 people?!

 

[Starfield]

thats not even 10 full servers btw. You can fill up to 7 servers with it

 

[Urban]

EDMIX told me that the Steamnumbers dont represent the gamebase

so?

/thread

 

[MiguelItUp]

I was hoping it’d go F2P a few months ago, but I really don’t give a fuck about it anymore.

Yeah, I was hoping for the best possible out come. But at this point I don't even care any more if it turns around. I just want to see a new BF game that is polar opposite of everything 2042 was.

 

[VN1X]

I fully expect this to go the way of Anthem. Promise more content, overhauls, the works, etc only for it to quietly fizzle out in hopes that they can memoryhole it and start the next hypecycle again for the new game.

What a shitshow this has been. I wonder if this franchise is even salvageable at this point after so many "meh" efforts after BF3 and the outright broken mess that is 2042.

 

[jaysius]

Yeah, I was hoping for the best possible out come. But at this point I don't even care any more if it turns around. I just want to see a new BF game that is polar opposite of everything 2042 was.

I don’t even know if a new BF game can save the IP right now, I think it needs to go away for a long time first.

They need to come up with a stopgap IP that’s actually good.

 

[Boss Mog]

I wouldn't be surprised if 9 year-old BF4 had more players than that on PC.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I don’t even know if a new BF game can save the IP right now, I think it needs to go away for a long time first.

They need to come up with a stopgap IP that’s actually good.

Yeah, that's very true. I'd like to think that the BF name isn't completely tarnished after this. I mean, as of this year it's an officially 20 year old IP, haha. It's crazy to even think of.

But, they'd have to REALLY push for it.

I really miss the old incredible BF games, but man, what a disappointment this game was.

 

[SJRB]

Inb4 some hardcore believers write a 5-page essay on how this is a good thing, Steam numbers mean nothing and 2042 is a good game.

 

[Fake]

To hell.

 

[Celcius]

RIP Battlefield

 

[Ironbunny]

"Don't be sad this is just how it works out sometimes."

 

[clarky]

Yeah tried to like this but after 10 or so hours it just wasn't for me, or anyone else by the looks of things.

 

[somesang]

My favourite defense of this was something like "yeah but that's only steam more people play on consoles".

 

[SoggyBiscuit]

I think there's a culmination of factors which has lead to this mess of a game. Mostly stemming from the tone-deaf reaction of DICE and EA to embrace their audience's wants and needs.

This isn't a Battlefield game.

 

[ZywyPL]

Funfact: those aren't even actual people but bots.

 

[welshrat]

lol. I am still playing daily

 

[VN1X]

lol. I am still playing daily

 

[EDMIX]

sad.

Jesus christ, I must live in some of your minds rent free lol

Halo has like 3k or so players on Steam, yet charts in the top 10 on XB.

Most played games - Microsoft Store

Sooooooo yea, different install bases play different games, news at 11. Call Of Duty should be on deaths door step as its not even on steam using this neck beard logic.

J jaysius BFV failed harder and you still got 2042 so.....yea.

Good luck with that

See you at the next BF launch lol

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

sad.

Jesus christ, I must live in some of your minds rent free lol

I dont think you understand what that term actually means when people think of you defending this game

 

[SEGA_2012]

Fantastic news. Nothing against BF fans, i just want to see EA fail.

 

[STARSBarry]

I always thought 2042 was the name of its concurrent playerbase, but I see now it was named after the number of bugs it shipped with.

 

[EDMIX]

I dont think you understand what that term actually means when people think of you defending this game

Nah, some of you are literally obsessed with the mentions to the point of making numerous threads to tell us a count, that wasn't told upon other titles in the very same series.

That isn't defending a game, thats fucking telling you Steam has never actually had the majority of BF players....

Telling me how low its going is fucking irrelevant, look at BF3's numbers on Steam.

That would be like me posting about that every fucking week at trying to @ you for attention or something...so yea, living rent free in some of your minds here lol

Battlefield 3™ - Steam Charts

An ongoing analysis of Steam's player numbers, seeing what's been played the most.

steamcharts.com

I mean, its literally why none of you have made a Call Of Duty concern thread talking about it missing from Steam =) Soooo doesn't sound like anyone really cares about how much sense it makes or not, its simply posted to bash users on here you guys are obsessed with lol

 

[VN1X]

sad.

Jesus christ, I must live in some of your minds rent free lol

Halo has like 3k or so players on Steam, yet charts in the top 10 on XB.

Most played games - Microsoft Store

Sooooooo yea, different install bases play different games, news at 11. Call Of Duty should be on deaths door step as its not even on steam using this neck beard logic.

J jaysius BFV failed harder and you still got 2042 so.....yea.

Good luck with that

See you at the next BF launch lol

You don't live rent free in my mind, EDMIX...

You live rent free in my heart.

 

[FUBARx89]

Are people still waiting for them to make it good like they did with SWBF 2 and BF V (apparently, I liked V at launch apart from TTK)

 

[StreetsofBeige]

At 1000 player count, the game must be ranking somewhere between Carbon Monoxide Tester Simulator and How To Program Your Alarm Clock app.

The game had stabilized at about 2000 players for a few months. Looks like even the hardcore gamers are bailing.

 

[Arachnid]

This sustains me.

 

[lame gag1990]

It's a shame it sucked so bad. Hopefully they get their act together on the next BF.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

F*** this trash.

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

This game has some serious legs….

 

[Darth_Ghandi]

Latest BF game is crap but I don’t agree with BF1 and V being bad.
Still play V with my friends and the gunplay is great. Never bought 2042 tho.

 

[BennyBlanco]

this deserved to flop

 

[Saber]

Where is that BF2042 astroturfing guy to explain how the OP is dead wrong and how all of you are just entilted fucking haters.

 

[Banjo64]

Halo has like 3k or so players on Steam, yet charts in the top 10 on XB.

Number 23 in the UK.

Not only is it behind the behemoths like Fortnite, Apex, CoD, Minecraft and Roblox but also smaller games like Dead by Daylight, Football Manager, AC Valhalla, Ark, Read Dead 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, F1 2021.

To summarise;

 

[EDMIX]

Number 23 in the UK.

Not only is it behind the behemoths like Fortnite, Apex, CoD, Minecraft and Roblox but also smaller games like Dead by Daylight, Football Manager, AC Valhalla, Ark, Read Dead 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, F1 2021.

Its number 11 in most played in the United States.


As the point of what I'm saying, yet something crazy like 190 something on Steam.

So even being number 23 again proves my point.

Different install base, different rank, as to why Call Of Duty used to rank so low on Steam, yet move millions of units on consoles and literally ranked number 2 most played game on XBL.

So BF being ranked so low on Steam isn't any more shocking then Call Of Duty or Halo being ranked low.

 

[Stuart360]

Edmix is right to be fair. You have to remember that there are a million military shooters on PC, much better ones than this game. Its the main reason why COD has never been as big on PC compared to console.
2042 is probably doing much better on console. The game is still doing badly of course, i'm just saying that using Steam user numbers doesnt always tell the whole story.

 

[VN1X]

Edmix is right to be fair. You have to remember that there are a million military shooters on PC, much better ones than this game. Its the main reason why COD has never been as big on PC compared to console.
2042 is probably doing much better on console. The game is still doing badly of course, i'm just saying that using Steam user numbers doesnt always tell the whole story.

Yeah, well.. I bet you haven't even read any of the Predator novels so fuck you!!!

 

[AdjudicatorHead]

They're surely going to have to make it F2P soon, or at least throw it on the cheap EA Play tier.

 

[Stuart360]

Yeah, well.. I bet you haven't even read any of the Predator novels so fuck you!!!

I did own the whole Dark Horse 'Aliens vs Predator' comics as a kid. Does that count?

 

[BadBurger]

 

[Putonahappyface]

 

[nominedomine]

Edmix is right to be fair. You have to remember that there are a million military shooters on PC, much better ones than this game. Its the main reason why COD has never been as big on PC compared to console.
2042 is probably doing much better on console. The game is still doing badly of course, i'm just saying that using Steam user numbers doesnt always tell the whole story.

But how do you know? Could easily be flopping hard on consoles as well.