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BF1 Beta Stats: <900k peak concurrent (2X+ SW:BF), platform splits, would be #3 Steam
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Since when? Console has easily destroyed PC in terms of users for a while now.
Raiden1018
Banned
Why doesn't EA partner with Sony instead of MS to sell millions of bundles?
Its a no brainer
Its a no brainer
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
People are playing warcraft
LelouchZero
Member
What do you not like about Origin, actually, what do PC Gamers not like about Origin?
I've been primary PC Gaming for 5 years and haven't had any trouble with Origin in the 4 years I've been using it, I don't mind it really, it's alright.
DICE shooters on PlayStation sell well.
Shooters in general sell well on Xbox.
EA thinks: Despite being popular on Xbox, we can increase our popularity and get more of the shooter market this way.
Edit: Think of this as a reverse Call of Duty situation. COD retained a lot of its Xbox playerbase due to Xbox COD deal and Xbox being the AAA shooter platform (relative to its population) and grew very well on Playstation.
I'm not sure what people are expecting out of the PC player count.
Here's the top games on Steam with the Battlefield 1 beta added.
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
PEAK TODAY | GAME
1,070,644 Dota 2
573,348 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
143,105 Battlefield 1
73,858 Team Fortress 2
54,133 Sid Meier's Civilization V
54,859 ARK: Survival Evolved
53,570 Garry's Mod
45,108 Fallout 4
50,997 Rust
56,515 Football Manager 2016
43,243 Rocket League
It's lower than Counter-Strike, almost double number 4. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯
Here's the top games on Steam with the Battlefield 1 beta added.
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
PEAK TODAY | GAME
1,070,644 Dota 2
573,348 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
143,105 Battlefield 1
73,858 Team Fortress 2
54,133 Sid Meier's Civilization V
54,859 ARK: Survival Evolved
53,570 Garry's Mod
45,108 Fallout 4
50,997 Rust
56,515 Football Manager 2016
43,243 Rocket League
It's lower than Counter-Strike, almost double number 4. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯They know it is going to sell very well on Playstation. Not only the PS4 is the market leader, but the BF community there has always been bigger.
Going with MS makes sense because hopefully they can improve the BF community there even more (it's already a very healthy community).
Not to mention that MS has probably outbid Sony.
Well if this isn't some elitist bullshit! "The sort of people..." give me a break, lol.
They are partnered with Call of Duty now. It switched at the start of the generation.
I don't think I'll buy this on PC. SW Battlefront is fucking dead and it seems BF1 will follow the same path.
What? Battlefield games are insanely active on PC.
Raiden1018
Banned
LelouchZero
Member
I'm not sure what people are expecting out of the PC player count.
Here's the top games on Steam with the Battlefield 1 beta added.
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
PEAK TODAY | GAME
1,070,644 Dota 2
573,348 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
143,105 Battlefield 1
73,858 Team Fortress 2
54,133 Sid Meier's Civilization V
54,859 ARK: Survival Evolved
53,570 Garry's Mod
45,108 Fallout 4
50,997 Rust
56,515 Football Manager 2016
43,243 Rocket League
It's lower than Counter-Strike, almost double number 4. ¯\_(ツ
Wow, I forgot how serious PC Gamers are with Civilization V.
The numbers are definitely good, the Battlefield games have really strong communities on PC, it will be interesting to see how it goes at launch.
JigglesBunny
Banned
Play Black Ops 3 and Ghosts immediately following Bad Company and Bad Company 2 and tell me that you still hold this opinion.
I'll wait.
It's sold over 9 million copies.
2blackcats
Member
That was a joke I think. I hope.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
I don't think I'll buy this on PC. SW Battlefront is fucking dead and it seems BF1 will follow the same path.
Battlefront was a shit game. Buy Battlefield game on PC without hesitation if you can. Best community
Like MS and some retailers did with Destiny and Battlefront, I'm sure Sony can bundle the game with consoles. It just won't be an official bundle with game art on the console box and other small things.
And the exclusivity window for DLC is going to be 1 month at most, unlike the bullshit 1 year exclusivity on the Sony/Activision Destiny deal.
MS should work on an option to migrate your BF account/stats. If a Scorpio version of BF1 is considerably better than the Neo version I would probably jump ship (the difference would have to be bigger than the current PS4/Xbone difference for me, having played BF4 on both the resolution difference didn't bother me that much).
Diprosalic
Banned
is this an open beta?
seems more like XB1 players love it considering the install base difference.
PlayStation players love their Battlefield
seems more like XB1 players love it considering the install base difference.
Yes!
LelouchZero
Member
Wow that's crazy, I think it was in two humble bundles over the past 2 years though so that probably affected the numbers a bit. I do know that in 2014 it sold around 6+ million copies, one of the sources of this is IGN.
No. Not at all.
KillerMan91
Member
Selling less than console versions doesn't mean it will sell poorly. It just will not sell as well.
Succinct Verbosity
Member
I', willing to bet the PC version will sell more over time like a lot of PC games.
Again this becomes a poor comparison as it doesn't indicate success on Steam.
You are looking at a free beta for a game vs established games. There is both a curiosity for the game and the free ability to get involved. What this will look like with the paid version and how that changes over time will be different - an actual measure of "success" against the other titles and allowing equal comparison against the respective games and their launch concurrent numbers
Concurrent numbers for free products are higher than when they have a price attached. It's that simple.
I don't think I'll buy this on PC. SW Battlefront is fucking dead and it seems BF1 will follow the same path.
Battlefield is the only Origin-exclusive multiplayer series that has a healthy population. No need to worry.
MasterMenace
Member
Means nothing when it's an open beta and doesn't require PS+ (not sure if XBL is needed)
RichiRamjag
Member
Pretty much. It isn't anything specific to this franchise even tbh.
Means quite a bit no matter how you shake it.
Nah, just look at it keeping up with PS4. There's players on PC. But Origin (and certain design decisions, see: Hardflop) are what hinder the series on PC.
Like I told you in the previous thread: BF as a series on PC is successful. It keeps up with the post-Skyrim Steam player counts for the main-series pretty successfully years later. The whole "lol console blows the fuck outta PC Battlefield's base" is kinda dumb since both platforms retain players for previous entries for years. There's people playing modified BF2 servers, FFS. I'm not sure how you guys can look at that and go "lol no one cares about the series on PC!" because it isn't pulling in CS:GO numbers.
excaliburps
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Wow! Way to try and derail the thread with such a knowledgeable and can-do attitude. Not sure if trolling or just deluded.
Anyway...
These are pretty good numbers. Although, of course, it being a free beta means everyone who can try it, will try it. Having said that, they can also uninstall or not play it after a day or two; the fact that they still do should bode very well for DICE and EA.
Battlefield sells a ton of copies, so much so that in actually beats CoD in some territories if I'm not mistaken.
This isn't even remotely what I either insinuate or say. It's simply saying the numbers are going to be different, and this is not a measure of game's success right now. It's that simple. And no I don't think BF on PC keeps up with post-Skyrim player counts, and that is easily verifiable by looking at what Skyrim numbers were, and what they are today, rather than looking at a single data point for a free beta.
pretty done
Member
lol who told you BF was biggest on PC? Battlefield is 100% a console series.
*sigh* Battlefield used to be a PC game back in the day... 7 classes or bust.
pretty done
Member
I don't live back in the day. Battlefield nowadays is a CoD clone with bigger maps and vehicles, it's less popular on PC than Xbox or Playstation for a reason (not just lolOrigin). It's 100% a console game.
CoD also used to be a PC game. The console military shooter was MoH.
Pakoe
Member
Isn't almost every game nowadays?
Forever Changes
Banned
It amazes me that people still say this stuff in 2016.
Those were the days!
wonderful103
Member
The amount of PC gamers drastically dwarfs the amount of console gamers. Which is why there is a lot more choice and a lot more games on PC. It's also why heavily marketed but vapidly empty games like Battlefront die quickly and games that are supported with some depth of content and require some level of skill do not.
Battlefront retains console gamers because console gamers have a lot less to choose from.
I know for BF4 and BFH PS4 dominated, and even PS3 did super well (at least with BF4), but man this doesn't give me any confidence for the health and future of a PC playerbase. BF4 is still going strong, but Hardline and Battlefront just fucking TANKED on PC. I'd much rather buy this on PC, but not if it loses it's playerbase in six months >_>
Is this true? Would be interested to see the data.
I remember someone said they did the same shit to battleborn and its betas over the past year. I almost wouldn't be surprised if they didnt that lol. Probably will release sombra at its launch too lol.
As a PC gamer, we know exactly what we're getting with BF1 so we participating in the demo isn't really all that necessary. I'm pretty sure PC will be the #2 platform as it was for BF4.
In contrast, I have no doubt that the PC version of Titanfall 2 won't merely die after a few weeks, but that it actually will be stillborn because of its exclusion from the tech test. Thanks for that, Respawn!
In contrast, I have no doubt that the PC version of Titanfall 2 won't merely die after a few weeks, but that it actually will be stillborn because of its exclusion from the tech test. Thanks for that, Respawn!
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
With things like MMO's, F2P and MOBA's included in the player count, yeah its huge.
The PC player base will be fine in 6 months. It will be fine in a year.
Don't use the garbage that was Hardline or Battlefront to assess a "mainline" Battlefield title.
Forever Changes
Banned
Those games both sucked and deserved to tank.
Horsemama1956
Member
Uhh, why? Never had an issue with Origin. I only use it to install a game\see a flash of it when a game launches. I get that it isn't Steam..
Or the other 1000 or so games with large healthy communities on PC. Wouldn't be shocked many PC gamers assume it's a paid early access as well or that the beta even started. There are just far too many options on PC.
Blam
Member
Yeah I'm not sure about that. Beta got extremely stale quick. (I know it was one map) But frankly if the beta can't keep me enjoying it on one map the entire time then the games gonna be dead on PC for fucking sure.
Because Sony shutdown EA when they asked for EA Access, and they've already got Activision.
Pretty sure EA is with Microsoft.
Beyond Earth bombed didn't it. Just bring hack Alpha Centauri Ave bit the half step Civ Beyond Earth. I like the regular Civ games but I want Civ in space too.