You don't understand how Bethesda games work on PC, Skyrim still had 50k concurrent just a few weeks ago.
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Star Wars Battlefront: PS4 is outdoing Xbox and PC combined [in concurrency numbers]
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You don't understand how Bethesda games work on PC, Skyrim still had 50k concurrent just a few weeks ago.
Fallout like skyrim will be big on PC because MODS.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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do we know when it started tracking? The game has been out for 24 hours in europe already so peaks should reflect europe numbers as well.
It started pretting close to when this thread was posted, which is approximately 5-6 hours before concurrent DICE player base peak.
Fachasaurus
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The game is a lot of fun, but like most said its only playable in bursts.There is a HUGE amount of content that feels like it was missing and or rushed out to be ahead of Episode VII.
Which is absolutely fine. But at the end of the day, it feels like it doesn't have the same progression hooks that something like Battlefield or even CoD has. I don't know, maybe that's just me.
Also, can we stop comparing this to FO4. While I think that game is as mediocre as shit, it has the legs to last until FO5 for the people who love that game/franchise. That is just an undeniable fact.
Battlefront was designed to make money and reach out to as many people possible during this massive Star Wars craze that's happening right now. That's the only reason I bought it. The numbers will probably increase during Christmas and probably jump up and down during DLC releases and as long as DICE/EA continue to work on it, it will be thrive hopefully.
Which is absolutely fine. But at the end of the day, it feels like it doesn't have the same progression hooks that something like Battlefield or even CoD has. I don't know, maybe that's just me.
Also, can we stop comparing this to FO4. While I think that game is as mediocre as shit, it has the legs to last until FO5 for the people who love that game/franchise. That is just an undeniable fact.
Battlefront was designed to make money and reach out to as many people possible during this massive Star Wars craze that's happening right now. That's the only reason I bought it. The numbers will probably increase during Christmas and probably jump up and down during DLC releases and as long as DICE/EA continue to work on it, it will be thrive hopefully.
The casual games on PC usually don't cost $60+$30 season pass.
I expected peak numbers to be around 300k concurrent on a single platform. The fact that it only reached that with all combined is surprising as hell.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Oh well then yeah then it's not very significant yet.
Cause BF is chaos, this is not. Theres nothing to the game.
Primethius
Banned
Yes, and very telling indeed. It's not as if the title has a significant SP trappings to somewhat mask the numbers. Unless these numbers are all players, regardless of mode, in which case, ouch.
CadetMahoney
Member
wow that sounds very much "do not want" for me.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
math doesn't check out
it'd take 195k to be almost tripling, it's at 155k right now so 40k away from tripling it, which means it needs a ~26% increase.
comparatively XBO is ~15% away from halving it.
Is the consensus that Battlefront will sell better than Hardline? Only a measly 20k currently playing Hardline but what was it like on launch?
http://bfhstats.com
http://bfhstats.com
Hellsing321
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Those concurrent numbers seem low to me. I mean they're really good on their own but much less impressive when you compare them to other big games this holiday and the fact that it's Star Wars.
Yup it's pretty much instant for the main modes.
It will sell better.
Hardline was pegged at 1/3rd mainline Battlefield numbers by EA and Battlefront is closer to 2/3rd mainline Battlefield numbers, even with a forecast increase by EA after the beta. (~80%)
shadowsdarknes
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Good job Sony! Awesome!
Okay, so how do the numbers compare to the other big games this holiday?
Stallion Free
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Pretty terrible next to Fallout 4.
Devilgunman
Member
That might be the cause. Xbone owners still plays Halo 5 MP.
I don't see how they are terrible. How are they terrible?
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Saucycarpdog
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lol. Downplaying? You don't have to downplay when PC has these numbers.
MightyHedgehog
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I'd say the game's biggest weakness is actually its oversimplification of control which ends up hollowing out its long-term appeal even more than a lack of pure content, which most serious players will likely address with that season pass and its DLC. Still, the sugar-shock of its gobsmackingly gorgeous look and authentic audio-visuals helps conceal that issue, at least for a dozen hours or so. They'll ride the movie's hypetrain all the way to the bank.
Stallion Free
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In the Fallout 4 launch window PC had concurrent peaks higher than all of these combined?
Ah right. The reason I ask is because of the possibility that EA may change the strategy, perhaps by slashing the price of the season pass due to less than expected sales. They par'd the course with Hardline so I am less inclined to suggest they will alter Battlefront pricing.
Banjo-Kazooie
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Same here I think these numbers are hell low.
Well look at F4 more or less total stats
Players in the last 2 weeks: 2,019,173 ± 34,957 (97.34%)
And that's ONLY on Steam.
What are the concurrent PS4 numbers for FO4?
Not surprised about PC numbers of either game. SWB isn't really a PC game with how neutered it is. No server list?!
Okay, and not being above Fallout 4 PC concurrent peaks at night in Europe for a multiplayer only shooter means it's doing terrible.
That pretty much means most packaged full price games are doing terrible.
Edit: I'm assuming the terribleness comes from the perspective that this game is doing terrible in sales, not that there is some kind of problem finding a 10-40 player match.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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It's 4 PM right now in europe (+/-1h) and fallout is just as affected by the time of day also the entire premise is comparatively.
Yes, but it's not above that right now.
If someone compares peak to non-peak numbers then the time of day matters.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
i would say 90% of them
I am not disputing that you can't compare numbers.
Maybe you should rephrase what exactly you're trying to establish and what you feel I'm disputing.
potatohead
Member
It's pretty much instant on PC too.
I assume it's the same for all platforms, there's enough player base basically even in the smallest one.
Really love the game, don't care what other PC gamers say, this is an absolute blast, and I like it more than BF3/4.
I like how bullets/lasers don't travel instantly in this game, and everything is so less rapid fire, it makes mid-range and close-range gameplay so much more viable than sniping.
Makes for so much more an engaging game that doesn't reward camping and sniping so much. Rarely do I notice that camping is viable in this game. Even the heroes and vehicles system is anti-camping.
Plus in BF games it's almost always who sees who first gets a kill because TTK is so low and all weapons shoot so fast, I much rather the TTK in Battlefront, and it's much easier to stomach because most weapons shoot so slowly.
potatohead
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Familienoberhauptvogel
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The numbers were always compared to Fallout 4, they are terrible compared to Fallout. The time of day has nothing to do with that since it would affect both titles and you can compare numbers 1:1 both concurrent and peak.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
It's fucked in Australia on PC. Lunch time on a Saturday I could not find and connect to a single match below 170ms ping (thus unplayable). Numerous game modes had not enough players to start the round. Tonight it took me half an hour of connecting to matches of Walker Assault and Supremacy until I finally landed in one of the latter with a local 35ms ping.
I'm sure it's different around the world, but not being able to at the very least lock matchmaking to exclusively regional servers is inexcusable and borderlines on broken given this is multiplayer centric game. On Battlefield 4 I can browse a server that caters to my needs in my preferred game mods and maps. And if my preference is full or unavailable, I can search elsewhere while confident the match I'm connecting to is of a playable ping. Starting a match in Battlefront is rolling a dice as to whether or not it will be playable.
Majmun
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There are more PC's out there than Ps4's!!
potatohead
Member
Oh damn sorry to hear that
I'm in US so here is good, that sucks though man
Hahahaha lmao XD
So true how this is use so faultily in so many pointless platform arguments
And when I say "What does terrible" means, I just get the repetition that the numbers are terrible.
Okay, I admit defeat. Congratulation on affirming the consequent.