Seemingly as a results of Battlefield 2042’s numerous launch woes, it appears like players are leaving the sport in droves.
Setting apart all of the technical issues, Battlefield 2042 was truly pretty fashionable at launch, reaching the highest 5 most actively performed video games on Steam, and related lists on Xbox Live. Today, lower than two weeks on from launch, the sport has misplaced over 60% of its lively players on Steam.
As seen on Steam DB, Battlefield’s peak concurrent participant rely over the past 24 hours was 34,005, down from its 105,397 peak on launch day. Losing players after launch is pretty regular for many video games, however the pace with which this occurred is regarding. As it stands, Farming Simulator 22 is extra fashionable than Battlefield 2042 proper now.
Indeed, these numbers solely mirror the inhabitants on Steam. Battlefield 2042 is out there straight on Origin, and thru the Epic Games Store. Since there is no in-game participant rely, we will not say for sure whether or not issues are equally grim on these platforms, too.
However, one different statistic does paint an unflattering image concerning the sport’s recognition. According to True Achievements, solely 43% of Xbox players managed to achieve degree 15, which is pretty early on in development and might simply be achieved in a few days of play. As for degree 25, solely 22% of players reached it. Things are somewhat higher on PlayStation, the place 36% of players unlocked the extent 25 Trophy.
For reference, degree 25 is nowhere near incomes you all the sport’s unlocks.
Anecdotally, I’ve been operating into extra AI bots in public matches than regular lately, even with cross-play on. Hazard Zone, as an illustration, takes method too lengthy to get a sport going that it is pointless to queue up for it.
DICE has dedicated to releasing a significant patch in early December, which is going to be the sport’s greatest to this point. The developer has already addressed the extreme weapon bloom within the first replace, however the journey is removed from over.
You can take a look at our full evaluation of Battlefield 2042 on the hyperlink.
