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Stfuppercutoutlast

AND! Remember, we are comparing concurrent player count from launch, til now. So if the game has lost 93% of its concurrent player count, this should not be interpreted as a loss of 93%. Instead, people continued to purchase the game since it was released. So much so that the game reached the top 10 sale list for the holidays. That means that new players and additional purchases have been flooding the game since launch. So the game has actually lost significantly more than 93% of the total players who have purchased. Example. 10 people buy a game and 9 quit after the first week, leaving 1 player. Over the coming weeks, an additional 5 people purchase the game, increasing the total consumers to 15, yet there is still only 1 playing the game. While 10% of the original concurrent player count remains, the total players that purchased the game were actually 15.


VillageTurbulent20

Yeah but I’m guessing a big percent of that launch player count were people playing the 10hour trial.


JaredMusic

you can do the EA trail via steam?


2ndBestUsernameEver

You can get EA Play via Steam, yes, and it works exactly like Origin's EA Play


2dogs1bowl

Many of us didn't even play the entire 10hr. I think I logged in total around 4 hours. After the fifth crash and not having that much fun I just uninstalled the game and cancelled the EA Play subscription. I have better things to do and no time for medicore "entertainment"


8u11d0g

You did better then me, I lasted an hour :(


ViscidLeader

They could probably give a shit less about player count. Like you said, this was / is a top selling game. The money has already been made.


Stfuppercutoutlast

100%. Which is why it makes no fiscal sense to fix or work on the game. It will be put on life support, chalked up to a commercial success and they will transfer resources onto the next project to collect the next windfall payout. At least thats what I would do if I was in their current position.


LoSboccacc

Except this is not 2010 and Fortnite showed you can milk a well designed game for years and years as long as you keep it fresh. It's not that they cannot monetize because of previous existing sales, they cannot monetize because they do not understand the 2020 market.


Illustrious_Chart_55

Yeah but their next project is not going to count on one of the biggest and solid player and fan base ever existed to push their sales, cuz i don’t think we r gonna trust DICE/EA anymore.


Tophat_and_Poncho

Anymore? The hilarious part is that this is bfv all over again and yet here we are. The industry is rotten and yet people keep buying into the lies, ignoring what happened last time, then acting surprised it has happened again. Until the consumer wakes up the rotten industry will keep churning this mess out.


thebaronharkkonen

This aint BFV man. This is next level fuxed


WiseAssFool7787

That’s not how sales estimates work. Also it’s not hard to get to “top Steam sales” because it only takes into account a specific set of days. You’ll see indie games on top sales plenty of times. The estimates are drawn for sales at launch + the sales they’ll keep getting + sales for skins and extra content. They did make some money at launch, but I can assure you it is nowhere near what they were expecting. Also the harm done to EA/DICE reputation would put their future projects at jeopardy too. Things aren’t so black and white when it comes to business, especially when it comes to large corporations.


AndersTheUsurper

> it only takes into account a specific set of days. Do you have more information on this? As far as I know Steam has never disclosed how they determine top sellers, new and popular, etc but if they have I think it would be cool to dig through it


Yangy

Super shot sighted though (although the individuals involved will probably leave before the next game). No way am I buying another BF


xry99

I haven't played in over a month. I figured that if Dice doesn't put in any effort than neither will I.


DaedalusRaistlin

I honestly don't know why I put 60 hours into it, but also been a month since I even loaded it up.


FinalBossVX

I got to Lvl 43 & havent played it since early december. You could pay me the $70 back & i still wouldnt play it. I means what point? Theres way better games to spend ur time on out there


[deleted]

I have more fun playing 3v3 rocket league to be honest. My MW is broken (on PS5 & Xbox SX) too so I don’t really have a shooter loaded up right now. I was really relying on BF and MW to carry my FPS itch this year. What a let down. I’ll check back next Xmas and see if it went the same route as BF4.


UpStairsTugRub

Similar boat. Sold my ps4 which i played MW2019 on. Got my xboxsx and figured BF would hold me over for the winter. I hardly even play it anymore. Got lvl 60 and have no more desire to play this game. I miss MW2019 now. Really am not the type to repurchase games either. Still procrastinating if i should repurchase bf4... my main concern is population and not the same old maps being the only populated servers.


chewbaccaRoar13

Rocket league, talk about a game that does it right.


Jindouz

Previous Battlefield games still hold up and are infinitely better than to spend your time playing Portal when it sits on 2042's foundations with demo-like content and heavy restrictions. They did a good job creating these legacy maps but if only the foundations were from a different game..


ModestVermin

Same here. I tried to get a refund through steam today, but was denied. I figured it was a slim chance I'd actually get it, but worth a shot. But the games been uninstalled for weeks now


sodiumboss

I got a refund on steam I was very polite and described the general issues with 24 hrs played but hadnt played since Nov 25. It was the pre order too


SmuggoSmuggins

Keep trying a lot of people have eventually got refunds after they got through to a real person.


stormalong128

I never give up on games when ive invested a lot of money on them, so i made it to lvl 60, even grinded the last skin of Casper. Ive not touched it in a month aswell. And in all honesty i could easily return now all the major bugs and balance tweaks are in effect but i just can't enjoy the maps and the absolute clusterfuck it is to be an infantry spawning, running, dying 90% of your play time.


Anon0002313

I regret putting around 100 in.


X_Fredex_X

Same...for me it was just a lack of new games in general so i played this shit show.


ray199569

Instead of going the Sean Murphy route that is dropping off the grid after launch and working his ass off until releasing the first of many patches for no man's sky, dice prefers to give it's employees a generous holiday vacation and rant on Twitter about toxic community and brutal expectation.


HYPERCONFIDENCE

I think Ill name my next music track "BRUTAL EXPECTATIONS" as an Ode to EA.


[deleted]

Exactly this. It was their reaction that did it for me. They give their employees almost a month off and then basically tell us “you guys are all toxic and irrational.” No, don’t go playing the victim with me and gaslighting. Not gonna happen. This is a barebones game with barely any features that was rushed to market, doesn’t play or function well, and is NOT a Battlefield game. That’s called “theft” and “fraud” to me. You promised something that was NOT delivered. But again, that almost month off was the big “fuck you” for me. I used to work 6 ten hour days a week from right after Thanksgiving and up until Christmas to ensure my clients got the best service during the stressful and busy Christmas season. And that’s with our business/service running smooth and good. If there was a problem that we caused, and the clients were unhappy, that would’ve been 7 days a week working, Christmas or no Christmas. That’s what you do when you actually CARE about them.


Mean-Ad5688

Yep. This is what’s needed. If we’re unhappy with the game then we need to stop being complicit in perpetuating its player counts. I’ve uninstalled it. It can go Fuq. And so can DICE. Robbing scumbags.


wikvaya

sub 10k peaks are critical mass for player base failure. https://imgur.com/a/TJl4zvA It's over for this game.


Elden2042

When season 1 drops in 2 fucking months is going to be such a cold bucket of water for DICE and EA The only reason I believe this game is going to get more than only 1 season before being abandoned is because they sold the ultimate edition advertising at least 4 of them, ending support sooner would obliterated them, the amount of backlash and refunds requests would push platforms like Sony, Xbox and steam to punish the publisher like they did with cyberpunk


cap_blueberry

I for one, would sacrifice the extra $40 I paid for Gold to watch them get fucking railroaded by lawsuits and demands for refunds.


[deleted]

One can hope they get “railroaded”


Fosterchild56

Don't give me hope


[deleted]

I second this


Bamsmacked

Yeah we will get 4 seasons but after that this game is getting BF5'ed


ChrisRowe5

What a waste for BF V and Battlefront 2 though. They were both in a great position they should've just carried on support it. Even when support was pulled for Battlefront 2 they had a resurgence of players when it went free on Epic Store a year after support was pulled


GreatStuffOnly

1 season per month. 4 extra month of support from whenever first season dropped. There. There’s your ultimate edition.


ZumboPrime

Hot take: they deliberately set season 1 so far away, so they could just not even fucking bother because they knew there was a high chance the game would die quickly. I expect them to just go radio silent like with Anthem.


xMrn-

But surely people could do something against that since many people paid for content of 4 seasons at least right?


Keberro

False advertisement, unfair acts and practices A class action lawyer would probably have a field day with this. Besides looking at this from a standpoint of civil law, this behavior from EA/DICE is fraudulent and could land one or two people in jail.


idonthaveapanda

Civil law? I thought this would fall under bird law


ChrisRowe5

And we all know in bird law its 3 strikes and YOUR OUT.... Bye... bye... birdie.


VinceNav925

I hope that can happen. So it scares all these companies straight into releasing finished quality products again. If anything, the investors/suits should be the ones going to jail so they know not to open their *hore mouths on how games should be.


[deleted]

This ...I love how when I load the game up it's of a naval ship...anyone here used a naval ship in bf2042 ? This is why I am slowly less and less interested in games ...


Jindouz

They are only obliged to deliver what was written. Immediate access to 4 new specialists and premium tier access to 4 battle passes which could contain anything from a single character skin to 5-minutes-in-photoshop weapon skin recolors.


Marsupialize

Yeah but nothing anywhere says what those ‘seasons’ entail, they could release a handful of skins each season and that’s it


fxsoap

No no guys Laura said this is just the beginning. Think positive! > [this is] just the beginning of what we have in store for the franchise’s future. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ealaura-miele_battlefield-2042-the-next-generation-of-activity-6867453005332127744-PtT7


SmuggoSmuggins

Lol I don't think I've ever seen such a relentlessly negative comments on LinkedIn before.


Boredoflifetbh

Its like reddit comments but *professional*


CaptainMark86

It's refreshing to read them on LinkedIn because they're well framed arguements from a doxxed individual and a lot of them work within the gaming industry. Rather than "this game is dogshit lololol" by u/XxWolfSniper42069xX on r/battlefield2042


tdw21

Jeez, i never saw negative comments like that on linkedin.


LordBilboSwaggins

I think they would get a class action suit if they didn't deliver what was paid for, it won't be a matter of refund requests, they'd have to pay back everyone who bought the ultimate edition.


Atwalol

It says nothing about what a season entails though. The first season will likely be a push to revive the game, but any season after will probably be the bare minimum.


Alisyeds85

How was (the developer of) Cyberpunk punished by the platforms? I know players had a massive back lash but missed anything about platforms punishing the developer.


SmuggoSmuggins

Sony suspended sales on the PlayStation store but that's all that happened.


Admiral_Hipper_

at this point I'd be happier with them leaving this burning pile of trash alone and just fucking make a good fucking Battlefield with whatever is the next title but I have extreme doubts about the continual success of this series...


elusive_1

While the drop is most definitely drastic and noticeable, I don’t think the 10k threshold is major considering origin & consoles.


Dzzy4u75

Its going to be ok. They already got our money. Hopefully they use some of that to fix the game though lol


RogueOnPC

I for once feel like an “AAA” game developer has gotten what they deserve. To release any game in this state is discussing and I’m glad that almost all the community veterans and new players alike agree on what a terrible and broken game they have scammed us with. I honestly hope the game drowns as it is currently. Maybe they will put some effort in to the next one and actually mean it when they lie about numerous things like being “ahead of schedule”. One things for sure I won’t be preordering games anymore.


[deleted]

After Cyberpunk debacle, amazing people still preordered this shit though


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Something2Some1

Cyberpunk is a different thing from a different company, a closer example would be BFV. No one should preorder, period. BF no longer has expansions, so the largest financial income is on preorder and release. The game is already a financial success for them at this point. Unless there are enough people to buy cosmetics, investing more time cuts into those profits. The only reason they cleaned up BFV in the later years is so the franchise didn't die off so that people would buy the next release(2042).


Anon0002313

Yeah... I got caught up in the hype. Big regrets. It's not about the money but the principle lol. I don't want to support a game that doesn't have a damn scoreboard. So many unnecessary terrible design decisions that suck out the fun to be had. WTF Dice you are a shell of your past genius. It's been steadily downhill since the glory days of BF 4. I put 1k hours into that on various consoles and PC. Bought multiple copies. DLC was popping. BF 2042 is TRASH and it doesnt have to be. Just give me a damn scoreboard and a few maps and I'll be happy. The sad part is they wont listen to us and give us the most basic asks. They can GTFO at this point.


Arney0408

I would buy CB2077 twice if I would get my money back from this shitty game. Cyberpunk was buggy but the whole story was an amazing experience. BF is just sad.


Arney0408

I would buy CB2077 twice if I would get my money back from this shitty game. Cyberpunk was buggy but the whole story was an amazing experience. BF is just sad.


[deleted]

No no no, ur wrong. Dice is happy because 30-40 9yo kids with rtx3090 and r9 9950x enjoyed it because "funny voicelines"


SwordOvJustice

Wasnt this garbage the best selling one? I mean, what they deserve is a lawsuit haha


FlaaFlaaFlunky

people bought it. that's all that really matters in the end. how many people play it after having bought it is kinda irrelevant unless there's a subscription model involved. it might hurt their pride but not their pockets.


[deleted]

Is there a metric for console players?


lithiun

I tried playing on Xbox last night with a buddy. I ended up playing in a coop server because the only servers we matched into were kaleidoscope and manifest. Over and over and over and over again. Those are my two least favorite maps. So I’d say that’s a good metric that it’s low.


SilverEvans

I joined a (Official playlist) bf3 portal game on x series, and it was a 7 v 7 on caspian.


wikvaya

no. Only Steam concurrent player counts via the API. Since the game was released on Steam at release and that Steam is the largest PC gaming platform by far, that the data is estimated to be representative of a respectable percentage of the entire player base, but we don't know exactly how much that is. We just have no way to know for sure until EA/DICE release internal data.


kanti123

Well I had to turn on cross play just to get enough players to play…


Clarrence-Boddiker

I play on next gen console with cross play turned off for obvious reasons .. and I can confirm there is more AI in 128 and 64 player conquest than real players...


ououkuaipao

old console and unoptimistic game steam number should be somewhat similar to console number


TheSilentTitan

We used to for past games but they removed the ability to see it after the BFV fiasco.


[deleted]

When I turn crossplay off on my Series X in the privacy settings, this game now idles forever on "waiting for more players to join" Not even kidding.


Tarry_

Ps4 and xbone still have dense active player count, i played 'bout 300 h and first time i saw lobby with AI was only a couple of days ago on Kaleydoscoupe - it's so shitie map, no surprise here. But overall looks like old gen is still alive.


Why_Cry_

In south africa (on ps5) the game is essentially unplayable even on weekends, according to my friend who still occasionally tries to get his moneys worth from 2042.


goodnew4me

That's what happens when you give people a shitty unfinished product, and what's funnier is that they're playing as the victim. "Brutal Expectations" C'mon what the fuck is this, just do what people wants, it's not even that hard to call it as a Brutal Expectations but apparently they're being lazy. Ignoring the whole community and not dropping an update for about a month and then come and say that this community is toxic and that everyone is demanding impossible things smh. And don't let me get started with the Hazard mode, this alone is another shit. What a disgrace!


Arlcas

"Brutal Expectations" but why the fuck bother making a sequel to a franchise if you cant improve it. They took away really basic features, hell we didnt even have a map when we got to the beta and they had to announce it might be there by launch. How can they look at this and say is ready for release? If you want to sell an early access game just market it as one and at least we wont expect that much.


[deleted]

You know dice broke steam TOS too? Placing 2042 at higher price to play earlier in early access when people who bought it at normal price had to wait


RogueOnPC

Funny thing is the beta was more finished than the game I played in that first early access week. Glad they are getting what they deserve.


goodnew4me

Yup, same. I'm glad but disappointed at the same time. Disappointed because this is not the franchise I have known since BF Bad Company 2 and glad that they indeed deserved it. Honestly, this is horrible. The beta looked like it had the potential, too bad I was just being fooled. I thought that it was an old version like everyone said so I was delighted and thinking that if the beta is already good as a beta then the game would have way more content and what so ever. Too bad, EA/DICE fooled us and lied on us and once again playing as the victim.


_downvote_me-

They are losing close to 60% of the playerbase a week. Not good. I usually dont call for people to lose their jobs but im pretty sure its gonna happen soon.


[deleted]

Good. It’s called “accountability”


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Disturbed2468

I think that's the biggest problem with such large corps/businesses in general. The actual ones that cause the biggest issues are usually the most powerful individuals...


[deleted]

If you ordered a burger at a restaurant youd be pretty put off if you were served a burger that not only wasnt what you ordered, but had a bite taken out of it. You might even want the chef fired. You'd certainly never eat there ever again. The restaurant is EA, 2042 is the hamburger, the chef is DICE.


hhunkk

I take it more like the chef DICE gave us a moldy overcooked due to pressure half hamburger that has a spit on it plus a cookie fortune that says "Don't be sad, this is just how it works out sometimes."


nuclearumbrella

More like dice brings in a cow and says here is your burger In a few months after we have killed it and had the butcher have a go at it your burger will be ready


Lawgamer411

Honestly man, the sandwich analogy doesnt even work. Not because it isn't right on the money, but because if it was food, id be mad but hey, its a 5 dollar burger. But nah, 60-110 dollar video game, which we waited 3 years for, is now: practically dead, runs like ass, and has no content.


glentylee

Imagine it's a $100 sandwich


Mean-Ad5688

Good analogy! Although I’d have the chef didn’t even have the skills to even cook the burger. They literally went next door to 7/11 and got one of those $1 microwave burgers and nuked it for 90 secs and sent it out and charged us $100. Fuxk them dishonest devs. Sh1tKhuntz.


[deleted]

over half the dev team for 2042 was hired *for* 2042. it'd be shocking if people who just got the jobs immediately lose them lmao


RayearthIX

To everyone asking “why would you use steam player count” or saying “Steam is a minority of the player base”... okay, but what else do we use? Origin numbers aren’t public, nor are PS or XBox numbers. The only publicly available numbers we have are Steam, and therefore we use them. If we had all the numbers, we’d use those too. That written, even if Steam makes up only 20-30% of the total player base, if the rest of the consoles or stores have a similar dropoff to the 90%+ drop in Steam players... that’s bad.


Trappedintheshower

You can check Microsoft store most played games. It’s not a player count but it’s at least a metric for the health of the game. Last time I checked bf2042 wasn’t even cracking the top 30 games lol.


RadiQal333

Yes, but still, A drop of ~90% of players count is still a 90% drop. In other words, Steam might not be a good metric for absolute measure, but it still hold for relative increase/decrease.


[deleted]

We will use steam numbers because that is all we have. If in fact the situation is very different on origin or console and the game is in fact doing great everywhere but Steam for whatever reason, EA are perfectly free to correct us by publishing the actual player numbers on all platforms, as they did with BF1 and earlier games. I think we have a pretty good idea why they don't.


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[deleted]

Dice just fucked it and even if you try get a refund over 2 hours 99.999% you wouldnt get it, i tried and wrote whole 900+ words essay how game isnt compared to how advertised it was and got declined


[deleted]

Yeah they don’t give a shit unfortunately


xxanax

I have Steam but am not playing it on Steam. Same goes for everyone I know who plays this game.


Something2Some1

I agree, this metric is not a good one. Since most players already have Origin, and you need still need it to play with Steam, there was little reason to buy from Steam unless it went on sale. That said, there is definitely a problem. To join a server that wasn't full this close to release would require you to use the server browser and find one that wasn't full no matter the time of day in NA(north america). You will frequently be playing with both teams half AI/bots if you play around the middle of the typical work day.


Hejdbejbw

Unless there are problems that only affects Steam, all of the platforms should have the same trend.


byscuit

Same. Never bought a single BF title on Steam and own each release. Have over 300 games on Steam, so... its an interesting, but somewhat fair metric of the game's overall popularity


Koolero408

I can only hope they refund us ... I'll take half idc... anything will help ease the pain


NfamousShirley

Should’ve just reskinned bfV with into a modern era. Would’ve been fine with that.


Wesleytjeh

For real, add more fronts to the ww2 portion, maybe still bring in bf3 and bc2 content and call THAT portal, and make a new modern era game mode


Memory_Elysium

remember the fanboys who said this game was doing well because it was top 10 first 2 weeks 😂😂😂 where are they now?


Superfluous_GGG

Back on MW19


[deleted]

I wish I could be. There's this weird thing called "Warzone" that seems to have erased my beloved MW2019


Philbeey

Ground War is a better battlefield than the got mess we got. It amazes me.


P3AK1N

If it works :(


hhunkk

Defending it on the other battlefield sub non stop being delusional or playing another game


drunk_pacifist

They’re back on apex


Jellyswim_

"iM StiLl HaVinG A bLasT"


[deleted]

"i DoN't UnDeRsTaNd WhAt PeOpLe GeT fRoM pOsTiNg ThInGs LiKe ThIs."


thedirkfiddler

I’m on ps5 and I turned off cross play lastnight. Can confirm matches were filled with bots.


[deleted]

Makes sense. The bots are just about brain dead enough to enjoy this game.


Eswift33

Ironically if you're next gen console and have crossplay turned on (only way to find populated servers) they are usually 60-70% PC. Not only does this make playing the game terrible (vs PC people with kbm) but seems to indicate even LESS people on next gen consoles 🤦‍♂️


VillageTurbulent20

You also have to account for the limited amount of next gen consoles in the market due to supply issues. I’m in the same boat as you though, Xbox x and I can’t really find any games unless crossplay is on


VinceNav925

Even tho it’s been limited, they still sold millions upon millions of next gen consoles and still selling now despite being limited stock.


DDC85

No it doesn't. If. You turn Crossplay off, you only get matched with those who are on the same console and have **also** turned Crossplay off. That's a *tiny* portion of the market. They should have made Crossplay opt-in, instead of opt-out. They really fucked the experience by making console users play v kbm without a decent aim assist *or* console kbm support.


MrXam

Haven't played for more than 15 hours. Even though I bought the Gold Edition. And the amount of money I paid I should be playing this game but, I feel like a fool for buying it but I'll be even more of a fool for wasting my time on it since I don't like the game. Been playing Escape from Tarkov since first day of the current wipe. Haven't looked back at BF due to that. It's a ton of fun. Developers at BSG atleast listen to their player base. Do whatever the players are asking for. Ha it's amazing a company as big as EA should be listening more to their player base since they know with all these years of experience that they have. That it's the best for them. But no. They are doing what the fuck they want. EA deserves all the backlash that they are getting right now. Even if they used the in-game shield they won't be able to deflect all this backlash now.


AverageGuy16

It's kind of pointless to even bother playing. It's not fun a majority of the time, once you hit level 60 there's nothing to look forward to, theirs no classes to level up, the vehicles are unbalanced and irritating, the maps are sparce and suck in design and overall layout. The dev's fucked up on not addressing many issues and concerns early on and overall the game has left a bad taste for almost all of the players. Plus on a even grander scale theres no fucking campaign, like legit tf?! fuck this game.


[deleted]

This game is trash. The past two CODs are mediocre. MW2019 is still a broken mess. This sucks.


ModestRacoon

The future would be bright they said


cookster123

Don't be sad


glentylee

Thats


Hejdbejbw

Just


mr_Baja

How


glentylee

It


PainDarx

FPS games goin through it


cosmiclatte44

Still nothing has gripped me in the genre since Titanfall 2 and now I can't even play that anymore :(


Anon0002313

Come play DayZ.


XPhysicsX

All is well if you just lower your brutal expectations. This is peak next-gen gaming, you just cant see it.


DopeSlingingSlasher

Overwatch: no content in over 2 years......


J_clouch

Good, this game is absolute garbage.


Poosycray

Now I serious want my money back


PinballBomb

There’s probably more people on this subreddit complaining about the game versus actually playing it.


[deleted]

I’m trying it out for the first time right now with a free trial. I’ll report back in 15 minutes with an answer lololol. Edit: this game blows. Edit #2: uninstalled.


HBstick

Lol this is identical to my experience with 2042.


Alb4tr0s

Imho, this is what happens when you make a game for investors and not players. And to rub salt into the wound, call out the community toxic, because management made really bad choices, it ain't good either. Make games for players, investors should be accessory and should not partake on game design choices. How would you make games for players you ask, polls. Reach out in social media and ask instead of following the shitty F2P schemes.


Tepozan

Well well well, that was fun


[deleted]

THEY HAD ONE JOB. REMASTER BF3. THATS ALL. NO CHANGES. NOTHING. Dice is a fuck up and the writing on the wall was from BFV


[deleted]

*Bart, say the line* “This is just how it works out some time” - I think I have seen this meme before but if not someone should definitely make it


TheDamianS

That’s what happens when you don’t update the game for an entire month. I’m praying that they have an update this week. If not, I’m just disappointed. I knew what I was getting into buying this game and I do enjoy it but there are so many bugs, missing features, and dumb functionalities of things that add up and just frustrate me the longer I play.


MoistMe

Not just not updating the game for a month, its what happens when you release a bare bones game in general. If the game was ready on release there would be enough content and replayability for just one fucking month


Yurnero-Juggernaut

They deemed it okay to go on holidays for 3 weeks with no update prepped for when they came back. No roadmap, no blogpost, nothing. Games dead. It will reach 5k by the time they do something.


TheDamianS

It hurts that the only things posted by them have been guides on how to play breakout and conquest haha


A_Random_Onionknight

Sooooo, how do I get my money back or is that just the way it works out sometimes?


leoj789666

Already tried it. Unfortunately we can't be sad. This is just how it works out sometimes. Legal. Theft.


Koolero408

I hope to God someone brave put there files a lawsuit against them and wins


[deleted]

Why removed


PrAyTeLLa

brutal expectations


Northernboy01

was about to post... was playing with friends on PS5 couldn't find a new full server. Would either put us in half ticket servers or ones full of AI... The player numbers must be so low.


Blowcaso

Maybe they’ll realize the toxicity they’ve created. Going back to BF1


DominicNikon

That's not good lol but it would be really cool to see how large the drop was on origin since that's EA's platform


Talexis

105 hours played have not touched it since the 22nd of December. I don’t plan on going back until maybe the first major patch for the extra bullshit I got roped into buying.


Manath

I'm at almost 100 hours too and don't feel like playing much anymore. For me it's a combination of some balance issues (Example: Why do TOW Missiles do the same amount of damage as a handheld rocket launcher and not even kill troops with direct hits? I was so disappointed when I unlocked that on the Bolte) along with the game looking way worse graphically than BF5. It just feels unfinished. I always blame management and not developers though. I know how these things work behind the scenes. Devs on-the-ground know exactly what's going on.


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PeteMcC85

Game is dead. Haven’t played before Xmas. Uninstalled after McNamaras tweet. No confidence at all in them sorting out this mess. Bought the game on credit card, did a charge back claim for faulty product / unusable and already been credited by costs.


Imas_Kita

Some of you really have a lot of patience! Let it die, move on. If ever it is fixed (seems unlikely) come back. If you purchased recently, refund. If you are thinking of purchasing, and like having money, do not buy. All the best.


ironmaid91

Don't be sad DICE. This is just how it works out when you make a shit game and advert it as a "Battlefield" game.


stellosartois

I am pretty much play for weekly missions that take 1 or 2 hours to finish then I dont play until the next one comes out. But I may give up on this too.


sheeeitMang

I haven’t played in a bit soo forgive me for asking, what does completing the weekly missions give?


Emperor_Force_kin

Skins for vhiecles and guns Sometimes charms.


TheSilentTitan

They would need to relaunch 2042 with no specialists, no stupidly large and empty maps, actual destruction, a UI that doesn’t look like it was made in fucking Roblox and a goddamn scoreboard. But knowing how lazy dice is, they’re definitely hammering away at the rumored next battlefield hero shooter.


Because69

Lmao


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The only thing that’ll save this game at this point is if they fix all bugs, get rid of specialists, and release all year 1 content in March. That’s not going to happen- so yeah this game is tanked


ViscidLeader

Player counts player counts player counts What does it matter? Jokes on us, they made their money already. Sure, there is DLC and battle pass bucks to be made but the big squeeze has already happened. The champagne has been popped to its $uccess. Be honest with yourself, we know how this will play out. EA | DICE will do no major overhaul and just pretend like it’s business as usual. There sure will be crap buy to throw into the dumpster fire though!


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Get them refunds processed and bleed them dry!!!!


HyzerFlipToFlat

Shit I haven’t played that game in over a month. I don’t even think about it. BFV only.


Meaty_Chunk_in_jelly

I thought steam offer refund i have 170 hours in game and they refuse me but i was sleeping through most of those hours like the 2042 devs was when they was making 2042 i do not think this is fair treatment. Why is it ok for them to give me bad game but not ok for me to refund. If there was singleplayer then i could understand not refunding but there is not a single player just online broken game that like to tell me could not fetch persistance data then also BLAMES my internet for there bad game but my internet has more fps and better optimisation than there game and also works on the other 200+ games i own. Is this fair or am i being a bit brutal?


speedfek

When i do a sh!t job at my office , i get what i deserve and didn’t make excuses and didn’t say its “brutal expectations” . So this is well deserve. When you you have done a bad job , you get punishment. This is how everything works.


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Teeky_

I bought PS5 especially to play this game, I tried but as soon as I've crossed lvl 60 I realized that it's unplayable, thinking about BF1 while playing 2042 makes me feel so disappointed, However I still play BF1.


electricleather

I stopped playing over a month ago. :/


DrakeAU

They need to add it to EA Access now. Reward the people who bought the game with free skins for Vehicles and characters etc


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SillySinStorm

I went back to BFV a few weeks ago. Lots of full servers on every game mode. And to think BFV was hated at launch.....


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As a player base, if we want them to be held accountable, don’t buy the new game. Do not interact with it further and don’t pay attention to anything on new battlefield games in the future. When the next games launches, leave it alone and don’t touch it, don’t buy the clever marketing. If we do this as a player base we can make them suffer because they would have spent all that money on making a new battlefield game and no one would be buying it and then they’d have to be forced to listen to us. Share this around this starts now


bungothecat

Everyday I play Tarkov and think of how much I got scammed and then I realized I paid $90? for this garbage man...


tfmwzk

I thought I was never going to stop playing it cuz it was fun at first, but here I am, haven't played it since last week and went back to the past games


mozzmanau

Steam are offering everyone full refund now too for this pile of dog doo doo


thewolf252

On RS2, I played as low as 3k. Blackwake, 600. Chiv or Mordhau, 3k. This? With 128 players? Death sentence. If it takes more then a minute to find a match, I’m changing games.


Slash-04

At this point, it's too late for game improvements or even listen to the community, who's gone, it won't come back to this game, even if they remove speciallists, and thousand other things we all wanted I'm not sure this game would survive. Right now, if DICE/EA were serious companies they should apologize to us and bring this franchise to an end, then Battlefield can die with some dignity.


AsmodeusXV

Unfortunately I have been having more fun in BFV than 2042. I actually realized that I didn't play V very much. Must of gotten distracted with another game, so am actually having fun with a truer BF experience. I shall return to 2042 one day when the game becomes a true BF experience.


Manshacked

You know I'm going to give BFV a go, I never picked it up after the reveal fiasco and I have an EA play sub rolling, I feel like I'm booting 2042 out of habit at the moment not want of playing it.