The Battlefield 2042 soldier has been completely abandoned. Six months after its disastrous release, the modern FPS sees its numbers drop and chart a new course.
5 months have passed since the disastrous launch of Battlefield 2042. And things haven’t improved since then, quite the opposite. The game is completely abandoned by the players.
Exit Battlefield 2042
New blow for Battlefield 2042. EA’s latest FPS was not a success, the American publisher had to admit to its investors. To make up for its mistakes, DICE had postponed the game’s first season, presumably hoping to return with a real change. For lack of content, the players jump off. Today, Battlefield 2042 dropped below 1,000 players for the first time. A very sad attendance record for the game.
An alarming number considering that the highest attendance over the last 30 days was 3,241 players. In November, it gathered more than 100,000 players before 60% of them fled the following month. Desertion has been exponential and modern FPS have lost 82% more soldiers since the beginning of the year. Some of them have actually taken refuge in Battlefield V, which has seen a resurgence after the failure of its successor. For comparison, he alone accumulated more than 31,000 players on April 11th.
An update to save?
Result: When you start Battlefield 2042, you play against the AI rather than against real players. Whether DICE will be able to turn the tide with the game’s first season remains to be seen: the studio has decided to postpone this potentially life-saving content to early summer 2022 in order to first solve the game’s problems. ” The game must first achieve the highest quality standards of the franchise.” justified Ryan McArthur, producer.
However, an update with hundreds of changes is well planned for this month. The patch will mainly focus on bugs, but more changes are expected. Balancing vehicles and weapons is also on the agenda. Will this first project be enough to bring the barge back? Answer within a few weeks.
