If there’s any chance Battlefield 2042 is gonna have shot at redemption, it’s now
Over the weekend, right when Call of Duty was having a big moment with the Modern Warfare 3 beta, EA and DICE had some bit of counter-programming planned, which no one could’ve predicted would end up actually helping Battlefield.
In celebration of the launch of Season 6 – likely to be Battlefield 2024’s last major update – the game held a free weekend on all platforms, and went on sale at a steep 84% off discount. Scheduling all that to go up against Battlefield’s juggernaut competitor was certainly bold, and it paid off.
Battlefield 2042, which has been averaging a modest of 10,000 concurrent players per day on Steam, tends to invite a lot more interest from players whenever new content is released. Though we’ve seen those numbers reach the 40 and 50,000 with past seasons and free weekends, nothing has quite made a dent as the most recent update and free weekend.
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