Battlefield 6 Open Beta Estimated to Have Accumulated 20 Million Players Across Consoles and PC
While we’ve seen the Battlefield 6 Open Beta crack Call of Duty’s Steam record with over 500,000 concurrent players, publisher Electronic Arts hasn’t commented on just how many people participated in the beta.
If this recent report from a multi-national financial institution is to be believed, its initial estimate of five million players were blown out of the water easily.
Battlefield 6 Open Beta Player Estimates Were Raised From 5M to 20M Due to Positive Reception
According to financial services company Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (via Battlefield Wire), they have “significantly revised” their estimate for the Battlefield 6 Open Beta participants from five million to over 20 million players. This is based on “comprehensive data analysis of similar games and Steam concurrent metrics.”
It’s estimated that the 20 million figure is split 70-to-30 between PC and console gamers, as its noted that the first week of the beta test established “a strong baseline for player engagement.”
This has translated well for publisher EA, as it’s currently on an “Outperform” rating, and company stock is trading at an impressive 36% return over the past six months. You may recall our report from last week, which noted that EA’s stock soared to new heights following the positive reception of the Battlefield 6 Open Beta, and that trend appears to have continued.
While the second week of testing for Battlefield 6 didn’t surpass the initial phase, Oppenheimer mentions that negative player feedback was primarily due to the Rush game mode, and criticism of it was not enough to undermine “the overall positive reception of Battlefield 6 among players thus far.”
With these many players, it’s a bit surprising EA hasn’t announced anything to tout how successful the beta has been. We’ve reached out to the publisher about this 20M figure, and if we hear anything back, we’ll update the article with the info.
In related news, DICE released a surprise major update for Battlefield 2042 yesterday that include a new map, and new cosmetics to earn in Battlefield 6! This translated to an increase in BF2042’s player count by over 500%, which shows the BF6 hype is real.
It’s also been reported recently that EA is targeting to annualize the Battlefield franchise, and they are aiming to do that in the next 5-6 years. Mind, with this kind of reception, the publisher might be pushing hard to do that earlier.
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The OG’s that left after BF 4. they all came back and like me enjoyed it so much!! finally they are back!! i bet there will be some that will wait until the release, hopefully they hold on what they gave us a taste off and they don’t do a 180 turn
Same. I’m an old coot and I loved BC2, BF3, BF4 and even BF1. BFV and 20242, not that much, but this scratches that same itch.