Battlefield 6 Sells Over 7M Units in First 3 Days, Now the Biggest Launch in Franchise History
Given the super warm reception of the Battlefield 6 beta, anything short of a massive launch day success might be seen as a failure by publisher Electronic Arts, and even the community.
Thankfully, that conversation doesn’t need to happen, as EA has announced today that Battlefield 6 is now the biggest launch in franchise history!
As if there was any doubt, given the shooter amassed over 700K concurrent players on Steam alone, but now it’s official.
Battlefield 6 Sells Over 7 Million Units in Its First Three Days
In a press release sent by EA, the publisher calls the game as “one of the biggest gaming and entertainment launches of the year,” as the game now has the biggest opening ever in the Battlefield franchise.
In the first three days since it launched on October 10, Battlefield 6 has managed to sell over seven million copies. This has equated to 172 million matches played online and accumulated over 15 million hours watched on streaming services during the three-day weekend.
Byron Beede, General Manager of Battlefield, shared, ““First and foremost we want to thank our players. Battlefield 6 was built with our fans. From the initial concept through to the implementation of Battlefield Labs and into the record-shattering Open Beta we have been obsessed with player feedback. Together, with our players we’ve had a singular goal: to craft the best Battlefield ever. And this is just the beginning – our first season of new content is just 12 days away.”
Also adding his thoughts is the Executive Vice President and video game maker extraordinaire Vince Zampella who said, “We never take moments like this for granted, so I want to express our sincere gratitude to our global Battlefield Studios and passionate community that has helped get us to this point. We appreciate you joining us for Battlefield 6’s momentous launch. We have so much more to come in the weeks ahead.”
While that number is quite impressive, the developers are just getting started. We already know that Season 1 will kick off on October 28, bringing new maps, weapons, and more. However, even before that, the developers have been vocal about the changes they have planned for the game, and this includes adjusting bloom, addressing known issues and more.
Today, the studio released a new update for the shooter on all platforms, which primes the game for Season 1. There’s also the Battle Royale component, which is rumored to be released when Season 1 starts.
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