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[-] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

The article definitely makes it sound like it wasn’t as big of a hit as they initially thought it was.

Steam concurrents have also dropped significantly following Battlefield 6's big launch, when it hit a huge 747,440 peak. Steam concurrents are now, typically, in the tens of thousands. For example, Battlefield 6 hit 67,000 peak concurrent players on Valve's platform yesterday.

[-] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 14 hours ago

They launched it with a rootkit which conflicted with Riot's rootkit, then they later implemented micro transaction popups a couple of months later. It's no wonder to actual consumers as to why their player numbers plummeted.

[-] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

That makes a lot of sense! I didn’t know they added the micro transaction stuff but that explains why reviews plummeted after a couple months.

Thanks for the details! (Or for telling me something I missed in the article)

[-] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 5 points 1 day ago

It cant be big enough for the shareholders demanding dividends and stock price

[-] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 hours ago

To go along with that, it’s also a “good” time to lay people off.

“Everyone” is laying people off for “efficiency,” so it’s like a free pass.

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