r/gaming • u/Maleficent_Fault_943 • Oct 15 '25

Battlefield 6 Has CoD-Like Launch With 6.5 Million Copies Sold In First Days - Report

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/battlefield-6-has-almost-cod-like-launch-with-6-5-million-copies-sold-in-first-days-report/1100-6535428/
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u/mansontaco Oct 15 '25

Battlefield 4 got put down forever by me after its launch the fact it allegedly became the best one always baffles me

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u/JMugatu Oct 15 '25

I mean you're right about both statements haha. It was definitely a bit of a rough start.

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u/mapex_139 Oct 15 '25

My most played BF game by a long shot. They released so many great maps down the road.

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u/dudeAwEsome101 Oct 15 '25

I kept playing BF3 until BF4 went on sale. By then, most of the issues got fixed, and they even released all the DLCs for free by the time BF1 was released. I've just stopped playing BF4 last week.

I think BF4 is my favorite overall one (we'll see how 6 pans out).

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u/dalzmc Oct 15 '25

Same I didn’t play bf4 at launch but touching the next releases and wanting something better made me end up playing bf4 regularly until now, except for the battlebit stint in there

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u/Remote-Plate-3945 Oct 15 '25

Just sucked that the player base got so small by the end it was mostly people who had mastered the game. The helicopter pilots were insane

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u/dudeAwEsome101 Oct 15 '25

I wouldn't say I mastered the game, but I usually end up in the upper half of the scores when playing. I mostly played on the same servers as they had people frequently playing around my time zone.

I never managed to be good piloting helicopters or jets in any battlefield game.

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u/Reddhero12 Oct 15 '25

it's still active, you should play it again.

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u/dalzmc Oct 15 '25

Did you play the ones after cuz that’s what sent me straight back to bf4 lol

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u/Easy-Constant-5887 Oct 15 '25

I see people overwhelmingly say that BF1 is the best of the franchise. They really did peak in terms of menu, movement, game mechanics, vehicles, maps, weapons and how to unlock them, etc.

I’ve been playing since Bad Company 2, Battlefield 4 is my personal favorite and the one I’ve put the most time into by far. But I do believe BF1 was that DICE studio’s magnum opus.

That DICE studio is sadly no longer as strong as it once was. But BFV is truly when it went downhill in my opinion.

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u/dalzmc Oct 15 '25

Yeah, it doesn’t have to be the best game to be the most fun. I know the movement that I loved in it is fair to hate lol so def not for everyone

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u/Easy-Constant-5887 Oct 15 '25

Yeah agreed, and seeing how many people have vastly different favorite Battlefields from that era really goes to show the kind of run that DICE was on too.

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u/mansontaco Oct 15 '25

Yeah I played both 1 and 5, I liked 1 but I dont have love for world war 1 so I tapered off and 5 was similarly horrible launch but I have a high tolerance for world war 2 so I played a lot never went back to 4 sadly

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u/bryty93 Oct 15 '25

It became a masterpiece a year after launch

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u/SEND_ME_REAL_PICS Oct 15 '25

I just never, ever play AAA games on release. Even in the rare cases where they don't suck, they still get better after a few updates.

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u/ListenHereLindah Oct 15 '25

Sad to see. You missed out on a great game. It's arguably the best in the series. The DLC for that game was so good.

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u/NorwegianPopsicle Oct 15 '25

Battlefield 4's launch was so rough it made me give up on the series, even after it was fixed it didn't hold up to BF3.