EA wants Battlefield 6 to more than triple sales of the series' most successful game

There was a time in Battlefield's history when the series could not only keep up with Call of Duty but actively compete with Juggernaut's sales number. EA wants to return to the era via Battlefield 6, but the high expectations that the publisher has for the next match in the series can set it for failure.

Although we still do not know much about the next battlefield – it does not even have a name yet – it is expected to be launched before the end of the current financial year. The little thing we have heard about the game has also been quite positive, with Battlefield fans who liked what they have seen from the leaked test films. But if a new report on State of Battlefield 6 with the permission of Ars Technica is something to pass by, everything is not good.

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According to the report, the pressure from EA has to ensure that this is a new, successful dawn for the Battlefield series led to conflicts internally with the budget for the Battlefield 6 shooting through the roof. It is assumed Development costs have already exceeded $ 400 millionand have spent so much on making it happen, EA expects the Battlefield 6 to withdraw more than 100 million players So that it can compete with those like Fortnite and Call of Duty.

If the next battlefield were to withdraw so many players in any way, it would need more than triple sales of the most successful games in the series so far, Battlefield 1. Battlefield 6 will reportedly include a free-playing mode, probably a Battle Royale, which will undoubtedly help it to achieve a higher number than the series has ever seen before.

However, in order for it to draw 100 million players can expect a bit, and Devs who work with the game feel the pressure. Anyone who spoke to Ars Technica had to either take leave from the project because of fatigue or knew about someone who had. Two developers who had worked with other Triple-A games, both within EA and in other studios, said they had never seen burnout at this level before.

All this in combination with the pressure to have this game ready to go before the end of March makes it feel like the next battlefield is doomed to fail. Hopefully that is not the case, and if it is to give the team that works with it anymore to make the game as good as it can be, or set a more realistic goal for a potential playercount, even with free-to-game elements, something must change if Battlefield 6 will be a return to winning way for the series.