Seriously...

[ShogunMoki]

@Sixclicks

@mR-Donkey1RAR

@Sixclicks

It makes sense that people would complain about the game changing so much compared to the older Battlefields. Many Battlefield veterans grew to like this series so much because of how it was, so of course they’d be disappointed in the direction Battlefield has gone with this game. It’s clear the game is falling into the trend that most other games are following now which is focusing on accessibility. That of course brings in more customers for DICE which is good for money, but at the same time it tends to degrade the depth of gameplay.

And in terms of player population, it’s also clear that the decisions DICE has made in the development of this game have turned away many players. The peak player population since launch on PC is down 65%, Xbox is down 62%, and PS4 is down 56%.

I personally think that BF1 is overall a good game, and the launch was definitely a lot better than the recent previous titles. That said, I do wish DICE would bring BF back closer to its roots.

They definitely need to do something to slow the bleeding of players from the game. I was hoping the DLC would cause a spike in player population that would last maybe a couple of months until the next DLC eventually comes out, but that didn’t happen. There was a small spike when the DLC was released, but within a month the peak population stats were already under the population stats just before the release of the DLC.

Where did you find these stats mate, do you have any specific links?

@mR-Donkey1RAR

https://battlefieldtracker.com/bf1/insights/population?days=-1

That chart shows the peak population for each month. So I took the peak from the first month and found the decrease in total peak players compared to the peak of the current month. The formula is PercentDecrease = 100*{1-(CurrentPeak/PastPeak)}

For example, on PC this would be calculated as: PercentDecrease = 100*{1-(41969/120996)} = 65.3% decrease in peak player population since the first month.

Seems like a big decrease because of the “hype train” inflation numbers when everyone and their mothers wanted to play the game. BF1 averages 200,000 - 250,000 players a day at peak hours which is almost equivalent to the launch day numbers of BF4. Add the inflated numbers and you get a pretty successful game. The new monthly updates from DICE after the Spring Update means that more things like bugs, glitches, weapon balance, and map balancing will be fixed in a quicker amount of time, so that alone is a good sign that DICE still cares about keeping the community together.