Number of players: https://battlefieldtracker.com/bf1/insights/population?days=-1
Game is pretty addictive, 3 years and still lots of full servers. Looking at stats, there is even certain revival in game popularity. While 7000-12 000 players at best playing times doesn;t seem a lot, this is 2 times more that couple of months ago. Battlefield V - thank you for being such a failure!
I completely understand your frustration. That is why I switched back to console, and the biggest reason. Nothing worse than spending a good amount of money, sinking alot of time into it only to lose everything or get killed by some skill less schlub!
Games that come out yearly or bi-yearly rarely if ever have any fan retention. This is especially true for AAA franchises such as this, CoD, FIFA, NBA 2K etc.
In a way, they’re almost designed to be obsolete when the “new” game comes out so customers are coerced into buying the game again. Black Ops 4 was the most recent example of this when it was revealed that it would have its final major update (Operation Dark Divide) despite the devs saying that it would be supported ‘for years to come’.
BC2 will always have a place in my heart, but yeah, BF1 was and still is spectacular. Even a losing game isn’t a misery as there’s so much beautifully realised spectacle: flaming airships and biplanes and artillery and whole maps on fire and the crack of bolt action rifles.
Tried BFV again after many months and although aspects have been improved, it’s a generic, soulless game. I hope BF1 has a few more years left.
Still say that, in my years gaming, nothing comes as close in terms of excitement and emersion as a BF1 Operations on the final flag with 30 tickets left…