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[Craig of War]

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

"All-out warfare"

What the fuck does that even mean?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

They had all the chance to pounce on the hype now will get lost in E3

 

[april6e]

Please have at least Bad Company 2 levels of building destruction and environmental terraforming.

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

For the love of god please be good.

The series has been in decline since Bad Company 2.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Skeptically optimistic.

 

[Mr Moose]

"All-out warfare"

What the fuck does that even mean?

Battle Royalefield.

 

[Greeno]

JUST REVEAL THE TRAILER! The rocket fell in the Ocean.

 

[cormack12]

 

[Camreezie]

In b4 also coming to xbox one and ps4

 

[LisaMariaMartin]

Confirmed cross gen

 

[Craig of War]

In b4 also coming to xbox one and ps4

Yup

 

[Codes 208]

Battle Royalefield.

Well, maybe? They already have a BR mode called Firestorm, whether or not they'll remake it or continue it into BF6 ala war zone is yet to be seen

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I mean what else is he going to say that is sucked?

 

[skit_data]

"All-out warfare"

What the fuck does that even mean?

It means the CEO of EA think we could very well have entered WW3 by the time the game releases

 

[elliot5]

if you saw the trailer last week, release it you bastard

 

[Blitzmangoman]

"All-out warfare"

What the fuck does that even mean?

Don't they always use that phrase?
Basically, Infantry and lots of Vehicles at the same time.

 

[newtypepilot]

all out lootboxes

 

[Haggard]

"The game will release both on last generation consoles and the current (next) generation of consoles."

 

[skit_data]

Huh, I was almost sure this would be next-gen only. Funny how they keep using the term "true next gen game" when its simply not.

 

[Arun1910]

"All-out warfare"

What the fuck does that even mean?

You go pew. They go pew.

Same phrase these shooting games use all the time. Means nothing.

 

[Fake]

Next gen coming to PS4...

 

[Kholinar]

Wait. Did anyone think they would abandon a 150M+ playerbase for next-gen in spite of the crippled supply that's expected to spill over into next year? Gobsmacked.

 

[Derktron]

So does this mean that Battlefield 6 may not come to last-gen consoles, I think that is what he is implying.

 

[Derktron]

"The game will release both on last generation consoles and the current (next) generation of consoles."

Well what do you expect, do you not realize that we are in a shortage and it's very hard to find any next-gen console.

 

[amigastar]

This may be the first Battlefield i could imagine to try out.

 

[skit_data]

Wait. Did anyone think they would abandon a 150M+ playerbase for next-gen in spite of the crippled supply that's expected to spill over into next year? Gobsmacked.

I actually thought they would make that leap no matter how stupid it would be. They have strongly implied that it was a next gen only release, but I guess that term has lost its meaning completely by now.

 

[ethomaz]

True next-gen but not next gen lol

 

[Represent.]

"True next generation" and Cross gen dont mix and match.

Gonna be a long ass time before we get real next gen from 3rd party with all this bum ass cross gen shit.

 

[skit_data]

Well what do you expect, do you not realize that we are in a shortage and it's very hard to find any next-gen console.

These games have been in development since long before the consoles even released, one cannot simply back port them. They clearly intended a cross gen release from the start, even though that wasn't clear at all in their messaging.

 

[Investor9872]

So does this mean that Battlefield 6 may not come to last-gen consoles, I think that is what he is implying.

That's exactly what he's implying, and it's obfuscating and outrightly lying. It's just a hyping and marketing the game. But truly you can't be a "true next-gen game" if you are NOT releasing the game exclusively on next-gen systems and PCs.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

"All-out warfare"

What the fuck does that even mean?

 

[Krizalidx11]

Next-gen BF = cramming 200players and clog the CPU cores with 99% usage all times

 

[Zoro7]

No chance EA was gonna ignore previous gen customers. Its all about da MONAY!

 

[Little Chicken]

To be fair, the shortages of PS5 and Series consoles are pretty much forcing companies to go cross-gen.

 

[Sybrix]

"Game changing destruction" - Has to be Bad Company 2 level or higher, anything other than this will be a let down

 

[skit_data]

To be fair, the shortages of PS5 and Series consoles are pretty much forcing companies to go cross-gen.

What is this belief that these kind of decisions are made within in a couple of months of releasing a game?

If its crossgen, it has pretty much always been crossgen. One cannot design and build a game for several years and go "woops, console shortages" a couple of months before launch, push a button and have a version playable on last gen consoles

 

[CitizenZ]

Broken and unbalanced day one, confirmed.

 

[Little Chicken]

What is this belief that these kind of decisions are made within in a couple of months of releasing a game?

If its crossgen, it has pretty much always been crossgen. One cannot design and build a game for several years and go "woops, console shortages" a couple of months before launch, push a button and have a version playable on last gen consoles

I thought they started development last week?

You're right.

I'm going to guess that they're made by completely different teams, current gen will be 120-ish players while last-gen stays at 64, lowest settings.

 

[harmny]

I mean what else is he going to say that is sucked?

good. make it f2p then

 

[Insane Metal]

Cross gen

GTFO of here

 

[R6Rider]

Cross-gen was to be expected.

Cross-gen playing I can't see happening at least only working one way (PS5 can play on PS4 servers, but not the other way around).

 

[Nobody_Important]

Did anyone seriously expect it to not be cross gen? Of course they are going to make sure the majority of their player base has access to the game.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

No problems with that given the shortages. Just go all out on next gen.

 

[ABnormal]

Yup

The only hope that remains to have a real next gen BF on PS5 and XSX is having the last gen versions as a completely separate game, scaled back. But if the next gen version and last gen ones will share the same servers and matches (the ones within the limited player counts, obviously), then the "scaled back destruction" will be just cosmetically inferior, without any gameplay and interaction differences. And that would be just trash.
I seriously hope that they will be two different games, with a next gen version using a gameplay balanced for more complex destruction, wider maps, higher player counts, etc.

Any single damn time there's a chance to see some advancement on interaction and strategic destruction it ends with the usual useless garbage. How can be possible that I was able to use it in many useful and chirurgic ways in BBC2 on PS3 and I cannot do today?

 

[Kerotan]

Ffs the destruction will be scaled back to work on both gens. So disappointing. I'm actually glad gta 6 is so far away so we don't get this bullshit.

 

[ZehDon]

"A true next generation game*"
*Also releasing on last generation consoles

EA playing a card from Sony's deck.

 

[Iced Arcade]

I think anything this gen can be made on last gen consoles, just toned down... Why wouldn't you want that money.

 

[NullZ3r0]

So faster loading and some raytracing?

 

[truth411]

Its Cross Gen So....