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[viveks86]

 

[Hari Seldon]

After reading that ars technica article I have absolutely no faith in this game. It is a shame because I was looking forward to a return to form for battlefield.

 

[Sleepwalker]

If Phil can count every device as an xbox what stops EA from counting every console as MAU?

 

[pqueue]

they will be lucky to get 20 million.

 

[yogaflame]

I like BF series especially Bad company and BF 3 and 4 but to be honest this thread will age like milk.

 

[JPSLotus97T]

 

[JayK47]

Are they going to force me to play it? Or maybe they are including bots.

 

[SJRB]

"Our game needs to sell ONE HUNDRED MILLION copies!"

Devs:

Start updating those resumes, friends

 

[[Sigma]]

It won't get half of that probably. I say about 30 to 35 million and they should be happy about that

 

[Shifty1897]

EA is about to find out what crippling disappointment feels like lol.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Best I can do is 100% discount and PS+ premiere in 6 months.

 

[Robot Carnival]

 

[Braag]

Investors will love to hear this. Obviously they will be deeply disappointed in the end.

 

[//DEVIL//]

Reads the title . lol EA. I guess they are shutting down the studio next :/

Shitty expectations from a greedy management . I hope this CEO get fired soon too

 

[sono]

What new usp will it have such they have those huge expectations

My expectationnis that it will be just another human warfare game with good graphics and some idiotic narrator which has already been a number of times before

 

[DAHGAMING]

I think they want to end BF and close Dice. These numbers are over the top, even if it gets good numbers but dosnt reach 100m they have an excuese to shut them down.

 

[Wildebeest]

Investors are going to hate it when they fall ridiculously short of that target but they are going to love it when they close down most of their studios in some legendary display of hair shirt corporate austerity.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Good luck. Battlefield hasn't been good in an eternity.

 

[grvg]

That's like 1.25% of the human population. Colour me skeptical.

 

[azertydu91]

 

[Miles708]

Am I wrong in getting the distinct impression that all these companies management is comprised mostly by drunk monkeys?

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

I'm abit out of the loop on cod. Are people getting fed up with it and maybe battlefield can steal some of it's pie?

Cod just seems to be warzone focused these days and doing another black ops right after black ops 6? Even lazier.

 

[archangelmorph]

EA reportedly expects Battlefield 6 to have 100 million players, three times more than the series' best seller

EA's executive leadership has reportedly set a goal of 100m players for the upcoming Battlefield game, which "very few" developers believe is achievable.

www.eurogamer.net

LOL!

They not even trying to hide the setup for their "little Jimmy, let's go for a walk…" routine this time round…

Bet they're already drafting the "didn't meet sales expectations" press release in prep to shutter the studio when it gets no where near this nonsense engagement KPI…

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Its CEO is a bold man who sets ambitious goals. He deserves another 30M bonus.

If devs can't accomplish his vision they should be fired, for sure.

 

[Itchy Tickles]

"We want an excuse to fire the team, but we think giving them an impossible target is motivation, somehow. We at EA love our "family" and will back them no matter what. Wtf, did time advance on that clock? I wish I could fire your families too."

 

[TheAmazingSpiderMan]

What world are they living in

 

[Solarstrike]

How the fuck can they possibly expect that? What is going on in their heads.

 

[SolarFry]

Good thing EA have FIFA and the millions of FIFA tards, to keep the lights on.

 

[yogaflame]

They can achieve this by having 90 million bots

 

[playbignbox]

It seems quite ambitious, not to say impossible lol

 

[Freelance Yakuza]

That doesn't make sense

 

[SHAKEZ]

At this point they're just finding an excuse to never make BF games again.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Only if it's good and going to the Switch 2.

 

[POKEYCLYDE]

Those are lofty numbers even for a free to play game. What the hell are they smoking?

 

[Fermbiz]

With today's idiot gamers, easily obtainable!

 

[Gamer132]

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Aim for the moon and even if you miss...

 

[Radical_3d]

Came here for both of these.

This is like when they expected Dead Space to sell five fucking millions in a way smaller market than we have today and then they closed the studio. If nothing but a rampant nepotism would rule the business world 99% of executives wouldn't pass the first quarter in the chair.

 

[Kataploom]

After the great support they have to Anthem and how great they treated the players, I'm feeling completely confident to join them in their new online venture

 

[kevboard]

"EA reportedly retarded" should be the headline here

 

[wolffy66]

100 mil? Prepare for disappointment

 

[Insane Metal]

What have they been smoking?

 

[EverydayBeast]

EA reportedly expects Battlefield 6 to have 100 million players, three times more than the series' best seller

 

[StereoVsn]

Remember when MS was thinking of a billion GamePass gamers at one point? I am getting same vibes here… except it's probably EA CEO setting up the studio to get shut down so he can get even bigger bonus. On the other hand, Phil was just drunk.

 

[MayauMiao]

EA still think they are in 2010s.

 

[PendekarRajawali]

 

[Sardaukarama]

Defoo an overreach for players lol , I'm more concerned about that 2 yr loss of production for the single player

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Have played it several times and I have bad news for them, it wont make it

 

[yogaflame]

That's like 1.25% of the human population. Colour me skeptical.

They will rely on AI customers

 

[tr1p1ex]

ok I have a better guess than F2P. Or more specific guess. They will also have a F2P mobile (stripped down) version of BF6. (And that's included in the 100mn number prediction.)

Of course the underlings never like to disappoint the big boss with underwhelming predictions either.