Battlefield Playerbase is a dinosaur...
The Battlefield core Playerbase is a poison pill inextricably built into the franchise. The developer cannot produce new more universally appealing games (larger profits) for this franchise without t...
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@afzSnickelfritz wrote:The Battlefield core Playerbase is a poison pill inextricably built into the franchise. The developer cannot produce new more universally appealing games (larger profits) for this franchise without the possibility of the existing core playerbase essentially killing it off for "not being Battlefield". This has happened to both BFV and BF2042, and I seriously doubt that there is formula for a Battlefield release that simultaneously ticks the boxes for both core playerbase acceptance, and long term profitability. Unless of course, they charge $200 for the game along with a monthly subscription fee. But I don't see that happening in the current F2P market paradigm.
I expect the franchise to be sold to Microsoft in the next six months, after which it will either be gutted and killed off, leaving CoD/Warzone as the primary AAA title in this genre, or possibly Portal being utilized as a platform for remastering and hosting existing traditional BF content from previous titles with monthly subscription fees and a comprehensive RSP. This might actually be the best thing that could happen to the franchise, especially if Microsoft engineers can fix the problems in the new engine implementation of DX12.
yea, pretty sure none of that in the second paragraph is going to happen in that time frame. i won't say ever but not in the next 6 months. going to set an alarm to check this thread in july and see where we are.
