EA CEO Andrew Wilson says there's "a lot of work" to do on the Battlefield Fran

In recognising that the franchise needs a lot of work, imho it would be appropriate to begin that work by fixing the current title BF2042 which has at least another six months to run.

That to me would be the single most important signal they could send to the community and would at least start to rebuild the trust / confidence that has been eroded due to the direction they have taken with BF2042 

Everyone can see that mistakes have been made and damage has been done to the BF franchise, DICE could help repair that damage by dedicating a team to making BF2042 as playable / enjoyable as possible, even if it is not cost effective to do so.

DICE imho the whole reputation of the franchise is at stake here, so please start by showing us that you mean business by addressing the current issues in this game before moving on to the next one.

If you do that, you would have more chance of players buying the next title because currently there are a lot of disgruntled / disillusioned BF players who feel let down with their BF2042 purchase.