I checked the Leaderboard for BF2042 to see how many players on Xbox and Playstation respectively who have a K/D of 3.50 or above.The result is interesting: 1137 on Xbox, but 2501 on Playstation. That’s more than twice as many.How can that be?I’m assuming equal skill between Xbox and Playstation players.Did BF2042 sell a lot better on Playstation than on Xbox? That might explain some of the difference. The more players on a console platform, the more players will have a K/D of 3.50 or above, all other things being equal.Or perhaps the controller(s) on Playstation make it easier to do well than the controller(s) on Xbox? I doubt this, but I’m not sure.A third explanation could be that Playstation players are more competitve than Xbox players. I doubt this though; it’s probably the same for both console types.Fourthly, maybe more people on Playstation play with mouse and keyboard compared to players on Xbox. Again, dunno. But it could certainly explain this.Any thoughts on this?

@VOLBANKER_PCYou forgot the most obvious one, PS5 simply outsold Xbox, so there simply are more PS5 players.https://gamerant.com/ps5-xbox-series-x-s-2023-sales-comparison-data/#:~:text=The%20PS5%20is%20outselling%20the,units%20over%20the%20last%20year.

What one can learn about Xbox vs. PS players from looking at the K/D leaderboard

23 Replies

RanzigeRidder2
Legend
2 years ago
@VOLBANKER_PCYou forgot the most obvious one, PS5 simply outsold Xbox, so there simply are more PS5 players.
https://gamerant.com/ps5-xbox-series-x-s-2023-sales-comparison-data/#:~:text=The%20PS5%20is%20outselling%20the,units%20over%20the%20last%20year.
OskooI_007
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
Does the leaderboard separate PS4 version players from PS5 version players?
RanzigeRidder2
Legend
2 years ago
@OskooI_007 I don't think it does, but same would go for Xbox, old and new gen are combined.
ElliotLH
Hero+
2 years ago
@RanzigeRidder2 wrote:

@VOLBANKER_PCYou forgot the most obvious one, PS5 simply outsold Xbox, so there simply are more PS5 players.

https://gamerant.com/ps5-xbox-series-x-s-2023-sales-comparison-data/#:~:text=The%20PS5%20is%20outselling%20the,units%20over%20the%20last%20year.

This is my read too. I'm a big fan of Xbox, but PlayStation does outsell Xbox so the liklihood is that there are just more players on that platform.
Anobix
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@RanzigeRidder2 wrote:
@VOLBANKER_PCYou forgot the most obvious one, PS5 simply outsold Xbox, so there simply are more PS5 players.
https://gamerant.com/ps5-xbox-series-x-s-2023-sales-comparison-data/#:~:text=The%20PS5%20is%20outselling%20the,units%20over%20the%20last%20year.
Was going to say, the numbers between the two are so different that you'd have to start looking at what % of the playerbase versus just stock numbers.
VOLBANKER_PC
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@RanzigeRidder2 Yes! I didn’t think of that. I did however write this about # of copies sold of the game:

“ The more players on a console platform, the more players will have a K/D of 3.50 or above, all other things being equal.”
RanzigeRidder2
Legend
2 years ago
@VOLBANKER_PC Number of copies sold of the game would be per rato related to the number of consoles.
On top of that, I don't know if Xbox has something like PS+ where the game has been on offer for free? As on PS there was a month you could pick up a free copy of the game for a full month, which would've boost the # of copies on PS even further.
ElliotLH
Hero+
2 years ago
@RanzigeRidder2 I can't remember if it's been given away free yet like it was for PS+, but we can access a version* of it through Gamepass.

*Might be the last gen version. I can't remember for certain and I'm at work so can't easily check.
Anobix
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@ElliotLH It was given away on Xbox more or less around the same time it was for PlayStation, if I remember correctly. I remember seeing a flood of low levels after each release.

I think the gamepass (EA Play) version is valid for both old/current-gen as well.
ElliotLH
Hero+
2 years ago
@Anobix Thanks for that info dude. I get a bit mixed up since I've got multiple copies of the game kicking around (disc, digital, EA Play).

Just checked EA Play on my Xbox and can see the X/S version but not the last gen one. Unless it's just showing me that as I'm on my Series X. Thinking about it I could swear that one of my friends plays the last gen one of his XB1X, so I think you're right there too.

Sorry if I'm not making sense with this reoly btw. I'm exhausted right now.