Battlefield 1 has just been released to the market recently, after a lot of hype and anticipation. Just a few weeks after launch, we have confirmation that Battlefield 1 launch is the biggest one in DICE’s history!
Battlefield 1 launch is the biggest in DICE’s history!
Battlefield 1 is the most anticipated game for the holiday this year, along with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. The game has created a lot of hype, and players anticipated this game a lot. On October 21, the game was released to the market. Infinite Warfare was released later, on November 4, and its result fell short compared to older games in the franchise. On the other hand, Battlefield 1, according to DICE’s statement, has gone on to become the biggest launch in the history of the company in its first ten days only!
The result is based on the number of daily active players. DICE has reported that players have spent a total of 59 million hours in the game already in the first ten days! Among those, nine million hours were spent on the new Operations mode. Furthermore, 32 million Battlepacks were earned, and players deployed a total of 1.6 million Behemoth vehicles. The deadliest weapon of that timeframe was the Scout knife, and horses have killed 5.8 million times, making it the deadliest soldier-killing “vehicles”. Many interesting numbers have also been recorded, and you can check them out in the infographic here.
There have not been any reports about the number of Battlefield 1 copies sold. However, some analysts believed that up to 16.5 million copies have been sold. DICE has also reported that they are working on upcoming features and tweaks to the game. There will be hardcore servers, a new custom game, and the rent-a-server feature will be included. The Suaez map is also being updated to have more capture points for the Conquest mode.
Battlefield 1 launch record: Good signs for the franchise!
With such outstanding success and upcoming updates, the future for this franchise looks bright. The game brilliantly portrays the scale of World War I, and also have the ever-interesting multiplayer co-op mode. Have you played this game yet?