We already knew that Battlefield 6 was shaping up to be a big success based on the player concurrency peaks reached on Steam. However, the latest Alinea Analytics newsletter paints a much clearer picture that also includes data from the other platforms.
According to the analyst firm, Battlefield 6 has already sold more than six and a half million units across PC and consoles, thus generating over $350 million in revenue and approaching Call of Duty-levels of sales, which is what Electronic Arts has been seeking all along.
The vast majority of players (56.7%) purchased the game through Valve's Steam platform, where Battlefield 6 sold over three and a half million units and generated more than $220 million in revenue. As for the consoles, the PlayStation 5 userbase (23.7%) only narrowly beats that of the Xbox Series S|X (19.6%), which is surprising on one hand because there are many more PlayStation 5 consoles out there. On the other hand, Xbox fans were quite literally raised on shooters, so it's understandable they would flock in droves to the new hot shooter, whereas PlayStation users have always been more diverse when it comes to the games they play.
Alinea Analytics also reckons that, at least so far, the game is managing to keep the interest of those who bought it. The analyst firm remarks how Battlefield 6 is exhibiting an 'extraordinarily flat' daily active users curve, meaning there is practically no drop-off of existing users, while new users are still coming in daily.
Unsurprisingly, those who bought the game on Steam regularly played other shooters like Call of Duty, Helldivers 2, The Finals, Marvel Rivals, Ready or Not, and, of course, previous Battlefield games. Regarding the regional distribution, a third of Steam's Battlefield 6 players are from the United States, but there's also a 15% from China. The 3% from Japan is also a further sign that Japanese players also like shooters and PC games nowadays.
Of course, this is just the beginning of what Electronic Arts hopes will be a long and successful live service. Already, the developers have started applying the first balancing tweaks. Season 1, which will add new maps, modes, weapons, and more, is due to begin on October 28. Then there's the Battle Royale mode, which is currently being tested in the Battlefield Labs program. Needless to say, if this mode also turned out to be popular, EA's lofty goals of reaching 100 million players could suddenly become more than a pipe dream.
As a side note, if you're looking to buy a new graphics card specifically to play Battlefield 6, we have prepared a guide for that purpose.
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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