PC gaming smashes consoles in Battlefield 6 gross sales, report claims — blockbuster shooter sells 7m models, producing an estimated $350 million in income

Battlefield 6 has been an unlimited success for EA from the day it was introduced. Ever since Call of Duty basically shot itself within the foot with the Black Ops 7 reveal, Battlefield grew to become the group’s saving grace, all the best way from the beta to, now, its launch. It’s been such a success that Alinea Analytics is reporting the navy shooter has already bought greater than 6.5 million copies throughout PC and console, producing over $350 million in income, which might be franchise-best figures for EA. And certainly, shortly after we hit publish on this story, EA published its own press release formally pushing the quantity over the 7 million copies mark.

Those type of gross sales push it comfortably into COD territory, and manner past what any of the earlier Battlefields had been capable of obtain. The collection has by no means actually had a golden egg, so to talk, as a result of even Battlefield 1 — the title that put it again on the map — was extra of a rediscovery fairly than one thing gamers had been actively in search of as an antidote to the COD machine. With Battlefield 2042, EA didn’t capitalize on the rising momentum, however all the pieces appears to have lined up miraculously this time.

Battlefield 6 is out there on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series – out of the three, PC leads the charts by an extended margin, accounting for 56.7% of all gross sales, serving to EA to over $220 million in income with 3.5M+ copies bought. PlayStation follows subsequent with 23.7% of the pie, with Xbox coming in final at 19.6%, however remember that there are fewer Xbox Series house owners normally, so the gross sales are nonetheless comparatively very wholesome. Across the board, it appears that evidently everyone seems to be having fun with Battlefield 6, and the every day lively customers (DAU) figures are additional proof of that.

On PC, based on the analytics, 2.3–2.5 million lively customers have been enjoying the sport every day since launch. By distinction, round 1 million PlayStation customers have returned every day, however we do not have numbers for Xbox. The primary takeaway right here is that avid gamers appear to be coming again for some extra Battlefield 6 on the every day, propping up a surprisingly flat DAU curve for a multiplayer sport. Around 45% of PC gamers for BF6 by no means even touched BF 2042, exhibiting how this sport has develop into a refuge from the burnout of repetitive or uninteresting navy shooters.

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