EA’s war shooter “Battlefield 2042” (Battlefield 2042) recently held a free trial event to welcome the launch of the sixth season, allowing Steam online players to approach the launch scale. Surprisingly, after the free week, the game maintained a peak of 100,000, and even It has reached a new high in the past two years since its listing, and the promotional effect of discounts seems to be quite significant.
“Battlefield 2042” was first released in November 2021. As the latest FPS series launched by DICE Studio, it has attracted criticism due to a large number of bugs, erasure of troop differences and large-scale war features. The experience of subsequent updates is not as good as expected. At the same time, The number of receptions has been below 10,000 for a long time, and the revamp of the system and map is still unable to save disappointed players.
However, when the sixth season of “Battlefield 2042” “Dark Masterpiece” was launched, EA held the fourth free trial week of the game, and simultaneously offered a 1.6% discount promotional price for the main body, successfully attracting players to return, and directly approached the launch peak of 105,397 players. , the server was overwhelmed and some players were unable to log in.
The negative impression of “Battlefield 2042” when it first launched is still fresh in our minds, so some people suspected that it was a flash in the pan for the free experience. However, four days after the free week ended on October 16, SteamDB showed that the peak number of connections last weekend remained at 100,000, and even exceeded it on the 21st The record set after two years of release reached 107,376 people, which surprised everyone.
The game’s signs of recovery have sparked discussion on Reddit. Some netizens pointed out that the price may be too high to break bones. The price of less than NT$300 (10 euros) is the price that makes many people buy the game impulsively, and it has never been the case.It’s so cheap everthere is still a long way to go if we want to turn around.
「For €10 this is a good game。」「Although not as good as BF4 or BF1, the development team is still working on fixing the game, there’s nothing to praise, but I think you can enjoy it. “
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EA has not given up in the past two years and has been working hard. “Battlefield 2042” has rebounded from mostly negative reviews to 41% and received “mixed reviews”. With the 84% discount continuing to show off, it can still be sold two years after its release.Return to Steam’s best-selling game list。
However, some players pointed out that the timing is just right for “Battlefield 2042” to regain its popularity. “Battlefield”‘s old enemy and Activision’s latest multiplayer shooter “Decisive Hour: Modern Warfare III 2023” is ready to go. Players who have gone through the open beta test do not want to return to “Battlefield 2042”. “Modern Warfare II 2022” before switching to “2042”, “I never thought about playing 2042 before this special offer. I can confirm that BF 2042 and MWIII are very similar.”
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“Battlefield 2042” Season 6 “Dark Masterpiece” is now online. The game itself is at a special discount of -84% for only NT$255. The special price ends on October 26.According to Steam reviewsAt present, there are cheats running rampant in both private and official servers. Perhaps when there are more players, the gods will also return to the game.
