Battlefield 6 Officially Sells 7+ Million Copies In 3 Days, Setting New Series Record

Just the other day, I reported that an analytics firm reckoned Battlefield 6^[1] had sold 6.5 million copies. Well, they were pretty damn close as EA and Battlefield Studios has announced a total of 7 million copies sold in just 3 days.

That is more than enough to set a new record for the franchise, both in terms of sales and concurrent players. That’s not bad for a franchise that has been in a decline. Are….are we back, guys?

“First and foremost we want to thank our players,” said Byron Beede, General Manager of Battlefield, while casually strapping C4 to a quadbike. “Battlefield 6 was built with our fans. From the initial concept through to the implementation of Battlefield Labs and into the record-shattering Open Beta we have been obsessed with player feedback. Together, with our players we’ve had a singular goal: to craft the best Battlefieldever. And this is just the beginning – our first season of new content is just 12 days away.”

It’s hard to say exactly where Battlefield 6 will wind up on the list of best-selling games of the year, but with 7 million copies and counting already bagged, it will presumably be close to the top.

Season 1 will kick-off in a few weeks as well, which could potentially boost sales even further. Will that enough to compete with this years Call of Duty? Probably not. No official sales numbers were released for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 from last year, but it did apparently break records for the franchise, and considering how many millions a standard CoD game sells, it just be a pretty big number.

Perhaps the more important question is whether Battlefield 6 can meet EA’s crazy standards, if the reports are true. Ars technica reported earlier this year that an anonymous source within EA told them the game’s budget had already gone past $400 million in 2023^[2], and EA was gunning for 100 million players.