Electronic Arts has not announced any official sales data for Battlefield 6, but one report from an analyst claims the game may have approached a Call of Duty-sized launch with 6.5 million copies sold in its first few days.
Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics wrote[1] that the game reached those sales numbers across all platforms, citing its own internal estimates. This would work to more than $350 million in gross revenue, according to Elliott.
“It’s closer to Call of Duty-tier numbers than any of EA’s premium-shooter efforts so far. But the question now is whether or not EA can foster this successful launch into a platform that stands the test of time,” Elliott said.
The report also had a breakdown of sales by platform, with Steam accounting for 65.7% of sales, driving 3.5 million copies sold and more than $220 million in revenue. Next behind was PS5, which accounted for 1.5 million copies and made up 23.7% of total sales, the report said. Xbox Series X|S ranked third overall, with 1.2 million units sold and a 19.6% share.
On Steam specifically, Battlefield 6 is putting up big numbers, reaching a peak concurrent player record of more than 747,000. That’s the most concurrent players on Steam for any EA game[6], even eclipsing the free-to-play Apex Legends (624k[7]).
Battlefield 6 Season 1 launches on October 28[8], which is also the day the game’s battle royale mode is rumored to launch[9]. Season 1 will continue with Phase 2, Rogue Ops, on November 18, followed by Winter Offensive on December 9. These updates will add new maps, modes, guns.
While Battlefield 6 may have had a hot start, it remains to be seen if it’ll be able to, for the first time, outsell a Call of Duty game. Experts said prior to Battlefield 6’s launch that they believe that will not happen[10] and that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7[11] will outrank EA’s game.
For more, check out GameSpot’s Battlefield 6 review and our Battlefield 6 guides hub.[12][13]
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- ^ most concurrent players on Steam for any EA game (www.gamespot.com)
- ^ 624k (steamdb.info)
- ^ Battlefield 6 Season 1 launches on October 28 (www.gamespot.com)
- ^ battle royale mode is rumored to launch (www.gamespot.com)
- ^ that will not happen (www.gamespot.com)
- ^ Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (www.gamespot.com)
- ^ GameSpot’s Battlefield 6 review (www.gamespot.com)
- ^ Battlefield 6 guides hub. (www.gamespot.com)