Gamers can use vehicles, tanks and boats to travel around the world. In Battlefield 4 gamer can play different mode is single player and multiplayer mode. It is available for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and iOS operating system users. This video game is a sequel to 2011’s Battlefield two and Battlefield three.
That being said, there is nothing wrong with enjoying a few matches of Battlefield 4 with your friends, as long as you know that it was a decision you made for yourselves.Battlefield 4 PC Game is the most popular first-person shooter PC game realized on 2013 which developed by Swedish video game developer Electronic Arte Digital Illusions CE (DICE) and it published by (EA) Electronic Arts Company. With elaborate and subtle persuasion like this coming from major players in all industries, this is one more instance where every consumer must remember to consider whether their purchases are motivated by their own enjoyment and desire to support quality products, or if it is the result of elaborate scheming by companies with a history of questionably immoral decisions. That feat was achieved because Electronic Arts is a machine dedicated to extracting money from its target market. There is a popular saying that applies here: “If you're not paying for the product, you are the product.” EA did not rack up its 2020 net revenue of $5.5 billion because it’s immensely dedicated to the enjoyment of their consumers. "In fiscal year 2020, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $5.5 billion." This might push a new group of consumers towards EA’s subscription service on top of the other spikes in purchases associated with Battlefield 4’s revival. Being many times cheaper at entry than purchasing each DLC at $14.99, and the base game if you missed the giveaway, you can instead subscribe to EA Play for $4.99 and get it all as long as your subscription is active. Without said DLC, players are precluded from joining matches with other players who do want to use certain paid content.
Making an older entry in a successful franchise free for millions, and then bolstering hype for the series as a whole by announcing the newest entry’s release date was a surefire way to get more eyes on their DLC and loot boxes for a game that had a meagre and further dwindling player-base.īeyond that, anyone who has hopped into this game’s revival are going to be hard pressed to purchase the game’s several paid DLC. This new wave of players seems to be a brilliantly orchestrated event to increase sales of microtransactions in Battlefield 4. This prompted the gaming giant to increase server capacity, as well as promise to continue monitoring the game to make further adjustments. In this perfect storm of events, so many players were flocking to Battlefield 4, particularly the US West server region, so much so that EA noticed drastically increased waiting times in that region.
It'd take less than one-tenth of one percent of those with access to Prime Gaming to claim their free code for Battlefield 4 to double the games active player base. Let’s be extremely optimistic and say that most of those players were still playing before EA’s announcement of Battlefield 2042 on Friday. Battlefield 4 sold 7 million copies after its release in October 2013, and by May 2014 only 2% of those were still being played.
Prime was hovering around 200 million subscribers as of Q1 2021. This boon to the older game’s player base also coincides with a free promotional giveaway, a collaboration between Prime Gaming and EA's Origin platform.īattlefield 4 codes were being given away to Amazon Prime subscribers through most of June. Some US server regions were experiencing issues related to heavy traffic, prompting EA to add additional servers.ĮA recently noted that Battlefield 4 had received an influx of players following the announcement of Battlefield 2042.
What just happened? Battlefield 4 has suddenly seen a huge influx of players as it approached its 8th anniversary, likely driven by the newly-announced release date of Battlefield 2042, a creative sales campaign by EA and a collaborative giveaway with Prime Gaming.