Battlefield 6’s open beta has blown up.
On Steam, the one platform we get public participant numbers, the take a look at’s attracted a peak concurrent of 521k gamers on the time of writing, making it one of many prime three titles on the platform.
Now clearly the beta’s free to obtain, which will help, however not each open beta attracts numbers fairly like this. With out eager to rub salt into the wound, simply ask Harmony…
After all, these Steam numbers solely give us a small piece of the image. We don’t know the way properly the take a look at’s doing on the PS5, however the recreation is at present probably the most pre-ordered launch on the PS Retailer in North America (and behind solely EA Sports activities FC 26 in Europe).
Whereas the Battlefield fanbase does are inclined to skew in direction of PC, we’d anticipate the beta’s participant numbers to even be excessive. Lately, one developer advised us that it’s not a good suggestion to solely deal with Steam concurrents, as its recreation tracks finest on PS5.
As one incentive, you’ll get an unique reward in case you take part within the Battlefield 6 open beta on PlayStation.
It’d be fascinating to know what Activision makes of those numbers. The open beta has attracted extra gamers than any of Name of Obligation’s all-time peaks, though not too long ago it stated it believes its franchise is “too large to fail”.
It will probably at all times add the Teletubbies if instances get actually robust, we suppose…
