Battlefield 6 Sold Over 7 Million Copies In Three Days

EA has had rather nan week, and nan numbers show its story. On Monday, nan institution confirmed an statement to spell backstage in a $55 cardinal sale. And now we cognize that Battlefield 6 sold complete 7 cardinal copies successful its first 3 days. The crippled besides had complete 172 cardinal online matches played during nan vacation weekend. On apical of that, it logged 15 cardinal hours watched connected streaming services.

Battlefield 6's income numbers make it nan biggest opening yet for nan franchise. By comparison, 2021's Battlefield 2042 reportedly sold a comparatively paltry 4.2 cardinal copies successful its first week.

The quotes successful EA's blog post publication for illustration awards ceremonial acceptance speeches. "First and foremost, we want to convey our players," franchise General Manager Byron Beede said. "We ne'er return moments for illustration this for granted, truthful I want to definitive our sincere gratitude to our world Battlefield Studios and passionate organization that has helped get america to this point," Executive VP Vince Zampella added.

The game's motorboat came days earlier nan company's announcement that it will spell private. The gaming elephantine will beryllium owned by nan Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. On Wednesday, unionized EA staffers spoke retired against nan acquisition, informing that "every clip backstage equity aliases billionaire investors return a workplace private, workers suffer visibility, transparency and power."

Battlefield 6 launched connected October 10. It's disposable for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Its Season 1 contented is conscionable astir nan corner, arriving connected October 28.