Battlefield 6 just had one hell of an opening weekend. The new game from EA’s superteam Battlefield Studios (made up of developers DICE, Ripple Effect, Motive, and Criterion) smashed franchise records in its first open beta weekend, a sign that the series is poised to make a big comeback when it releases later this fall. But while Battlefield’s resurgence is great for fans who’ve been clamoring for a proper Battlefield game for nine years, it's even better for fans of Battlefield’s biggest competitor, Call of Duty.
To paint a picture of its success, Battlefield 6’s open beta pulled in 521,079 concurrent players on Steam alone. It was the biggest concurrent player count ever for a Battlefield game on Steam. This figure represents only a fraction of those who played over the weekend, as the beta was also playable through EA’s PC client, the Epic Games Store, and of course, both PlayStation and Xbox.
