Battlefield 2042’s descent into hell continues – Numerama

My brother-in-law has (already) stopped playing Battlefield 2042, he told me this weekend during a visit. Like many others, he had high hopes for Electronic Arts’ latest online shooter, available since November 2021. But, like so many others, he soon dropped the deal due to the state the game is in — despite huge promises.

A little tour on SteamCharts website proves how much Battlefield 2042 no longer interested many people in January 2022, only two months after its launch. After having known a significant peak of players in November (more than 100,000 users connected at the same time), the FPS plunged into anonymity. Over the past 30 days, on average (as of January 17), it has failed to bring together more than 13,000 people simultaneously. The fall is all the harder, knowing that Battlefield V, its predecessor, remains around 10,000 aficionados.

Battlefield 2042 will become a drag on Electronic Arts

The disinterest in Battlefield 2042 is huge and can be explained by the many bugs that continue to annoy players. ” Never seen a game so badly finished “, is still surprised LudoR1200 in his Steam opinion shared on January 16. On Valve’s platform, the blockbuster stacks “rather negative” ratings on a sample of nearly 90,000 feedback. On Metacritic, he has to contend with a score of 2.1 out of 10.

All of this criticism and disappointment caused Steam to bluntly override its refund policies, as evidenced by a testimonial of thanks shared on Reddit January 9. Thus, a player was able to recover his money when he no longer met the criteria (” Steam Money Back Offer applies to games and software from the Steam Store purchased within 14 days and with less than 2 hours of use », states the policy in place). This kind of exception has already been observed in the past, for example for Cyberpunk 2077.

Even sites that offer cheat tools no longer want to support Battlefield 2042 — an indication that the desertion is more than real. ” We will remove cheat tools from Battlefield 2042. All current subscriptions will work normally, but we will no longer be able to subscribe (…). The reasons behind this decision have to do with the performance of the game affecting cheating and the fact that the game is dying “, reads in a screenshot of this tweet shared on January 13.