A new report says Battlefield 6 development has been more expensive than planned, and the campaign is way behind schedule.
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Laying the groundwork for mass layoffs after a successful launch.

Even if they gave it away for free, they probably wouldn’t hit that. Absolutely going to be used to justify layoffs.

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But have you considered, line goes up?

Sadly, there are probably a lot of developers who are burning the candle at both ends to push this out the door, on an unrealistic schedule. And who will then burn the candle in the middle as well when the release is a buggy mess. Only to finally be tossed aside like so much trash when the game fails to realize these unrealistic expectations. And all of that will squarely be the fault of management, who will wipe away crocodile tears with the profits this game will generate. Just not the profit they unrealistically promised investors; so you know, the game was actually a failure. Fuck EA’s management, the world would probably be a better place if the C-Level suite and board room got emptied out by some disaster.

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Oh boy. I cannot wait for EA to implode. It will happen.

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Insanity. Hey, let’s spend 400+ million on a franchise IP, and then expect player numbers to beat the last 3 combined.

Oh, you didn’t hit the target? Guess we gotta close the studio.

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Just remember, it was your failure and our customers mean gamers who caused it, not us and our “projections”

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It’s a lot but this is mostly based on free to play numbers. They plan on adding a battle royal mode.

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Concord
Concord 2 - Marathon
Concord 3 - Battlefield

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Maybe this time they’ll let Linux users play.

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afaik linux players can still play older battlefields, like battlefield 4, which is probably superior to 2042

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afaik linux players can still play older battlefields, like battlefield 4,

Yup, I still play it pretty often despite all the cheaters. Battlefield hardline was the last battlefield to allow Linux users.

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This is either an intentional way of announcing layoffs without coming right out and saying that, or EA is insane

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Both. Definitely both.

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Predictions: It will be the biggest failure of the franchise, just before a big game industry crash, and will be remembered as “the E.T. of the mid-2020’s”. Elon Musk and some other MAGA oligarchs will do their best to consolidate whatever remains of the industry into a few and far-right hands.

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Is there a SCP monster for EA or other big game company’s marketing teams? Because they’re a reality bending entity that creates unrealistic tasks that others are forced to do, despite knowing they won’t manage AND will end up as lifeless husks either way

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Sure, they can do that easily.

Just release for free on all platforms including mobile.

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“Among the things that we are predicting is that we won’t have to cannibalize anyone else’s sales,” an Ars Technica source said. “That there’s just such an appetite out there for shooters of this kind that we will just naturally be able to get the audience that we need.”

Lol

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If BF6 even gets close to that number I will eat my own socks. Such an unrealistic sales goal.

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