DICE: Battlefield 2042 on Xbox Game Pass Was a 'Huge Moment' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 August 2023 / 5,638 Views
Battlefield 2042 released in November 2021 in a poor state and it quickly lost players. The game releasing on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate alongside Season 3 was a turning point.
This is according to senior producer for the first-person shooter Ryan McArthur in an interview with GamesRadar said he is a big believer is Xbox Game Pass and other similar services. Releasing the game on Xbox Game Pass "was a huge moment" for developer DICE.
"I'm a big believer in programs like Game Pass, and for us it was a huge moment – something we marked on the calendar," said McArthur.
"One thing we talked about internally quite a lot was that if there was a moment in time where we were going to open this game up to a whole bunch of new players then it needs to be good. It needs to be the game that we wanted it to be when we launched it, and that really galvanized the team as we charged towards that date."
Battlefield 2042 is available for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Stop. Releasing. Buggy. Games.
Delay them instead, we would understand.
What hes really saying we made a game that reviewed poorly and no one wanted to buy. But once it went on the game rental services people said whatever ill give it a go.
In other words people are more likely to try the game for free than paying, even more if the game is poorly reviewed.
In the above, he Never says in what way Gamepass helped, Or how big a difference Gamepass made.
It’s just motivational excitement. Pointless
It is clear what he's talking about. He's saying that launching on Game Pass brings in a lot more players. Also, common sense tells us that.
What would be interesting to know is how it impacted revenue and profit for the game. Unfortunately, there's no way to answer that question, because we can't know what would have happened if it hadn't launched on Game Pass.
But the number of players only really increased with ps+.
How noble. Making sure it's good for when it's added to gamepass.
Someone should have thought of that when they launched it to paying customers in 2021
So his take is that for a smaller public that pay directly the game can be poorly made but when opening up for free players it needs to be good? Odd take.
That's not what he's saying. What he is really saying is "we got a second chance to put this game in front of a lot of people, so we knew we had to get it right this time."
Except that isn't what is written.
That’s literally what is written.
