First noticed by Battlefield Bulletin on Twitter, Battlefield 6’s open beta is doing spectacularly effectively on Steam: Round 500,000 concurrent gamers on the time of writing, down from a peak of 521,079 in line with SteamDB. That places the BF6 beta at 18th place for peak concurrents in Steam historical past, two spots forward of the unified Name of Responsibility app’s peak of 491,670 gamers in November 2022.
Some caveats on the Name of Responsibility comparability: Steam concurrents by no means present the entire image for multiplatform video games, and even on PC, CoD’s numbers are sophisticated by Battle.web and particularly Recreation Cross, which assuredly blunted Black Ops 6’s Steam peak final 12 months.
However that is nonetheless an insanely spectacular exhibiting for an open beta, and extra supporting proof that the lately somewhat one-sided CoD-Battlefield rivalry could possibly be an actual race this 12 months. PCG FPS professional Morgan Park definitely thinks so on high quality grounds, whereas former Blizzard president Mike Ybara appears to be rooting in opposition to his former crew with prognostications in favor of Battlefield 6.
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For a extra apples to apples comparability of participant counts, The Battlefield 6 beta was already the most-played recreation within the collection on Steam on its first day of availability, when it was solely playable by Battlefield Labs members. It now has 5 occasions the variety of gamers as Battlefield 2042’s peak participant depend set in 2023, two years after launch and buoyed by its lengthy comeback tour.
You may nonetheless get in on the motion this weekend, and EA will run one other open beta subsequent weekend from Thursday August 14 by Sunday August 17. EA has shared directions on entry the beta on its web site—it is one other a type of Twitch stream code drop offers. Battlefield 6 will launch in full on October 10, and blessedly is not an $80 recreation—only a $70 one. Chump change for a excessive curler like me. Walkin’ round cash.
