Xbox One Version of Battlefield Hardline Blowing Out PS4 Popularity in Early Hours

Although Battlefield Hardline was released just hours ago, that's not stopping nearly seventy thousand people from already playing the game. Most surprisingly, however, is how big of an early lead the Xbox One version of the game has over the PS4 version in early hours.

[MitchellK]

Hasn't it already been out on xbox though? With ea access or am i imagining that?

[joab777]

That doesn't count. Stop using logic.

Not an article about the game, just clickbait.

[kaizokuspy]

TBH, they have an early lead because of EA access and that it is a Tuesday AM right now, which can easily translate into a lot of kids play xbox and alot of parents/adults dont play at midnight because its a work day/night. Most important to note is that it hasn't released anywhere except NA. Other countries will get it from the 18th-20th. So its really not surprising and this article definitely is click bait.

[mikeslemonade]

Doesn't matter, PS4 still sold more. Look at Amazon!

PS4 gamers are playing the FFV demo because they have better taste in games.

[Goochizm54]

If you say so

[fr0sty]

Wow. Talk about desperate.

[Ballsack]

And people like me are waiting for bloodborne..

Hmmm BF or bloodborne? ....duh no contest what game id rather spend my 50pounds on

[SolidStoner]

its logical.. since Battlefield hardline is a pop culture thing now like lady gaga.. same goes for xbox.. its also lady gaga.. when last time I checked half of the usa loves lady gaga.. what I was saying it dosnt matter.. its the same BS what with Honda prius.. its a popular pop culture thing.. but its a very big load of crap!

[Mr Pumblechook]

"Xbox One Version of Battlefield Hardline Blowing Out PS4 Popularity in Early Hours."

I don't think this USA-focused opinion is aware that the game hasn't been released in the UK, or in Europe, or Africa, or Asia or the Middle East.

[XB1_PS4]

@Ballsack
Going by what you said.
If someone corrects someone that is trolling, it's called stealth trolling.

There are good games on the bone. Doesn't have to stealth trolling when people say it.

[Gazondaily]

@abzdine

"I didn't know Ori was X1 exclusive"

Did I say it was exclusive? Is Battlefield Hardline exclusive? You said X1 owners need something to play. Isn't Ori something to play? Some logic you have there. ;)

What have you been playing?

[RedDevils]

They're just being hard core gamer lol

[Malacath]

@mikeslemonade

You can't use physical sales on amazon as an indicator on which sells more.

You can't get an accurate picture on sales unless they combine digital sales with physical sales.

I would imagine the percentage of digital sales would be higher on xbox due to EA access and the 10% discount you get.

Any digital sale doesn't get included in games sales charts so none of the sales charts you see are accurate.

[FITgamer]

Look at all the hits fools that are giving this article. Mission accomplished.

[XisThatKid]

http://n4g.com/news/1693090...
Maybe this i why? JK JK The EA early access is def to blame for this but cool though I mean something like this was going to happen some time. Was EVERY multiplat game accel on PS4 for teh entirety of this gen? There will be some that win over the X1 crowd over PS4. Esp when obvious advantages are in play on either parts of MS or Sony.

[LAWSON72]

Well once the game is out their is no free early access to my knowledge anyway, unless they mean total overall than they are just full of it

[nix]

Not "their". It's "there".

Not a Grammar Nazi but guys please.. these are basic basic things.

[Bathyj]

The g in grammar should be lowercase not upper, and you should have used a comma after the first basic.

[Ballsack]

@bathy lol your too much

[nix]

haha. Bathyj. I was using the term "Grammar Nazi".

BTW, how did you get so many bubbles? Last time i saw remember you had like 4 bubbles.

[subtenko]

XboxOne doesnt have as many games and had Early Access for BF:H, duh,lol

[supergravity]

@ Ballsack

It's you're

[Christopher]

***The g in grammar should be lowercase not upper, and you should have used a comma after the first basic.***

Actually, wrong. Grammar Nazi is a proper noun and therefore gets first letter upper case.

;)

[AngelicIceDiamond]

True but not sure why this is news to be honest. The games selling well regardless.

EDIT: But more importantly, how the hell did we get these statistics sooo early?

[spacedelete]

it usually is until the PS4 released that many shooters like Destiny and COD have sold more on PS4. this is good news that PS gamers are not falling for these below average games anymore. first The Order then Evolve and now BF hardline even with a bigger install base.

[nowitzki2004]

I want it, but BLOODBORNE.

[UKmilitia]

what we have to remember is ps4 gamers dont waste money(or most dont)so will be waiting because of BF4 issues.
also MS has EA access where u can pay above retail(even after subscription and discount)to play it a week early.

[IrishSt0ner]

"remember is ps4 gamers dont waste money(or most dont)"

You personally know of, and speak for, over 10million people (most = more than half)? WOW.

"EA access where u can pay above retail(even after subscription and discount)to play it a week early."

PS4 = £54.99
XBO = £54.99 -10% = £49.49

What you're trying to say if someone buys EA access SOLELY for BF Hardline they pay more just to get early access... but shhhhh lets forget every vault game, DLC, discounts and early access to all EA games cus they don't fit your argument.

Talk about cognitive bais.

[UKmilitia]

@irish stoner.

i was refering to retail pricing not the psn price.
its £39 in many places in uk before discount codes so its still paying £10 more with no resale and if its the online mess that BF4 was then u are screwed and stuck with it.

thats the reason many will be holding back from buying it day one because of the issues BF4 .

[d0x360]

Ea access stops working when the game is released. Unless they bought the game there is nobody from access playing

[DarXyde]

One should also consider that shooters/online intensive games tend to do better on Xbox.

I believe, if you're in the market for a certain type of game, you're more likely to get it on a certain platform. Tides have turned a bit this generation, but it would not surprise me if Battlefield just does better on Xbox.

[SeanScythe]

They need something to replace cod, poor guys haven't had anything to play since its release. We have more important thing to do.....Bloodborne

[Gamer1982]

People on PS4 still havn't got the game except in the USA. Unlike Xbox users who are all from around the world.
http://www.reddit.com/r/PS4...

[Rimeskeem]

I'm not gonna buy the game. It is literally Battlefield 4 with a new skin. I'll give it a rent at best for now.

[Moldiver]

To be fair, thats enough for BF fans (myself included.). I would have agreed if you said, maybe it should be cheaper because it feels like a reskinned BF4. But I disagreed because you expect it to be something other than a battlefield game. This is a BF game and thus should not deviate from the formula too much. The cops and robbers theme was a good way to go. They could have just made another sci fi shooter but with SW:BF coming, that would be pointless. WW2 has been done to death...So cops and robbers was the way to go.

[Clown_Syndr0me]

Exactly why I can't wait.

[Ripsta7th]

Everyone knows its because of EA Access

[RiseofScorpio]

You have to pay for EA access.

[dolphin_supreme]

He's saying the extra hours come from EA access' early access to the game.

[WCxAlchemist]

Not seeing why this matters! is BF working is the gameplay fun those matter

[Mikeyy]

What is the source of these player counts? and are EA early access people being counted?

[Sir_Simba]

Yep aftrr 3hrs of release and days of early access for the other platform we can def say who are the most dedicated fans or who like fps better.
Patience and common sense are the rarest.

[Deathdeliverer]

Has things become so bad that people write articles about who has more players at the dead of night? Hardcore because you don't have to work tomorrow (or at all) and get to go to a midnight release? Or maybe more people did digital on Xbox? Either way who cares? What next? Playstation gamers are more hardcore because they play Phantom Pain until 4am while Xbox gamers stop around 2am?

[georgenancy]

so far this generation has been pretty funny to me, absolute comedy

[Cupid_Viper_3]

It gets a lot funnier in a week or so when the numbers are in and it shows the PS4 version outselling the Xbox One version, and then the tune changes to: "sales don't matter".

Just give it a while.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

@Death I agree its a pretty useless article thats doing nothing but flame the stupid console war.

Nit picking which one is selling faster after the first few ours is so damn low to its core.

We need to do better than this yall.

[JakeAndBake]

It's only been out for a few hours and hasn't released in Europe yet. I expect the PS4 to have the bigger/better online community just like with BF4.

[Gamer1982]

Exactly not out in Europe yet. But lets forget the facts so Xbox can get a win right? They gotta take these fake hollow victories I mean otherwise why would this have been approved??

[WelkinCole]

Game journalist at its finest.

[DanielGearSolid]

Ea Access... Duh

That title should be a bannable offense lol

[Rachel_Alucard]

WOAH stop the presses! Xbox is in the lead in something! Quick make an article about it and ignore EAccess being the factor to it!

[StrayaKNT]

I'm playing through ea access the game is a blast

[shysun]

That's what I want to know...is it fun?!!

[Re-versed]

of course now they count the sales for a game...If the ps4 game had 720p resolution i guarantee you that there would be a bunch of articles talking about it...

[Haru]

proof that most media websites are owned by microsoft, so of course they're going to favour xbox

[wodan]

Dumbest article of the day, the game released yearly on X1 because of EA Access, seems like the media are desperate to write positive news about the X1 so they well make out anything.

[Jaqen_Hghar]

If this is implying anything about sales a man would point to...well pretty much EVERY multiplat game released this gen including this game's predecessor as proof that this means nothing.

[alvgamin4lif]

Is this some kind of a joke? Wasn't this game out early on Xbox1 due to EA's early access? Has the writer lost all forms of common sense?

[Mikeyy]

No the writer knows this, they choose to maliciously deceive people into thinking a certain console has a small edge.

It's pure desperation.

Story quality = WTF website = NO

[test101010]

They make fake news in order to make people think that xbox one is popular console and then people will buy it ... but it fails everytime and it will continue on failing till M$ give up

[Re-versed]

I rememeber last gen it was all around articles where they doom ps3 and its sales and in the end it surpass 360...Now that MSs console is in a worse position than sonys was back then i havent see a single article talking about doom on one!!Yay there is not any evidence that MS is behind US media...

[kingbain90]

Really?....Really?......Really ? You must be living under a rock then.

[Action GO FIGURE]

EA Access is the reason why this full-priced DLC is so popular on Xbone.

[DrumBeat]

Memorable news story here.

Years down the line, we'll remember March 17, 2015. The day that the Xbox One player count of Battlefield: Hardline dwarfed the PS4's.

This game will be forgotten in a week, and remembered only for the things it did wrong or insufficiently.

[-Lawless-]

Yep. You definitely hit the nail on the head here. It's a miracle that the games release window is enough to even allow it to breath.

[Captain_Wormy]

Is that all that sells on XB1? Shooters?

[bondsmx]

I'm on PS4 now, and in the last few hours, the game population has exploded on ps4. When I got home with the game and got it installed around 10:30pm, I could only find 4 or 5 populated CQ large games. Finally left a server to try rescue, at 12:15am and I looked and there was easily 50/100 completely full CQ large games going now.

[The_Eternal_one]

Wow try hard article at its finest. -__-

[-Lawless-]

How is this even news? What's sad is that obviously this headline and article will be considered relevant to a certain group of people out there.

Also...how the hell was this statistic acquired this damn early? You know what, screw logic. Bout to go out and trade my PS4 right now, because clearly it's the superior console that everyone is playing on right now.

PS4 Hardline servers so dry right now, augh and I'm so thirsty...lol gtfo with this nonsense.

[kaizokuspy]

lol PS4 servers are banging right now.

[parkesy78]

Stupid article the reason it's sold less if it even has is the order released a few weeks ago and ps4 has bloodborne coming out next week which looks great it's more likely quite a lot of people are skint and Saving money for that , it's nothing to do with hardcore players there's just nothing else new or exclusive for xbox one fans to buy

[Silly gameAr]

Cool?

[Garethvk]

Early access aside if you are ok with 780 resolution vs 900, then more power to you.

[IrishSt0ner]

It's 720p resolution on XboxOne, and no I'm not fine with 720 or 900, that's why I'll get it much cheaper and the much better version on PC at 1080p 60fps with ULTRA settings.

[omarcomingyo]

What a pathetic article

[Flipfito]

Good news for MS. Watch it be all over Yahoo.

[SaveFerris]

Here's something for the Xbox fanboys

[hkgamer]

wow we are now comparing hours into launch which game is more popular?

did this game have predownload? if not then it maybe because of ea access, xbone players get a quick patch and can start playing immediately.

has this game been released in eu yet? i guess once its released there aswell then we would start seeing bigger numbers on ps platform.

i guess these statistics are useful in a business perspective, but i rather have better stats for a game few months down the line instead of first few hours.

[Ristul]

Microsoft Terms...
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#66 - Spin news to reflect well for our Xbox brand.
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Ka-Ching! Money exchanged.

[Evo21]

wait for EU release 19/03 UK 20/03

[dolphin_supreme]

Woot woot gaming journalism! Fyi xbone has EA access so players had an early access so no flipping duh it's gonna have more hours. This article.... Pssh

[sovkhan]

Really...???

And so???.../ponders on the meaning of the word journos nowadays

[Viryu]

Wait, what? It won't be on PSN until tomorrow's store update.

[Father__Merrin]

ps4 version will sell more and be more popular, the point of the article is heavily soiled....

[Majin-vegeta]

I'll get hardline when they iron out the kinks and bundle it with premium whcih should be about a year give or take

[Jayszen]

Stupid article that is nothing more than clickbait. These idiots should be stopped from posting such biased bull.

[Misterhon]

This article might be the worst thing ever on n4g. The game has been available way earlier because of ea acces and the game doesn't even come out till the 20th in europe.

[ger2396]

A fps selling well on xbox, I'm shocked. /s

[urwifeminder]

Enjoyed this article voted up the reactions are gold everything is a competition ha ha.

[angelusbrz]

EA access + Xbox gamer ? nothing surprising..

[hello12]

I not buying it and i am x box 1 owner. Anyway the population numbers for x box 1 is lot larger than people think. We have not heard about sales number since November.

[shadowT]

Seems people dont care about the worster graphics of Xbox One. XBO BF Hardline only 720p ..

[skratchy]

I know. May as well be a 360 game.

[Dario_DC]

Well I really hope PS4 owners support BloodBorne and skip this full price expansion pack!
Let this game hit the bargain bin at least.

[poor_cus_of_games]

So where are these numbers coming from? It's only been a few hours. Pathetic pointless article.

[S2Killinit]

Understandable. Its not suprising considering that the PS4 has just seen a major release in The Order and Helldivers, and is about to receive another major release in Bloodborne.

[kurruptor]

Is Xbone so desperate for a win, that they have to focus on particular hours of the day?

J/k clickbait article for sure

[jznrpg]

Who cares , its basically the same style game as usual. It not like there isn't 50 + shooter games available in the past few years. Bloodborne next week !!!!!

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

The epitome of grasping at straws.

[NeoGamer232]

Fanboys...

They can turn one simple stat into a full gaming "news" article...

I'm playing on my X1 and it is a fun game. I am sure PS4 owners are having just as much fun. Why can't we all just enjoy a pretty good game without making it into a fanboy war?

[Bytor]

Quick everybody man your PS4's if your at work man your Vita's.

[skratchy]

Yeeeeeeeah! 720P, mutha fuckas!

[skratchy]

Also 65,000 preorders versus 58,000 is hardly that big of a deal.

[Ikki_Phoenix]

wait till release in europe

ps4 will take the lead,just a matter of days

[LexHazard79]

I'm surprised this got approved with such a click bait title.

[ScaryMonkey]

Let me see if I care that dude bros are buying their dude bro shooter game on their TV entertainment dude bro box at a lower resolution..........nope.

[psvita_JG]

End of the day , who really cares??

[iamnsuperman]

You give a valid reason, within the article, about why this article shouldn't exist (the EA access thing). This is an atrocious article.

[amnalehu]

Call it the Bloodborne effect. Many people are holding onto their $59.99 until next week.