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Battlefield 2042 CM: "No Value" in Pretending Reddit a Constructive Place; Explains Why It's Avoided

Battlefield 2042 Community Manager explains why the dev team aren't active on Reddit anymore, and adds, "no value" pretending it's a constructive place.

Inverno1215d ago

Translation: we don't wanna see the thousands of posts constantly telling us how shite we are so we don't use reddit anymore. That way we can continue making bad games and making the same mistakes.

It's no secret you rather take the word of an influencer than deal with the wrath of your consumers constantly pointing out all the mistakes you should've avoided. People needa toughen up, we've allowed "toxicity" to be an excuse for lack of engagement between devs and their players. A few a holes can be easily dealt with and aren't a reason to just avoid reddit all together.

IanTH1215d ago (Edited 1215d ago )

It's interesting. They did say in that message that they will continue to read reddit as a source of information on what needs fixing, but they won't be participating in replies.

I am sure that no matter what he replies to, he does get an avalanche of toxic assholes replying, and with personalized crap instead of focusing on the actual game. On the one hand, I agree that you should be able to let it slide off your back & ignore it. On the other, I'm not sure how much I'd be interested in dealing with that day after day either. Regardless, I don't think the solution is to throw your hands up altogether and quit replying, but to come up with another solution.

Perhaps comb reddit (et al) and then after a week or two, make one post under a company account (instead of individuals) that summarizes what you've seen are the problems, what you think good ideas are, what solutions you plan to implement. Don't reply to individual comments, and let the discourse continue without the potential for individualized abuse. There's gotta be a middle ground.

excaliburps1215d ago

Yep I agree. I get that it is super toxic having to filter through hate messages, comments whenever they post there, but that's what mods are for? They can easily lock or ban users who are toxic, yeah?

I dunno. If my game failed this hard, I'd be posting on Reddit, Twitter, etc and trying to win gamers over. Staying silent is not doing anyone any favors.

Extermin8or3_1215d ago

Honestly I think the toxicity is worse as a result of them staying so silent about matters

Crows901215d ago (Edited 1215d ago )

Wow. The words of an anti critic.

Obviously you don't need to pay attention to all criticism...that's just dumb and I don't think anybody expects that.

All you gotta do is filter all the loud children out and focus on the criticism you can work with.

It s what you do with the criticism that matters not how you take it...and these guys are opting to not take it at all.

-Foxtrot1215d ago

I get that Reddit can be a toxic place but I mean anywhere on the internet can be bad if you look hard enough.

If you can't look at a place like Reddit then I doubt they are looking anywhere else unless it's a place where most people are licking their arse.

No wonder Battlefield and their other games have turned to shit, they just ignore everyone's criticism and pretend what they are doing is right.

ChasterMies1214d ago

Reddit is it’s own kind of toxic culture because there is the pretense that upvotes spread valuable information.

annoyedgamer1215d ago

PR damage control is in full swing lmao

Father__Merrin1215d ago

The game isn't too bad but needs improvement. Just go back to normal classes and ditch the operators add many more old maps in the alternate modes but I read on pc at least the player count has dropped really hard

Majin-vegeta1215d ago

Operators are here to stay.They just need to lock them into classes

Nitrowolf21215d ago

Yep they are here to stay indeed, but at least they can be reworked

PS-Gamer-19861214d ago

Yup lock them into classes, get rid of their voices lines and make players able to put them behind different disguises from the getgo to avoid clone armys fighting against each others

MadLad1215d ago

I doubt it's much better on console, but that's one of the positives of PC. You have a lot of options, so you can drop games that aren't up to snuff.

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Extermin8or3_1215d ago

The game is in a appalling state.

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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for June 2025

This month, join forces to tackle the paranormal crises of a mysterious federal agency under siege in the cooperative first-person shooter FBC: Firebreak, lead your team to victory in the iconic all-out warfare of Battlefield 2042, test your skills as a new Fazbear employee managing and maintaining the eerie pizzeria of Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2 or live for the thrill of the hunt in the realistic hunting open world theHunter: Call of the Wild. All of these titles and more are available in June’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup*.

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OtterX3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

theHunter Call of the Wild is the best hunting game ever made. I understand it may not be everyone's cup of tea, it can be really slow going. But the environments (they look phenomenal, especially for a 2017 game!), the satisfaction of finally landing a Gold or a Diamond keep you coming back for more. I have over 600 hours in it, my dad in his 70's has around 1,500 in it! The only game he plays, even bought a PS4 Pro for it back in 2019 lol We get on almost every week to catch up bc we live about 4,000 miles apart overseas. New Snowy Canadian map is coming out this next Tuesday. I highly recommend this one! 👍

**I'm really happy to see Eiyuden Chronicles on here. I was about to buy that one after replaying the Suikoden Remasters recently!

jznrpg3d ago

How’s the ballistics in the game? If it’s done well I may check it out.

OtterX2d ago

they've gotten better with some updates throughout the years, but I wouldn't say they are perfect. But they're good enough that it's still a lot of fun. If you hang around their discord a while, you'll see quite a number of avid real life hunters who are pleased enough.

andy853d ago

Yeesh. Pretty awful tbh and the PS premium support is shocking

repsahj3d ago

They should combine the premium and extra subscriptions and use the extra pricing for it.

OtterX2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Yea, that was my biggest complaint. If it weren't for my Portal, I would have cancelled my Premium. But it looks like they've leaned in on the streaming aspect as a selling point of Premium now, instead of the Classics. :\ I do like the streaming on Portal!

Npugz73d ago

Ps plus extra has been garbage this year

KwietStorm_BLM3d ago

Firebreak has been surprisingly fun. Can't wait for the full game. And Deus Ex!

Profchaos3d ago

Will be giving dues ex a crack

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Battlefield 2042: Players Fed Up with Rush Mode Campers

Battlefield 2042's Rush Mode faces criticism due to passive playstyles that hinder objective-based gameplay.

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isarai252d ago

Wow, another site writing entire articles based off a single reddit comment.

pwnmaster3000252d ago

Just redownloaded the game. I wonder if it is still active

Steve_Gamer252d ago

Yeah it will be, the game just recently got a Update 1.59 Patch in September.

XiNatsuDragnel250d ago

Interesting and understandable lol

mostarr249d ago

Exactly why conquest is the one true god

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Vince Zampella: Battlefield "Absolutely Can" Outsell Call of Duty; BF2042 Was Not a "Failure"

Battlefield franchise boss thinks Battlefield "absolutely can" outsell Call of Duty, but says they're not targeting that with the next entry.

TheNamelessOne270d ago

Feel like if that were true, we would have seen it during the BF3/4 era. Just focus first on releasing a Battlefield that's actually feature complete, well put together, that people actually want to play right out of the gate. Hoping Zampella can make this happen.

JEECE270d ago

The best opportunity was BF1 vs. Infinite Warfare. I've never actually seen a worldwide sales comparison so I'm not convinced BF1 didn't eventually win, but I do know COD sold better in the US at launch, because it was the NPD #1 that year, while BF was #2.

SonyStyled270d ago

The best opportunity was with BC2 and BF3. BF4 dropped the ball with a short campaign and bugged multiplayer at launch

Cacabunga270d ago

Release a decent game and let the mouth to eat do the rest.. you choose to release another BF4 then blame yourselves for it

JEECE269d ago

@SonyStyled

Definitely not BC2. I love the Bad Company games (even though everyone always pretends the first one didn't exist), but even though BC2 has achieved great respect in hindsight, at the time it came out a lot of casuals who bought COD every year either didn't know of Battlefield's existence or saw it as a knockoff of COD. Plus coming out in spring 2010 it was competing against MW2 (the original one) which came out the prior fall.

ChronoJoe270d ago

I mean, the title of the game doesn't have a lot to do with how it sells. The next game is not going to change things but Zampella course change the course of the series towards something that's more on track with that those big player numbers.

With that said, battlefield fans might not want that. To acquire the wider audience they would probably need to betray a lot of the series design principles. Call of Duty is as popular as it is because it is as simple as it is.

-Foxtrot270d ago

"BF2042 Was Not a "Failure"

Suuuuuuure thing little buddy...

excaliburps270d ago

In his defense, BF2042 did turn things around eventually though still falls short of franchise expectations if you based it on BF4, BF3, BF1.

trez1082270d ago

Hated it at lunch, came back a two years after and it was an absolute blast. Not sure how it did sales wise to be called failure or success but BF2042 is a pretty good game .

ElaBosak269d ago

In what way was it a failure exactly?

Outside_ofthe_Box270d ago

Microsoft would just buy EA if that happens.

8bitAssassin270d ago (Edited 270d ago )

We don't need more games ruined. It's like that company puts water on their bread before they eat it.

Inverno270d ago

Here we go again with rubbing mouths. BF has been a flop consistently since BF4, and I mean flop as in disappointing to the fan base due to the technical issues each has had and the gameplay changes needlessly made. Shut up and make a good BF before hyping up another potential disappointment.

Fishy Fingers270d ago (Edited 270d ago )

Bro gave one pretty decent interview and answered the questions he was asked. Not really his fault if people want to cherry pick quotes for "content".

Stick to reading source https://www.ign.com/article...

X-23270d ago

I don't mind them claiming BF2042 wasn't a failure so long as they learned from it and use that experience moving forward into the new game, it was terrible at launch but towards the end it got a bit better. I don't want to see the same thing play out with the new BF though because the ones who are still interested in the franchise have been pretty vocal with what they want and don't want from Battlefield.

ElaBosak269d ago

Learn what exactly? The game was great.

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