Next Battlefield Game Will Be a "Reimagination as Truly Connected Ecosystem," Says EA

According to EA boss Andrew Wilson, the next Battlefield game will be a "reimagination as a truly connected ecosystem."

[Kaii]

“The launch of Battlefield 2042 did not meet expectations,” EA CEO Andrew Wilson said during the earnings call.

The next Battlefield Game Will Be a “Reimagination as Truly Connected Ecosystem,”
+"Wilson’s statements are right in line with what Wilson shared back in May, where the CEO mentioned how they are not just building a new Battlefield game but a platform to drive live services to come."

Triple AAA live service games are dogshit.

[seanpitt23]

How can they go from BF1 to BF5 to BF2042.. all I can think of is all the talent jumped ship and the games got progressively worse.

BF1 was amazing in everyway apart from the lack of guns, equipment and customization, but the atmosphere was second to none.

BF5 was a good game not amazing but let down by the woke EA management "don't like it dont buy it" really hurt the game.

2042 was a disaster in everyway all the Devs from the previous games must of had enough

[senorfartcushion]

They did jump ship. The old BF devs are making The Finals.

[fr0sty]

Do you even know what "woke" means? Or are you just doing what the majority of the right wingers do and using it as a substitute for the word "bad"? lol...

[4Sh0w]

Yes frosty, most people know the original meaning of the slang "woke" but since its a mindset that's been hijacked in large part by a bunch of people who do more harm than good with their stupid backwards ill conceived ideological policies -well Yes now its become a term that has also been hijacked to push back against all the self righteous entitlement BS & nonsense they spew, & when you know, you know.

As for the next BF, I dont have alot of confidence when I hear "live service"...but we'll see.

[RedDevils]

For me Woke do mean bad, nah it actually mean stupid people.

[fr0sty]

@Chow, no, that's pandering.

[DigitallyAfflicted]

Andrew Wilson is well behind. No one is buying into this crap anymore, we are fed up with social media and connections made online, just make a good game, can't be that difficult for game developers with so much history and experience.

[-Foxtrot]

Jesus Christ they just don't learn do they

[RaidenBlack]

ffs, EA .... just make a modern Battlefield 2 aka BF2: Reboot
followed by Bad Company 3 and Black 2.

[LightofDarkness]

God, if only… 🥹

[IfSonicHadABandicoot]

Black 2? Dear God yes

[FlavorLav01]

And shareholders will further force these practices as long as people keep buying this kind of dribble. They don’t care what gamers enjoy.

[vTuro24]

They do learn, but not in the way that we as consumers would like. They only look at things from a business perspective and learn what the best ways are to milk the most money for maximum profit. Unfortunately making quality games like in the old days does not generate enough profit to fuel their hunger for money. Garbage like "live service" tends to be a lot more effective at that. So they'll keep experimenting until they get it right.

[Seraphim]

the problem are the incentives for these type of games when they do succeed. When companies are making 3x or more the money [quarterly] off MTs, Battle Passes, etc, than they do selling the actual games, they have every incentive to push this bs.

It's a model that can work for some games, but I think by and large this is something where a majority of gamers are fatigued because it's always the same ill conceived bs. Time grinds, hamster wheels, lack of content when released, the games themselves not being that good or thought out for the long term....

[GoodGuy09]

So...more live servicey and microtransactions filled? Welp, back to Battle Bit.

[isarai]

Seriously, game is in every way what BF used to be, and somehow 3 guys figured out what hundreds of staff and hundreds of millions in analytics and development could not at EA. It's really not that hard

[badz149]

but no matter how hated, Battlefield makes more money than Battlebit ever will. that's the sad part

[JEECE]

I appreciate Battlebit as a concept, but it's really nowhere near as good as the old Battlefield games. Other than 2042, I'd rather just play any of the BF games that still has a player base (4, 1, or 5) than it. I have some friends playing who never played the Bad Company games and this is their first experience with Rush (they really only played 4 and 1 and just played Conquest, and otherwise have always played COD), which pains me because Rush on Battlebit is a pale imitation of BFBC-BF3.

[isarai]

Who TF asked for BF to be an "Ecosystem"? good lord talk about out of touch. I hope it bombs even harder till they get the damn message.

[Noskypeno]

It seems like maybe the past decade everything got worse. Remember when Pizza Hut was shaped like a hut? Remember when McDonald's had so much color, and playgrounds with Nintendo systems? Everything is grey and minimalist and square now because that's what corporate professional people want. I hate to say it but I wish the power went to the CEOs or atleast someone close to them that had the original vision. Shareholders are responsible for all this laziness, only caring about how much profit they make, which is the whole point of a business, but you don't have to cut the good stuff just because you can find a few rich sharks willing to donate thousands for a bad game. Quality and profit should be the motto for every single business.

[Profchaos]

Yeah try 2 decades imo it may be getting older and rose coloured glasses or nostalgia but ever since apple made everything minimalist the world changed and not always for the better

[AngainorG7X]

This again 🤦‍♂️

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

Make a direct successor to Battlefield 4.

[senorfartcushion]

Somehow EA are making the brand LESS valuable than it already is?

[ravens52]

Smdh. Just make another BF4 or even 3 successor. You guys are not making the right decisions. Unbelievable. Do they not do research? Get on some game sites or forums or something. If not BF is going to continue to fail

[Profchaos]

And now here's that same statement made in 2021 before the last battlefield really gave everyone a connected experience

https://www.google.com/amp/...

[GameBoyColor]

"Huh our live service games didn't do so well. Guess we better make it more live service than before"

[RupeeHoarder]

Just remake battlefield 2.

[Tapani]

You can keep your ecosystem! I play games, not ecosystems.

[plmkoh]

Andrew Wilson doesn't know how to do anything else. He launched himself into leadership through microtransactions and live game services. So EA are bound to do the same thing hoping for something different.

[siLENTEsKI]

How about: forget about ecosystems, platforms, “connectedness,” and every other scheme meant to milk customers. Just make a really great Battlefield game, and people will buy it.

[JEECE]

And then in a few weeks, everyone will start crying about how the devs aren't supporting the game enough. I mean, BF5 got new maps for like a year and a half, and when they stopped putting new content in, people declared the game dead and said DICE abandoned it. Apart from 4, that was the longest amount of support a BF game got, and yet still people were mad. The sad reality now is that, despite what people say about live service, that's what they actually play, and any game that isn't operated as a live service gets declared dead.

[gazgriff2k12]

just give us good gameplay and destruction ffs!

[Sonic1881]

Live service game incoming

[Crazyglues]

LMAO...... Yeah Right.....

[blacktiger]

Bad company 3!!!!

[poppatron]

The ambiguity of that statement and buzzwordy nonsense nature say it all.

We should all be concerned 😂

[PunksOnN4G]

My friends got burned by 2042 they got it day 1 on Ps5.... insane man all we wanted was that battlefield feleing and its gone just like the COD feeling everything is a live service now with a price tag and battlepass i mean come o nloo kat cod they selling u a 30$ BP now is insane

[JEECE]

What is the last multiplayer shooter that was not a live service that maintained a significant player base for longer than 3-6 months?

[Inverno]

If you haven't noticed the pattern yet then let me point it out. They start by hyping up yet another game with buzz words. Promising for it to be something that you'll be playing a long time. Release a broken game with barely any content. Try to hook you into continuing to play by promising support, often described as "free updates". Rob you of 70 bucks, wait a couple years, announce a new one, rinse/repeat.
They don't want to commit, because the goal is to put in as little effort into making a game so they can then make back millions more from sales and mtx. Notice just how many BF's have flopped and yet they still push for the same "service" model. If they were losing money they'd really rethink their strategy.

[JEECE]

How many have flopped? 2042 is probably the only true flop. BF1 sold very well. BFV sales missed expectations, but it still sold over 7 million copies in its first 6 weeks, which is not what it should have done, but hardly "flop" numbers. So besides 2042 what games are you talking about here? Hardline? 2142?

[Inverno]

Flopped as in their GaAS plans, which there is no actual plan. Flopped as in they intentionally botch their games, disappointing fans with every release. BF4, BF1, V, 2042 have all released in a horrible state, each ruined more and more by their push for "service". Then of course you have Battlefront which they tried to do the same.

[Rimeskeem]

"Reimagination as Truly Connected Ecosystem"

I just want the servers to work at launch.

[Charlieboy333]

All I hear is MONETIZATION

[anast]

They better have those Beyonce skins ready. My wallet is burning just thinking about it...

[ChiefofLoliPolice]

Jesus Christ...

[ModsDoBetter]

More buzzwords and tired EA marketing talk.

Heard it after BF3 rocky launch, and again after BF4 rocky launch and again after BFV and now 2042, last BF game I'll ever buy.

The two clashing titans: COD and BF are a long way from their glory days OF COD4 and Bad Company 2, sadly.

[Yi-Long]

Seems they still don’t understand that we just want a Battlefield game. 5-flag Conquest mode, 4 good balanced different classes, and 10-12 gorgeous and fun maps.

That’s it. Nothing else. No 5000 folks running around on a country-sized map, no ‘truly connected eco-system’, no ‘games-as-a-service’, no ‘perks’, no zombie-mode, no Battle Royale mode, etc etc.

Just Battlefield. Good old Battlefield

[JEECE]

Part of the issue is that everyone wants "Good old Battlefield," but we can't even agree on what that was. Some people insist 4 was the pinnacle, while others just talk about how broken it was and how 3 was much better. Some people think Bad Company 2 was the best, but the old PC Battlefield fans scoff at the idea that the peak of Battlefield was 24-player maps designed for weak consoles. Some people love 1, but others hate it as much as V. Still others seem to not be aware that any of the games before Bad Company 2 even existed.

[Rikimaru-00]

they not learning from there mistakes. All we bf fans want is something like BF bad company 2. Hopefully this new bf will be amazing

[got_dam]

Wow. That sounds truly awful. Too bad billions are made yearly on microtransactions. They don't care about public image as long as the money rolls in.

[HyperMoused]

RIP BF, i wont be doing the live service crap

[Psychonaut85]

See that, far off in the distance? That’s where you can f$&k off Andrew.

[PhillyDillyDee]

Lol

[Majin-vegeta]

I think people are misunderstanding the whole "Ecosystem.Its basically going forward all ganes will be connected in a universe.Allowing us to take our content from games to the next one like portal.

[Iceman_Nightmare]

RIP NEXT BATTLEFIELD, 2042 all over again. All EA cares about is MONEY

[moomoo319]

Ecosystem of what? Money grubbing bullsh*t and Pay2Win? Fantastic.

[jackwei22]

I did hope for a sequel to BF1 with more maps, modes, factions and stories but keep the core of gameplay similar to BF1 just make it more detailed and effects. BFV doesn't count as the sequel.

[babadivad]

Show don't tell.

[SprigganN4G]

ill stick to BF3, the true last Battlefield.

[Murdability]

Just remake battlefield 3. Keep the gameplay mechanics the same and give it a new coat of paint… with no microtransactions

[Chocoburger]

The top publishers are absolute garbage these days and don't deserve to thrive.

They scammed people with Anthem, promising updates, then just gave up on it. Releasing a broken Battlefield 2042, promising updates then just gave up on it as well.

EA will never be a decent publisher again because of these terrible business practices. Micro-trash-actions have well and truly ruined this industry.

[SULTAN_4]

I think they insist to destroy for what ever left from the already destroyed of the game that used to known as Battlefield, they won't be happy before they make sure they've wiped all Battlefield DNA and anything reminds their fans of it. this is the results when you hand a big games to someone has power and never know how to treat it!
if it was me I will bring back all BF3 developers and give them all the budget they need in order to revive their dead game! and I will not interrupt their work. I will just give them all the support and advices they need from a Battlefield series fan/gamer view.

[Zombieburger638]

Dead franchise. I’ll stick with Battlebit screw you dice/ea.