Battlefield 2042 player stats overtake Halo Infinite after Season 1 update EA \/ 343 IndustriesBattlefield 2042\u2019s player count is now officially greater than Halo Infinite\u2019s, despite the game\u2019s reported struggles, and the size of the difference has surprised players \u2014 especially as Halo is free-to-play. The launch period for Battlefield 2042 and Halo Infinite couldn\u2019t have been more opposite if they\u2019ve tried. A lackluster and bug-filled beta already had Battlefield players increasingly worried about the game ahead of its debut, and it showed as its player count dropped off big-time. Whereas Halo Infinite\u2019s free-to-play strategy initially worked wonders for 343 Industries\u2019 sci-fi, multiplayer title. Things got so bad for EA and DICE that they admitted Halo\u2019s success had seemingly had a negative impact on the game. In a massive turn of events though, it appears not only has Battlefield 2042 managed to steady the ship, but it\u2019s managed to completely get the upper hand over one of its major competitors. Halo Infinite is now lagging behind Battlefield 2042 Industry insider Tom Henderson, who provided a lot of details ahead of both game launches, Tweeted out a startling statistical comparison between both games and how much their player count numbers have differed. Henderson said: \u201cBattlefield 2042 has managed to retain a pretty decent player base since Season 1 launched and now has 3x the players on Steam than Halo Infinite MP which is free-to-play.\u201d The evidence was there to see in the Steam Charts figures \u2014 which don\u2019t represent both games on all their applicable formats but are useful for getting a rough idea. Battlefield 2042 has managed to retain a pretty decent player base since Season 1 launched and now has 3x the players on Steam than Halo Infinite MP which is free-to-play. pic.twitter.com\/YjjiB3XKWo \u2014 Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) July 5, 2022 There are two big things to note here, the first being that the surge in players for Battlefield 2042 will no doubt have been helped by its long-awaited Season 1: Zero Hour launch, and equally underwhelming opening of Halo Infinite Season 2. Secondly, it\u2019s even more impressive when you consider that Battlefield 2042\u2019s player count consists of paid players, and Halo\u2019s free-to-play element is struggling to attract gamers. It will be fascinating to see if EA and DICE can retain players a few weeks from now, and how much of a swing we could potentially see when Halo Infinite\u2019s new season has its time to shine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Battlefield 2042 player stats overtake Halo Infinite after Season 1 update EA \/ 343 IndustriesBattlefield 2042\u2019s player count is now officially greater than Halo Infinite\u2019s, despite the game\u2019s reported struggles, and the size of the difference has surprised players \u2014 especially as Halo is free-to-play. The launch period for Battlefield 2042 and Halo Infinite couldn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}