Electronic Arts has not announced any official sales data for Battlefield 6, but one report from an analyst claims the game may have approached a Call of Duty-sized launch with 6.5 million copies sold in its first few days.
Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics wrote that the game reached those sales numbers across all platforms, citing its own internal estimates. This would work to more than $350 million in gross revenue, according to Elliott.
“It’s closer to Call of Duty-tier numbers than any of EA’s premium-shooter efforts so far. But the question now is whether or not EA can foster this successful launch into a platform that stands the test of time,” Elliott said.
The report also had a breakdown of sales by platform, with Steam accounting for 65.7% of sales, driving 3.5 million copies sold and more than $220 million in revenue. Next behind was PS5, which accounted for 1.5 million copies and made up 23.7% of total sales, the report said. Xbox Series X|S ranked third overall, with 1.2 million units sold and a 19.6% share.
On Steam specifically, Battlefield 6 is putting up big numbers, reaching a peak concurrent player record of more than 747,000. That’s the most concurrent players on Steam for any EA game, even eclipsing the free-to-play Apex Legends (624k).
Battlefield 6 Season 1 launches on October 28, which is also the day the game’s battle royale mode is rumored to launch. Season 1 will continue with Phase 2, Rogue Ops, on November 18, followed by Winter Offensive on December 9. These updates will add new maps, modes, guns.
While Battlefield 6 may have had a hot start, it remains to be seen if it’ll be able to, for the first time, outsell a Call of Duty game. Experts said prior to Battlefield 6’s launch that they believe that will not happen and that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will outrank EA’s game.
For more, check out GameSpot’s Battlefield 6 review and our Battlefield 6 guides hub.
