HHW Gaming: EA Reportedly Considering Making ‘Battlefield 2042’ Free-To-Play, Gamers Want A Refund

May EA and DICE’s shooter Battlefield 2042 turn into free-to-play? A brand new report means that may be the case, and players who paid for the sport when it launched are usually not pleased about that.

Battlefield 2042 would possibly go down in historical past as one of many greatest flops in online game historical past. Per VG247, an insider from EA claims that the sport’s developer DICE is contemplating going the free-to-play route. The drastic transfer is a product of the sport flopping tremendously after it launched again in November.

The sport appeared promising based mostly on the trailers that we noticed forward of the sport’s launch. Battlefield 2042 arrived plagued with the problems that fortunately have been addressed by means of many patches, however that’s not stopping the mass exodus of gamers as a consequence of an absence of content material to maintain them coming again. To place in context simply how many individuals are usually not taking part in Battlefield 2042, extra players are presently taking part in Battlefield V and Battlefield 1 on steam.

DICE has been mum about Battlefield 2042, giving no perception on the way forward for the sport and what its future will appear to be. Online game insider Tom Henderson identified that in a brand new video he dropped, he says EA is contemplating making one of many sport’s parts free-to-play. As to what element precisely? Henderson claims it might both be Portal, or Hazard Zone, with Portal greater than possible being chosen as a consequence of its reputation and the likelihood it might result in players buying the entire sport.

This information announcement has been met with substantial criticism, particularly from players who’ve already paid full value for the sport.

It’s completely comprehensible for players who paid their hard-earned cash on Battlefield 2042, however this is also what the sport must turn into what it was promised to be lastly.

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