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PC gaming smashes consoles in Battlefield 6 sales, report claims — blockbuster shooter sells 7m units, generating an estimated $350 million in revenue
Battlefield 6 has been an enormous success for EA from the day it was announced. Ever since Call of Duty essentially shot itself in the foot with the Black Ops 7 reveal, Battlefield became the community's saving grace, all the way from the beta to, now, its launch. It's been such a hit that Alinea Analytics is reporting the military shooter has already sold more than 6.5 million copies across PC and console, generating over $350 million in revenue, which would be franchise-best figures for EA. And indeed, shortly after we hit publish on this story, EA published its own press release officially pushing the number over the 7 million copies mark.
(Image credit: Alinea Analytics)
Those kind of sales push it comfortably into COD territory, and way beyond what any of the previous Battlefields were able to achieve. The series has never really had a golden egg, so to speak, because even Battlefield 1 — the title that put it back on the map — was more of a rediscovery rather than something players were actively seeking as an antidote to the COD machine. With Battlefield 2042, EA failed to capitalize on the growing momentum, but everything seems to have lined up miraculously this time.
Battlefield 6 is available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series - out of the three, PC leads the charts by a long margin, accounting for 56.7% of all sales, helping EA to over $220 million in revenue with 3.5M+ copies sold. PlayStation follows next with 23.7% of the pie, with Xbox coming in last at 19.6%, but keep in mind that there are fewer Xbox Series owners in general, so the sales are still relatively very healthy. Across the board, it seems that everyone is enjoying Battlefield 6, and the daily active users (DAU) figures are further evidence of that.
On PC, according to the analytics, 2.3–2.5 million active users have been playing the game daily since launch. By contrast, around 1 million PlayStation users have returned each day, but we don't have numbers for Xbox. The main takeaway here is that gamers seem to be coming back for some more Battlefield 6 on the daily, propping up a shockingly flat DAU curve for a multiplayer game. Around 45% of PC players for BF6 never even touched BF 2042, showing how this game has become a refuge from the burnout of repetitive or uninteresting military shooters.
Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.
Haven't been interested in BF since 1942, man I loved those years... These days, I don't waste my time with MP, but I hear there's a SP story here? Might have to pick it up eventually, on sale...
Haven't been interested in BF since 1942, man I loved those years... These days, I don't waste my time with MP, but I hear there's a SP story here? Might have to pick it up eventually, on sale...
im sorry you missed battlefield 2, it is peak battlefield. still
BF6 is proof that giving players what they want sells well. No surprise that it's selling well on Steam. People have been demanding the game go back to basics and not be sequestered away in Origin or EA Store or whatever they're calling it.
BF6 is not for me though. I don't have enough time to unlock everything, and I'd get mad that the kid down the street would be able to use stuff I haven't unlocked yet against me.
