The force is strong on PlayStation is just a marketing slogan – but it may actually be pretty accurate, after all. According to a Star Wars Battlefront stat tracking website, there are more people playing DICE's first-person shooter on the PlayStation 4 than the PC and Xbox One combined. It's important to note that this information is captured directly from EA's servers every five minutes, though the 24 hour peaks tell a similar tale. Things could change over the course of the weekend, but the other systems would need to introduce an enormous influx of players in order to catch up.
It's not all that surprising, of course, seeing as Sony has been closely aligned with the game ever since it was revealed. In addition to securing exclusive bundles, the platform holder's icons have bookmarked virtually every trailer for the title – and that's a trend which will continue right through to the release of forthcoming flick, The Force Awakens. There's a chance, then, that the Japanese giant's share of the active Battlefront community could increase. And people say that marketing partnerships are a waste of money…
[source swbstats.com, via neogaf.com]
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Working in retail, almost all the marketing I've seen for the game was on PS4. Many customers didn't even know it was coming out for Xbox One at all.
Just picked it up today and have been loving the couch co-op, really wish it was extended into online multiplayer as well but the game is just what i expected and delivers that star wars goodness. Want to play a great(non-story driven) Star Wars battle game? This is it.
I've been playing Disney Infinity 3.0 Rise of the Empire couch co-op on Wii U with my wife. What are the stats on that.
Well at least I know the story is better.
@rjejr Haha im sure theres loads more depth to the characyers
@rjejr
Is Disney Infinity 3.0 a lot of fun? I've seen my sister play a little bit as Annakin and I think I would like it more than Battlefront. I'm just worried I'll end up spending too much money buying all my favorite characters. lol.
Put a bit of time into star wars myself it's fun and it look's like the PS4 is where people come to play their online FPS, happy day's and long may it continue more people to shoot.
@ericthecheese As an Xbox Owner, there has been a few advertisements on the Dashboard to pre-order and/or buy this. I would be very surprised if anyone that interested in it would not know it was out for Xbox. I believe those on EA Access also had it earlier although I don't know as I am not a subscriber.
I personally opted to buy it for the PS4 myself - primarily because of the partnership deal. Although now having played it, I really can't see myself purchasing any of the DLC. Its not that it isn't fun as such, its just that there doesn't seem to be enough variety and rewards for playing. Granted it has more maps and modes than Battlefield does, but in Battlefield you are almost constantly unlocking some new gear and/or attachments. Also the amount of variety in 'loadouts' is lacking too.
I know it would be wrong to have Camo's on weapons as that's not part of the Star Wars universe and not in keeping with the iconic look. Same with the attachments too. However this does lead to a lack of variety and options.
I can see a point in the not too distant future where the 'credits' earned from matches will be pointless as players will have bought and unlocked everything. In games like CoD and BF, I often found myself playing for longer because of the unlockable rewards, whether its to reach a certain level to unlock a specific weapon, perk, piece of equipment etc or reaching a specific number of kills, headshots etc to unlock an attachment, camo, badge/emblem etc.Often after reaching these, there is often another goal you are near to completing so that extra game or 2 can end up being an extra hour or 2.
I am not saying Battlefront is a poor game. Its definitely captured the look and sounds very well. The gameplay itself is mechanically at least good too. I didn't have any issues with Lag (or not that I noticed) or hit detection - although at some ranges I thought my shots should have hit but weren't - or not doing damage but that could be down to the weapon and its 'range' as it was a pretty consistent occurrence. I can certainly see a lot of people enjoying this for a good number of hours - Star Wars fans and those that play couch co-op for a few hours more. However I can also see that unless Dice add more variety and substance - not in the form of DLC - people will move on to other games.
@ericthecheese what's an xboxone?
I prefer battlefield as you squad up and even if you dont speak there is a certain team feeling to it, when you play multiplayer on star wars battlefield say on supremacy it just feels so lonely out there.... there are already people at level 50 with the best weapons kicking yer ass when some of us have a life and a job and only on level 7....always in the middle of the scoreboard and never feel like i really achieved anything........
@MANTAGTJ001
lol. you just described Dust 514 in its entirety.
The fact that there are a lot more ps4s in the wild than xbox ones probably has something to do with the fact that there are more people playing on ps4. As far as pc goes, they are probably all playing counter strike or ark survival evolved....
That's actually not that impressive. It's no CoD or Destiny
@Utena-mobile Well you will spend a lot of money. I never wanted DI but only started b/c Nintendo gave it free on Wii U. Then I got a PS3 bundle for $180 w/ DI 2.0, so I kept the PS3 adn gave the game to my kids. Then my kid bought 3.0 for $20 - downloadable on either PS3 or Wii U, probably other systems as well. And I just keep buying and buying. Spent $22 yestrday on 5 used toys, another $32 last night on a playset and 3 characters. Spend spend spend. All for a game I didn't want but Nintnedo gave it to me for free, just like crack.
As for ow good it is I like SKylanders much better. Most of the game is based on build your own levels in "toy box" mode, but I don't enjoy that. Hub worlds have some mini missions to occupy yourself for a couple of hours. The playsets are all short - 6 - 8 hours I think. There is a $20 "Toybox Takever" set for 3.0 that is supposed to be a fun 6 hour campaign but I've read the top down view is annoying. We'll see.
So I have a hard time recomending it. My 11 year old enjoys it, and it's 1 o th efew games my wife will play with me, Pirates of th eCAribean looks great, Avengers was so boring. I'd say if you want 2 playr co-p pick up Skylanders, Trap Team was cool.
Sorry, that's the best I can do.
@rjejr
Yikes!!! lol. I think I'll just stick with my amiibo. I haven't looked at Skylanders because I don't recognize any of the figures but I've heard good things about the series. Maybe I'll just buy 1 or 2 of the DI figures to have on my bookshelf and call it good.
Thanks for the review. (^_^ )/
Love the game, but let's address the elephant in the room, $110 for a full no campaign game is crazy.
That's one of those puns that doesn't translate to American English like the Beatles rhyming "seen" with "been."
PS4 is clearly the only rational choice!
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