The next Battlefield game will be revealed next month, EA CEO Andrew Wilson confirmed during the publisher’s Q4 2021 conference call. He described this new installment as ‘an amazing relaunch of the franchise’, which will lead to ‘an incredible live service for the future’.
So far, both DICE and EA had only referred to how incredible the game will look on PCs and next-generation consoles. However, that doesn’t mean Battlefield won’t be released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, as Wilson said in the conference call.
[…] I would just – I would finish by saying we’re really excited about Battlefield, everything I’ve seen in the game is spectacular. And I think it’s going to be an amazing relaunch of that franchise this year and will lead us into an incredible live service for the future.
Does that mean the next Battlefield will be more limited on the older consoles? Perhaps it’ll have a lower player cap during matches? We should learn more between next month and EA Play, which EA confirmed to be scheduled for July 22nd this year.
We’re really excited about that what that means for our products. If you go back to the history of our industry, every time we were able to deliver high fidelity, more meaningfully immersive products as a result of increased processing powered platform transitions, we’ve been able to grow the market dramatically. And sports and games like Battlefield have been leaders on that every platform generation shift. And we’re excited by the fact our entire EA SPORTS portfolio and Battlefield will be developed specifically around features for next-gen players.
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