'Battlefield 1' Outsells Predecessors, Could Surpass 15M Sales Projection

DICE’s “Battlefield 1” just outsold “Battlefield 4” and “Battlefield Hardline” in its first week compared to what the two other games combined earned in the same amount of time.  The game is also topping charts all over the world, which puts it on track to surpass the initially projected 15 million copies sold for 2016.

This information came from a report released by Chart-Track, which is not an official tracker of sales. EA itself hasn’t released any details regarding how many copies of the game they already sold, but their original estimate was 15 million for this year. The company got that number by extrapolating figures based on the number of units sold with their past Battlefield games.

If the sales figures being reported unofficially turn out to be true, “Battlefield 1” could be on its way to breaking through that 15 million projection easily. This would be an even bigger achievement in an FPS franchise as well, Ubergizmo notes, since there are only so many ways to make such a franchise until it becomes stale.

However, by taking advantage of the fatigue that gamers are experiencing when it comes to futuristic shooting games and instead created an FPS title set during World War 1, DICE’s gamble seems to have paid off. It also helps that the publishers hyped the game to high heavens, which made gamers even more excited.

More than that, early impressions of the game by both gamers and reviewers paint a positive picture, which makes it even more appealing. Thanks to gorgeous graphics, a touching ode to the horrors of the First World War, and an engaging multiplayer, Battlefield 1 is set to be one of the best games of 2016.

On that note, Gamerant points out that the title is still facing heavy competition with future games, including “Titanfall 2” and the upcoming “Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare” game. Even though the latter is widely hated at the moment, the franchise is historically a good seller.