Why do Battlefield games (and their derivatives...

Why do Battlefield games (and their derivatives, such as Battlefront) always have huge releases only for the online community to fizzle out and die in 1-2 months?

What is it about them that makes their longevity so poor?

games are this

They're shit.

They're not good games. The massive marketing budget just tricks normies and retards into thinking they're good.

As others have mentioned they are bad games, furthermore a lot of addicted gamers need constant gratification in the shape of upgrades, which doesn't take too long to get.

t. Thinks the series started with Battlefield 1

That's not true though

Lack of content. Dummy

Lurk moar faggot

The older battlefield games, BF2, Bad Company and that sorta thing used to have great longevity.

It seems ever since Hardline, they've just stopped trying to make good games, and instead just aim for the initial burst and don't care about what happens after.

I guess it's working for them, else they wouldn't keep doing it.

None of the battlefield games except hardline died within that time frame, its a game that nobody has asked for
when it comes to eafront, its because it didn't have any content, 4 maps on release was hilarious
bf1 is still alive with a strong community, same as bf4
you have been memed

This happens with like 98% of all multiplayer games, games retaining a massive player base long after launch is the exception not the rule.

The last few Dice games have been plagued by bugs, poor performance and balance issues that take months for them to fix. By that point people have already lost interest.

No chests. Also BF1 had terrible "progression". (level 1-5, than nothing, level 10 - you could reach level 10 in like 3 days)


Why are these things needed?

Because (nu) players expect them.

1. people get new games
2. you are wrong
3. even when they playerbase deminishes, what does it matter if you still find full matches in like 20 seconds?
you dont need 400.000 players for it to be "active"

Battlefield 1942's community lasted for years, what are you talking about?

I wouldn't be surprised if there's still people playing it today.

apparently it wouldn't be beneficial enough for companies to work on maintaining a big multiplayer playerbase
you can wonder all day long about it, but to really know you'd have to know the financial details of developing that type of game
I think it's same to assume it's just the more lucrative option for this genre these days

Because EA make skinnerbox games with no substance. Just like Blizzard.

Lol all these retards thinking BF games die

every "battlefield" game besides hardline and battlefront had decent longevity, what are you on about?

>playing multiplayer console games on PC
The community is still good. A problem is that these games are best played with a group of friends and nowadays people don't make online friends like they used to.

Videogame inflation

Lack of a attention span with "gamers" aka casuals

Trade in culture people constantly buying games only to trade them in because they are bored or want to get maxium value back