“Battlefield 2” Dominates Sales Charts, Surpassing PlayStation Favorites
Needless to say, the sales of “Helldivers 2” (Helldivers 2) are obvious to all on the Steam sales list. It is also the most outstanding work released by PlayStation on the PC platform this year. Its sales performance has obviously surpassed “Horizon” and “The Last of Us”.
According to Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, who shared information from Sony publishers, “Battlefield 2”, which was only launched in February this year, has become the seventh-best-selling game in Sony’s game release history. The contribution of the PC market is particularly outstanding. In the United States alone, more than half of its sales come from the PC platform.
At the same time, Piscatella added that “if it had not been released on PC, “Battlefield 2″ would not even be in the top 20 in the current sales rankings (referring to PlayStation),” emphasizing the rise of the PC market.
In other words, the revenue of “Battlefield 2” on the US PC platform alone has exceeded that of the PS5 platform. Although this data does not include the sales of “additional content” (such as the super points required for war bonds), But even if PS5 is included, it will still be difficult to eliminate the gap with the PC market.
“Battlefield 2” ranked seventh, which means that there are 6 best-selling games ahead of it. According to the information provided by Piscatella to foreign media PC Gamer, “3 “Marvel Spider-Man” games, 2 “God of War” and “Ghost of Tsushima”, the above list is not in any particular order.”
In other words, the sales volume of “Battlefield 2” in the PC market has surpassed that of PlayStation’s other two famous series “Horizon” and “The Last of Us”. At the same time, “Battlefield 2” is still among the top ten on Steam’s best-selling list game.
Of course, a large part of the success of “Battlefield 2” lies in the fact that players were infected by this galactic war against Zerg and robots, as well as the very funny “managerial democracy” atmosphere, which made this game popular. It still attracts attention from overseas communities.
With the rise of sales in the PC market, the performance of “Battlefield 2” may give Sony an opportunity to consider its strategy for the PC market when releasing games in the future.
And according to Circana’s Player Engagement Tracker, Helldivers II has ranked first in US MAU on Steam each month since launch (including April). Launching Helldivers II on both PlayStation and PC has been nothing short of a massive, resounding success.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) May 1, 2024