As expected, Battlefield 6’s launch is a massive video game event, and many players are having a hard time getting in. But as of now, the servers are not down or anything that severe, and there are some tips for players that they should know when trying to get in the game.
1) Long queues – Yes, it’s true that some players are getting queue placement of 500,000 players or more, but this is not that different compared to earlier tests, and in the past, those queues have gone through rather quickly. Don’t throw up your hands and give up until later on, as you should move relatively fast (and they will probably be longer later during prime gaming time). And no, you cannot just play single player without waiting in the queue, as unfair as that may seem.
2) Missing Play Button/Can’t Launch – Battlefield Comms has addressed this directly saying: “Steam users please note that if the “Play” button does not show, restarting the Steam client will resolve this issue.” I’ve had friends restart their entire computer, but obviously that’s going to do the same thing. This may fix the “you don’t own the game” issue as well.
There are some additional errors like getting to the end of the queue and it not working, or getting booted during the queue itself. There may be further communications from DICE on those issues soon, and I will add those here if that happens.
As I write this, there are not just 500,000 people in a queue; there are 570,000 concurrent players on Steam alone, with new peaks every few minutes. It’s not yet clear just how high this will end up being, and if it could even theoretically make it into the all-time Steam top 10. That would require somewhere around 925,000 concurrents. I mean hey, at this point, I wouldn’t rule anything out.
Without major technical problems, this could be a successful launch for DICE, and we’ll see how the hugely anticipated Battlefield 6 fares against its arch-enemy Call of Duty in a short while when Black Ops 7 is released. Surprisingly, BO7 might need to be a little afraid.
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