Battlefield 2042 May Go Free-to-Play as EA Reportedly “Very Disappointed” by its Reception

To say the launch of Battlefield 2042 didn't quite go to plan would be an understatement. The announcement of Battlefield 2042 was 1 of the biggest gaming moments of the year, the level of hype was through the roof, but a severe lack of smoothen and content at launch scuttled the excitement. Since launch, updates and communication from EA and DICE has been bloodless, and playercount has drooped below previous entries in the series on Steam.

Information technology's clear EA isn't happy about how things have gone – How could they be? – but according to reliable Battlefield insider Tom Henderson, they're because some drastic measures to right the send. That includes potentially going free-to-play.

EA is reportedly very disappointed with how Battlefield 2042 has performed and is "looking at all the options" when it comes to the title, this is including looking at Gratis to Play in some capacity.

I'll have more than on this tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/WWuDpstyqS

— Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) January 20, 2022

Of class, take this with a grain of salt for now, but Henderson usually has the goods when it comes to Battlefield. It will be interesting to see what EA does. Bluntly, making a game people don't really like F2P probably isn't going to be a real solution. For now, it's probably all-time to focus on fixing things, even if playercount continues to drib (crossplay makes that less of an issue than in the by). In one case things are upwardly to snuff, maybe consider a F2P selection so.

If it happens, a F2P Battlefield 2042 won't be the only thing EA has done to shake upwards the franchise. EA recently put Respawn founder Vince Zampella and Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto in creative charge of the franchise, seemingly demoting Dice somewhat in the process. According to rumors, the program is to make a Battleground hero shooter, with an Apex-Legends-esque cast of characters set up in an "expanded universe."

Battlefield 2042 is available now on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5. What do you recall? Would y'all be more likely to try Battlefield 2042 if it went free-to-play or would information technology just be a band-aid on the wound?