EA and DICE’s Battlefield V has gone broke again. Between the coronavirus forcing devs to work from home, the woke history revision, and devs condemning critics by telling them “if you don’t like it, then don’t buy it” all came together for another “get woke, go broke” moment. With that said, after June 2020, Battlefield V will no longer see development support from EA or DICE — killing the promise of future live-service support.
Oh, boy! Where do we even start with this dumpster fire of a game? Well, let’s take it back to the beginning.
When EA and DICE revealed Battlefield V last year, many boycotted the game because of the social justice diversity, the “we wuz kangz” narrative in the Tirailleurs France campaign (as noted by American Krogan), the departure of what made Battlefield “Battlefield,” the devs’ smug mentality such as the “if you don’t like it, then don’t buy it” statement, mocking gamers and fans of Battlefield at a launch party, getting Trevor Noah to host the game’s reveal trailer, and other things like delays, shallow content, and broken features.
After hackers ruined some game modes for PC goers, and others around the world not being able to play the battle royale mode Firestorm (due to a lack of players), former COO Patrick Söderlund stirred up the hornet’s nest by calling critics “uneducated,” which then led EA CEO Andrew Wilson to announce during the company’s Q3 financial report that Battlefield V did not meet Q3 sales expectations — fulfilling the get “woke, go broke” term.
Nevertheless, the game this year made news again with the meme “the tech isn’t there,” thanks to diversity hires and social justice warriors flooding the games industry and producing janky propaganda products like said title.
With all of that said, this leads us to this very day that sees Westie, an EA and DICE shill, having to admit the cold truth behind Battlefield V going broke for a second time:
Battlefield 5 is done.
A final standalone update will be deployed in June with some new content, but beyond that, the game is finished. https://t.co/MZkVcwEVtf
— Westie (@MrProWestie) April 23, 2020
Tick list for next #Battlefield game:
✅ No changing history, make it modern
✅ No “don’t like it, don’t buy it” statements
✅ Visible enemies… kinda important
✅ Content
✅ TechDo this, and you’ll probably be okay.
— Westie (@MrProWestie) April 23, 2020
If you can’t see the above tweets, over on ea.com it illustrates that Battlefield V will receive one more update in June (with very little support following in the month) and then after that, the game will see no more updates:
“Hi everyone,
I hope you are all staying safe, staying home, and playing together on the battlefield. The last couple of weeks have been challenging for everyone but connecting with you in-game has been inspiring – and we’ve seen some mind-blowing community-created content. Thank you, I think we all needed that.
As you are aware, the current Battlefield V Chapter, Into the Jungle, wraps up on April 29. As we look to the future, we will release one more standalone update this summer that brings with it some new content, weapons, and game tweaks. We are targeting June for this update. We’re still tackling the challenges from working from home and will let you know how things progress for us over the next month.”
Lastly, the next Battlefield is in the works and will release after next-gen consoles build up a substantial user base. The next installment in the Battlefield franchise is slated to launch sometime in Fiscal Year 2022.