It is no secret that 2021’s Battlefield 2042 was not the success that EA and developer DICE hoped for. Although the game was the No. 5 best-selling title in the US during 2021, it was a disappointment commercially for EA and fans didn’t have the best things to say about it either. With Battlefield 6 coming this October, producer Alexia Christofi said in an interview that the struggles of Battlefield 2042 helped shape Battlefield 6.
„We learned so much from 2042. We took so many learnings from that, and while it strayed from what people found core to Battlefield, it meant that it was very clear and easy for people to vocalize the things that 2042 was not, and what we need to make sure Battlefield 6 is,“ Christofi told Well-Played.
Another producer, David Sirland, said the studio spent a lot of time thinking about the core pillars of Battlefield–destruction, classes, and vehicles–and designing Battlefield 6 in service to those.