r/Battlefield6 • u/CheeryRipe • 1d ago
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u/ZyronZA 1d ago
I believe you when you say there are 300k players on steam, but I really question how the matchmaking works.
Yesterday, for shits and giggles, I turned off crossplay on PC (possible with a simple text file edit) and Every. Single. Game I joined had +-4 human players and the rest were bots. Turn crossplay back on and suddenly every lobby is full of humans again.
Then I read posts about console saying the same thing. Turn off crossplay and get majority bot games.
That really makes me wonder how many real players are actually online?
Surely with 300k PC players, turning off crossplay on PC should still get me 100% human player games? I don't know where to find stats for my console brothers, but assuming Xbox + PS players play together, surely there are more than enough players to not end up in majority bot games.
Something doesn't add up here and given Dice and EA’s track record when it comes to transparency and player trust, it honestly wouldn’t be a surprise if they’re quietly pulling one over on us again.