Battlefield 6 Is Having A Massive Debut On Steam

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EA's long-awaited and heavily hyped Battlefield 6 is finally out now, and it's off to a hot start on Steam. Within the game's first 30 minutes of public availability, it exceeded 500,000 concurrent users, according to Steam's own data. The free games Dota 2 and Counter-Strike 2 are the only two games rank higher than Battlefield 6 currently.At press time, Battlefield 6 stands at more than 606,000 concurrent players on Steam.A massive launch for Battlefield 6 was expected. One analyst said the game reached nearly 2 million preorders, generating more than $100 million in revenue prior to launch. In the time it took to write this post, Battlefield 6 added more than 100,000 more players on Steam.GameSpot will continue to update this post as Battlefield 6's player numbers inevitably grow today and this weekend. In the US, it's a long weekend with a holiday on Monday.Battlefield 6 is, of course, also available on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. However, the platform-holders do not share up-to-the-minute player data like Valve does with Steam.So far, the Battlefield 6 servers appear to be holding up against the influx of players. Players are being placed into server queues to help mitigate the demand. You can bookmark GameSpot's Battlefield 6 server status page to stay in the loop.For more, check out GameSpot's Battlefield 6 review and our roundup of tips to help you hit the ground running. While Battlefield 6 is already having a huge launch, experts do not believe it will outsell Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.