That may seem like a strong amount, but Battlefield 4, which was released several years ago now, still gets approximately 125,000 users per day. The recent data mine of statistics from EA’s own servers suggests that Star Wars Battlefront has only 80,000 active users on average over 24 hours.
In fact, according to Battlefield-centric website BF4Central, 2013's Battlefield 4 actually has 50% more users than DICE’s Star Wars shooter. Recently, it’s been revealed that Star Wars Battlefront has a surprisingly low number of daily users given its release just months ago. Unfortunately, EA has clearly come across another problem: those players are leaving in droves. Although GameStop has suggested that the game did not perform quite as expected, there was still a sizeable chunk of FPS fans who took the plunge into the game’s world. EA set a fairly conservative estimate of 13 million copies sold, and Star Wars Battlefront had already gained 12 million purchases by the end of the holiday season. In spite of that, gamers still appeared to pick up the game by the bucketload. All in all, it seemed as though the critical success of the DICE-developed title was not as sure-fire as expected. Although the game was highly anticipated by the gaming community, the multiplayer shooter came under fire from fans of the franchise and critics alike for a perceived lack of content. It’s fair to say that Star Wars Battlefront did not quite receive the reception that publisher EA expected when it was released in November of last year. With Star Wars Battlefront being roundly beaten in terms of daily users by 2013's Battlefield 4, we investigate exactly why the Star Wars shooter's user base is dwindling.