Battlefield 2042as a modern AAA game has the price point of $69.99, a point of contention for many players because its lack of content and general bugginess. One player though has stumbled upon a new version ofBattlefield 2042for $4.99 at GameStop, making for a funny scene and taking the conversation of the game’s warranted price in an interesting direction.
For the first time in years, the big three of the FPS scene—Battlefield,Call of Duty, andHalo—all released new entries in the same year, each with varying degrees of success. In some waysBattlefield 2042is the series' most ambitious title, DICE cranking the scale of combat to never-before-seen heights with massive maps and 64-player teams on next-generation hardware. Unfortunately, due to technical and development issues, as well as an ongoing lack of content and minimal updates, manyBattlefield 2042players are unhappy with the game in its current state. The player base is so riled that the mods of theBattlefield 2042subreddit have threatened its closure if the toxicity continues.
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A player has allegedly found new a copy ofBattlefield 2042at GameStop for $4.99. The discovery was made by GamesNosh on Twitter who shares an image of them holding a copy ofBattlefield 2042 with a sticker showing the $4.99 “NEW” price down from $69.99. While GameStop is currently running a promotion onBattlefield 2042that drops the price down to $39.82on practically every system, this obviously is not the discount pictured by GamesNosh. With that said, it is unclear then whether this was a simple pricing mistake by a GameStop employee or intentionally done as a joke.
There are an overwhleming number of people in GamesNosh’s replies expressing their views on the game, most of which being negative. Some comments are directly pointed atBattlefield 2042’s troubled stateand level of quality, people either disappointed to have spent so much money on it originally or happy they skipped the game entirely. Other replies are more generally targeted at the business practices of AAA game development, specifically the increase in price from $59.99 to $69.99 with the launch of the new generation of consoles, and how games must earn that increase price point.
Regardless of the intent, the discussions presented byBattlefield 2042being $4.99 are good food for thought as DICE looks to improve the game. For those who think that $4.99 is still too high for the game, it makes one wonder ifBattlefield 2042could be a successful free-to-play title likeFortniteorApex Legends.Halo Infinitetook the free-to-play plungeand while its had its struggles with monetization, the gameplay itself has been enough for many people to keep playing.
Battlefield 2042is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
