Over 19 Million Players Claimed Star Wars Battlefront II For Free From The Epic Games Store
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If you are one of the people who picked up Star Wars Battlefront II for free at the Epic Games Store last week, then you are not alone as EA announced through Twitter that 19 million players headed to the online store and grabbed a copy of the online multiplayer game.
People love free stuff. This is likely a mix of returning players playing it on the PC platform and players that never took the plunge to a galaxy far far away. But regardless, that many players heading to the online store for the promotion is pretty insane.
19 million copies of the game were claimed at the Epic Games Store. An online game that is no longer being supported by developer DICE and was released back in 2017. For the sake of comparison, It beat Troy: A Total War Saga which had 7.5 million players claiming a copy of the newly released game for free on it’s launch day.
Okay, that’s an unfair comparison as the free game promo for Troy only lasted for 24 hours while Battlefront II was free to pick up all week. But it goes to show how strong the Star Wars Battlefront franchise is despite the controversies it experienced at launch due to how they handled microtransactions in the game.
This is the best time to play Battlefront II if you’re an old player or one of the 19 million who now has a copy on their Origin account. We’ve been playing around with a few rounds and it’s easy to join full games.
This announcement from EA gives us some sort of idea on how many players would flock to the Epic Games Store for a free copy of a triple A title. It’s also safe to say Epic has learned their lesson and reinforced their servers to support a sudden influx of players coming at them all at once. Don’t forget that Grand Theft Auto V was given for free not too long ago at the Epic Games Store and the offer crashed the store, leaving it unavailable for hours.
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