Halverwege maart verscheen, met de nodige vertraging, Battlefield: Hardline en wij waren in onze review wel te spreken over deze spin-off van Dead Space-ontwikkelaar Visceral. Nu laat uitgever Electronic Arts weten dat het ook tevreden is met de verkoopresultaten van Hardline. Hoewel Electronic Arts er altijd vanuit is gegaan dat Battlefield: Hardline een stuk minder goed zou verkopen dan de reguliere Battlefield-games, heeft de shooter van Visceral dus toch naar behoren gepresteerd:
With the added development time, Battlefield Hardline delivered a complete package for different types of play: core strategy-based Battlefield gameplay that our fans love, fast and fun new multiplayer modes like Hotwire, as well as a deep story-driven single-player campaign. We’re very happy with how well the game has sold to date, and, more importantly, that we’ve brought many new fans into the Battlefield universe.Daarnaast laat Electronic Arts eveneens weten dat vooral de PlayStation 4- en Xbox One-versie van Battlefield: Hardline goed gepresteerd hebben. Circa tachtig procent, oftewel vier op de vijf exemplaren, van de verkochte Battlefield: Hardline-exemplaren is namelijk voor de PlayStation 4 of Xbox One. De overgang van PlayStation 3 en Xbox 360 naar PlayStation 4 en Xbox One loopt dus gesmeerd:Our investments in Battlefield 4 brought greater stability to the experience and allowed us to apply our learning to ensure that Battlefield Hardline was stable and scalable at launch and beyond. We now have two Battlefield experiences with large highly engaged audiences, and both will receive new expansion packs in the coming months
With regards to the market, we expect the console transition to continue at a rapid pace, and another 22 million units to be sold this calendar year, adding to the 27 million units in place at the end of calendar 2014. This is much faster growth than in previous generations. Illustrating
how far the transition has already come, approximately four out of every five copies of Battlefield Hardline sold for consoles were for XBox One or PS4.