Almost three months since its release, Battlefield 2042 has continued on a downward trajectory. Despite the development team’s attempts to fix the title’s countless bugs and issues, many players have given up on the game altogether–just last week, 2018’s Battlefield V reported having six times as many players as 2042 during a 24-hour period. Players are now looking for refunds in the same way many did upon the release of Cyberpunk 2077. While Cyberpunk managed to greatly improve, Battlefield fans can’t see the same potential in 2042, and a new Change.org petition is alleging that 2042 is simply unplayable.
The petition was created by Satoshi Nakamoto, who states that if the petition reaches 50,000 signatures, then one of the best class-action lawyers will take on the case against EA. There is no evidence provided for this claim, but despite this, thousands more signatures are appearing daily.
“EA’s release of Battlefield 2042 was a mockery of every customer who purchased this video game for $70 (USD) due to EA’s false advertising of this video game,” the petition reads. “Battlefield 2042 has cost consumers millions of dollars in damages and upset hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide. Many promises made at launch were not kept, and Battlefield 2042 launched as unplayable according to many consumer reports. Even today, Battlefield 2042 has bugs which drastically change the in-game experience so much that it’s deemed as a clearly unfinished release.
The gaming community should not tolerate this kind of abuse and bullying from multi-billion dollar corporations who make unfinished games and false advertisements.”
2042 was released on November 19, 2021, on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. In the most recent EA earnings call, the company admitted that 2042 had failed to meet expectations, though they opted not to share specific numbers. Earlier this month, the game’s next major patch–which will include the updated scoreboard UI–was delayed until March.
If you want to sign the petition, here’s the link. At the time of writing, 24,762 angry players have signed.
