EA Games is suffering the same fate with the (barely) WWII-themed Battlefield V.
I never really played Battlefield games. I had BF4, which I couldn't get into very well as lousy internet and Wi-Fi speeds killed my gaming experience.
After upgrading those things, my BF-loving friends encouraged me to play Battlefield 1, which I love, but am getting bored with. I also managed to get my septuagenarian father into it (he currently outranks me, but he's retired and can play whenever).
When Call of Duty (a series I absolutely loved - Ghosts and Infinite Warfare excepted) bombed with their most current WWII offering (one I didn't purchase), I hoped the next Battlefield iteration would be WWII. It was, but my hopes were dashed with the cartoonish and SJW crap in the preview.
Folks who had the same opinion I had, have since been called uneducated by EA's developer, and told not to buy the game. This same developer just happened to quit last week after a report showing pre-sales are down over 80% from Battlefield 1.
I have also noted a distinct die-off in player numbers in Battlefield 1 since all this brouhaha.
I have over 2,000 hours on BF 2142.
Got into BF4 a few years after it’s release.
never played BF 1 beyond it’s free trial.
Gonna wait for the user reviews before purchasing BF 5.
Not going to make the same mistake i made with BF3 by pre-ordering and waiting in line at midnight like an idiot for a half-assed game with almost none of the features of BF2.
BF2 and 2142 are my all time favorite games.