Battlefield 1's developers have been working "for a long time" to ensure Battlefield 1's launch isn't a repeat of Battlefield 4's

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Speaking to GamesBeat , producer Daniel Berlin explained that avoiding the mistakes of Battlefield 4 is "a focus for us. We know it was a difficult launch. We’ve been working on this for a long time."Battlefield 4's problems were myriad , mainly affecting the game's online component, forcing DICE to introduce better servers and even prompting class-action lawsuits However, Berlin sees the smooth online performance of Star Wars: Battlefront last year as proof that DICE has improved its ability to handle online stress:"We released Battlefront, which did really well. We’re pushing an open beta to ensure stability. We’ve taken a lot of learnings from that experience, and we feel like we succeeded with Battlefront. We’ll take everything we learned there and apply it to Battlefield 1 as well."Battlefield 1 was announced last week , and takes the shooter series to World War 1.

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