The trailer for Battlefield 1 was released last Friday. If you’re wondering how it’s received by the fans: It’s the most successful trailer on YouTube overall – based on likes!
Battlefield 1 has the favor of shooter fans on its side
So far, the reveal trailer for Battlefield 1 has over 1.1 million likes, with more added every minute. According to Forbes, this video is, based on likes, the farthest-reaching trailer on YouTube, including all trailers from films, TV, and video games. For comparison: The “GTA 5” trailer has 280k likes to date, while Marvel’s blockbuster “The Avengers” has 82k likes.
This success of the new Battlefield trailer is even more remarkable since it has only been online for a few days. Already over 22 million users have watched it. In comparison, the trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare lags behind: It has been clicked almost 16 million times, although it was released a few days before the BF trailer.
The new CoD trailer currently has 285k likes, thus surpassing the value of GTA 5. One might say: “That is rather noteworthy,” however, the stark number of dislikes paints a very different picture: Nearly 1.5 million thumbs are currently down. This makes it the worst-rated trailer on YouTube.
Apparently, the space setting of Infinite Warfare is not well received, while the “World War I” scenario of Battlefield is. That both reveal trailers would cause such waves was by no means predictable. As there have already been talks days ago about a “mass dislike campaign” against Infinite Warfare, the new Battlefield trailer must now be credited with a “mass like campaign.” And every minute the gap continues to grow.
These are the specific values as this article was written:
- Battlefield 1: Likes: 1,163,318, Dislikes: 21,102
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare: Likes: 285,598, Dislikes: 1,484,868
Is the battle for the shooter throne this year already decided? Or can CoD: Infinite Warfare regain fans’ favor with future information? What do you think?
