Battlefield 1 has 19 million players and is growing faster than Battlefield 4 did

World War I didn’t make a lot of sense for any of the countries involved, but it’s making sense for Electronic Arts’ bottom line.

Battlefield 1, the latest entry in developer DICE’s military shooter franchise, has 19 million players, according to massive video game publisher. It’s growing 50 percent faster than Battlefield 4 did through the same period of time — about six months — which is important for EA because big game companies like that rely on recognizable, tent-pole games for a significant portion of their revenues.