http://www.newsweek.com/battlefield-5-consider-free-battle-royale-bad-company-2-remaster-1096553

Battlefield V ’s battle royale mode should launch sometime after the game’s release in October, but a new report suggests the suite might go free-to-play if the title’s early sales fall short of expectation. The source, who wished to remain anonymous, made the claim in an email to the hosts of the most recent episode of the Giant Bombcast. The email starts around the two-hour-and 23-minute mark, but we’ve transcribed it below.

I am anonymous, but you can say it's the same person who gave you the EA stuff from E3. Maybe you saw fans freaking out over the report from an investment bank, Cohen and Co., that Battlefield V pre-orders are weak. Some are already comparing it to Titanfall 2 because it is coming out right around Red Dead 2 and Call of Duty. That's pretty far off base. Let's put it this way: Battlefield V pre-orders have already outsold Titanfall 2's week-one sales and pre-orders, and EA isn't going to let the game underperform too drastically.