Technical playtests are part and parcel of game development. They allow devs to tweak their game's code and optimize it ahead of launch. This is especially true for multiplayer titles like Battlefield 2042. It's also not uncommon for early testing periods to have performance issues. However, these problems very seldom lean towards the PC side as opposed to consoles.
For the better part of the past two decades, PCs have grossly outperformed consoles in terms of gaming performance.
This is why the reports of Battlefield 2042 running so much better on the Xbox Series X when compared to the PC are so interesting.
Why is Battlefield 2042 on Xbox Series X outperforming the PC?
Electronic Arts just launched its first-ever technical test for Battlefield 2042. EA invited only "a few thousand participants" for the game's initial test and although the developer has made it clear that it has zero-tolerance for leakers, apparently some credible participants are still choosing to speak about their experience in the test regardless.