User blog comment:Awyman13/Thoughts for Larger Player Count and Squads on Consoles/@comment-4431589-20130610221459

The player limit on current-gen consoles should be 30 players at best, since 30 is an number that can be divided by both 2 (for two teams) and 5 (for five-man squads).

Worst case scenario would be if the player limit gets lowered to 20 players, which would cause a huge outrage in the Battlefield community.