During its conference call for the fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, Electronic Arts revealed that Anthem’s launch did not meet its expectations. This shouldn’t obviously surprise us, however this is the first time the publisher comments on the game’s sales.
According to EA, players have spent over 150 million hours in Anthem since launch and its development team is currently focused on content /fixes for it.
$EA Conference Call:
– Launch of Anthem did not meet expectations for EA
– Players have spent over 150 million hours in game since launch
– Team is focused on content /fixes for it.
– Battlefield Firestorm battle royale became the biggest Battlefield live service event ever.— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) May 7, 2019
On the other hand, Battlefield 5’s battle royale mode was a success and the publisher declared it as biggest Battlefield live service event ever.
In other news, there are more than 100 million players across FIFA PC F2P and Mobile F2P, Apex Legends is the fastest growing new game from EA (featuring over 50 million players), and the publisher will look to create more F2P games over time (though it will still ship “traditional” premium games).
$EA Conference Call:
– More than 100m players across FIFA PC F2P and Mobile F2P
– More than half a billion minutes watched across FIFA competitive events
– Madden Bowl tournament broadcast to ESPN2. 7x more peak concurrent users than last years event.— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) May 7, 2019
$EA Conference Call:
– Apex Legends is the fastest growing new game from EA (Over 50m players)
– 30% of Apex players are new to EA
– Focused on delivering new content, with long term service. New legends etc…
– Plan to release on more platforms / new markets.— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) May 7, 2019
$EA Conference Call:
– Apex Legends met with universal praise.
– Respawn is learning from the huge launch which led to many challenges.
– F2P business model a success, will look to create more F2P games over time.
– Will still have premium $60 titles.— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) May 7, 2019
$EA Conference Call:
– Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order is forecasted to ship 6-8m units in FY20
– Approx 4m units for Need for Speed
– Plants vs Zombies is expected to reach low single digit million units.
– Apex Legends expected to book $300m-$400m in FY20.— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) May 7, 2019
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