We all know development costs for video games can be high, especially for triple A titles. It is a territory where the costs of development often exceed over 10 million dollars and in some cases goes as high as 100 million dollars. For these reasons publishers want a good return on their investments.
Unfortunately some companies take this lust for profit a bit too far and don’t even enjoy a millions in profits that they make. All they can see is the used game market taking a chunk of money which they feel should be
EA just hosted its quarterly financial conference call, and its executives have been asked to comment about the recent price hikes for games.
Today, Electronic Arts announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2025, alongside the full year.
Split Fiction has sold nearly 4 million copies, and the next battlefield is confirmed for a release by March 2026 with a reveal this Summer.
In addition to the roughly 100 job cuts IGN reported earlier today at Respawn Entertainment, EA has made wider cuts across its organization today, impacting around 300 individuals total including those already reported at Respawn.
Absolutely insane. Man I'm hope they land on their feet EA needs to get the shit together badly....
This is why this industry has slow releases and none compelling games.
Why would anyone willingly work in the VG industry or specifically for one of these globocorp organizations that put you in constant fear of losing your livelihood based on terrible choices made by idiotic management, not the people with talent making the actual games?
