Patrick Soderlund says that if you stop investing in new intellectual property, you have signed your death certificate.
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?
It's all well and good for executives to say it. Actually taking the risks and investing new IP (and sticking with them) in any grand scale is another thing entirely.
Let's see if they follow through
I kind of liked EA's "behind the curtain" moments during their press conference, even if it means it'll be awhile before we see actual gameplay.
I agree , but no milking it to the point of "No COD return" .
Please stop milking/diluting the Battlefield franchise then, EA. Mirror's Edge was one of my favourite new IPs from the last console generation. Brave and beautiful. More please.