E4G: Electronic Arts has said that the amount of players using their online multiplayer games has almost doubled in the past year, from 33 million to 63 million users.
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?
Not only DLC is more reliable as it eliminates the worries of physical media condition, it is also definitely a green move. No material resources needed for each copy.
EDIT: The upside to physical media is you can still see a tangible item when you're not using your machine you play the games on. You can also sell the games you no longer need, but that can be done with DLC if companies allow you to re-sell your license to your friends, with a royalty going to the industry of course. I hope to see this.