Botchweed: "I can’t really remember when it began, but these days, if you pre-order a game you get something for it. From a publishers point of view, i can understand it, as it helps to justify how many packaged copies you make when the game is released."
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?
Boo fucking hoo.
Don't like, it don't preorder it.
Pre-orders like this are becoming an annoying trend. Also, EA need to cut this Origin shit out right now.
EA is doing too many stupid things with this Origins crap. EA could easily just release games on Origins and Steam that way they can make some side cash while keeping gamers happy but NOPE they wanna be greedy.
Origins better deliver but Origins will deter Steam loyalist from using it as I myself DO NOT trust EA. Star Wars The Old Republic cost over $100 million to make so EA already is screwing things up.
Origins can not compete with STEAM. Steam's entire library is PC game specific and plus they are in direct contact with gamers, Devs, and Modders.