The company recently revealed quite a bit of information: values, expectations, and plans for the coming years.
In the last year, EA was strengthened thanks to Apex Legends, but was also weakened by the unfulfilled expectations of Battlefield 2042. Both games, and other franchises, were detailed by the studio during a recent conference with analysis of results, and this information is now known thanks to the portal analyst Niko Partners, Daniel Ahmad.
Apex Legends added 28 million new players last yearAccording to the information obtained by the analyst, Battlefield 2042 fell far short of what EA expected from the title. In addition to working from home complicated its development, several problems of performance unanticipated added more problems, and the community was not pleased with some decisions within the design section. However, the game still has a lot of content ahead of it.
Apex Legends, on the other hand, had a “very big year.” The battle royale added 28 million of new players in the last 12 months, and EA expects the game to reach 1 billion net bookings by the end of the next fiscal year (March 2022). What’s more, Apex Legends Mobile will start to be available in some select countries across devices Android, promising more details soon.
As for the future of the company, several franchises already have titles in development for the next few years, although specific information about each project was not disclosed. We know that Respawn is already working on three new Star Wars games, but EA also mentioned names like The Sims, Skate, Need for Speed, EA Sports, and other titles we already know about, like the new Mass Effect and the Dead Space remake.
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