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Will EA leave the Triple A business?
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I've never seen a thread backfire so hilariously before. I mean, you have seen how popular games like Fifa, Star Wars, and Madden are, right? All AAA games and all incredibly successful, even if one of them falls a bit short of expectations
LMFAO "commercially bombed"Talk about an ERA bubble jesus christ
The name of the thread is "Will EA Leave the AAA" and they makes statements like " cant imagine this star wars deal has been very profitable for them outside of battlefront 1." Battlefront sold 23 million copies between two games (14 million for 1; 9 million for 2). As for the other titles, they calls them "Bombs". Titanfall 2 is estimated to have sold 4 million. No it's not the 9 to 10 million they wanted, but it probably didn't lose them money (personally, 10 million from a 5.5 hour campaign fps not called Call of Duty was a dumb expectation). For the other titles, we have no idea what they sold, only EA knows.
It was a poorly thought out thread.
What kind of question is that? lol EA is only behind Activision Blizzard as a third party publisher in video game, why they ever would get out?
No, they won't. Not for the foreseeable future, anyway. Their console software makes up most of their revenue.
If you modified your Q a bit and asked if they were leaving the single-player AAA business, which is a very reasonable/ understandable question, then I would say the answer is that they already have. Anthem is hardly a single-player game at all. They canceled their major AAA Star Wars game that was entirely single-player. The Respawn Star Wars Jedi game is not likely to have a major focus on single-player, given it's gotten such an expedited development cycle.
Does EA have any single-player games in development that we know about?
One? Maybe the other new open-world Star Wars game for 2020? Maybe?
If you modified your Q a bit and asked if they were leaving the single-player AAA business, which is a very reasonable/ understandable question, then I would say the answer is that they already have. Anthem is hardly a single-player game at all. They canceled their major AAA Star Wars game that was entirely single-player. The Respawn Star Wars Jedi game is not likely to have a major focus on single-player, given it's gotten such an expedited development cycle.
Does EA have any single-player games in development that we know about?
One? Maybe the other new open-world Star Wars game for 2020? Maybe?
I hope the micro transaction and loot box bubble bursts, and takes down all these scummy companies.
The bottom line those titles you mentioned, as successful as they are, are much more expensive, a lot riskier and less profitable than FIFA and Madden.
As mentioned in this thread: Do we have any info on the fact that Fifa and Madden cost significantly less so as to not be considered AAA?
Battlefront 1/2 sold 23 million and that doesn't count any DLC, Microtransaction, Loot Boxes, or anything else. They easily made over a billion on the deal. Does it make as much as FIFA or Madden? Probably not, but no company is going to just let go of a billion dollar deal just because they have better selling products. Ubisoft isn't going to drop Far Cry just because Assassin's Creed does so much better.
As per other titles: We don't know what they sold or what their expectations were outside of Titanfall 2.
Bottom line: Companies are expected to grow. Shareholders aren't going to go for dropping a billion dollar Star Wars deal as well as every other franchise outside of Sports titles. Mirror's Edge is probably dead, sure. But that doesn't mean just packing up and going home. Dragon Age Inquisition by all accounts did very well and is getting a sequel. Anthem is a massive AAA game that, if successful, will be a massive boon for EA. On Mass Effect Andromeda, the CEO said "if you look at Mass Effect [Andromeda], while there was some polarizing sentiment in that franchise, it's actually performed really well, and player engagement is really strong." Titanfall 2, while short of expectations, was by no means a "commercial bomb" as OP said. Hitting a rough patch doesn't mean jettisoning 60% of your business.
They have 1 new IP coming out next month, and another being made by EA Motive, I wouldn't say they have the same problems as Activision in that department?
Too many people want them to fail; it clouds their rationality.
I could live without EA, as there are enough good games out there these days and the past to always fall back on...but they're like junk food.
I crave and enjoy them from time to time and I'd say most of their games are good, but not great. And there will always be a market for them.
Yeah, it really is. Wildlands made me realize that myself. I played the demo or rented it, can't remember, along with a few friends and thought it was the most boring generic shit ever and was going to bomb.
It sold really well lol. Most of us are out of the loop and not most companies main demo anymore.
Beyond the Sports licenses that are like 5 releases, EA has many titles of their own for a year.. They're not really on the situation of Activision which have only 5 titles per year at best on this decade.
To be fair to the OP, sometimes I also forget that Madden, FIFA, and Battlefield exist. Looking at the last several years of EA's publishing efforts, they are basically a non-entity to me. I played Battlefront II because I'm a huge Star Wars fan, but beyond that their games might as well not exist for me.
EA is leaving the triple A business to enter the triple $ business? They're making so much money right now despite all those controversies. As soon as they invest one year into becoming more consumer friendly purely on the MTX-side of things, they'll end up entering Narnia or something like that.
Talk about an ERA bubble jesus christ
I sometimes forget this forum is full of folks of all ages and are also not in touch with a certain reality. But its good that factual posts like this (rarely seen on Era btw) pop up every once in a while since the Era bubble is getting more real with each passing month.
I saw somebody say that eventhough Sony didnt outsell Nintendo for most sold console units in a year (2018), that they were doing bad.
After seeing Sony's last quarterly report, I laughed out loud, yo.
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Actually i dont and I dont think there was anything outrageous about what i think about EA's current state. Dont assume to know me because you dont.
There's a lot of that too. I'm not into EA at all and they're not talked about too much on the bubble that is Era but you'd have to be smoking something incredible to suggest that their AAA days are numbered. Stuff like Fifa and whatnot continue to be big because of how well EA has handled them overall, regardless of how we might feel about certain elements
No cause they still make money from the sports title every year
My time there they really focused on ensuring the fifa product can sell and every year that alone makes money
My time there they really focused on ensuring the fifa product can sell and every year that alone makes money
They should license some ancient IPs around to other studios, they're sitting on a treasure of titles. Other than that, they're doing okay.
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