As part of the quarterly financial report, the publishing house Electronic Arts commented on the sales of arcade cosmos Star Wars Squadrons… Designed by studio EA Motive the game went on sale in early October, but support has already been phased out.
Squadrons reported sales were “above expectations” by the company. However, the exact numbers were not announced.
Earlier, representatives of EA Motive denied information that the studio is working on a new action game in the universe. “Star Wars“(Star Wars). Journalists found the reference in the job description, but the developers claim that a mistake was made.
EA’s net income fell by as much as 88% (compared to the same period in 2019) to $ 185 million. Net orders (the aggregate of products and services sold digitally or in physical media) are estimated at $ 910 million (-33%).
There are several explanations for this. Thus, in the last year’s report, the tax benefits received by the publishing house were taken into account. In addition, the release schedule has been changed this year: new parts FIFA and NHL were released not in the second quarter, but in the third, which influenced the final figures.
EA is very happy with the performance Madden NFL 21… Thus, sales in the first week increased by 20% (compared to 2019). Regimes are doing well too EA Sports Ultimate Team. The report states that the player base has passed the 30 million mark (+ 25%).
It was also officially announced the extension of cooperation with UFC… Moreover, the game released in August Ufc 4 became the most successful in the series, although exact numbers were not given.
Concerning Apex legends, then the number of orders increased by 24%. According to EA calculations, by the end of March 2023, the game’s income from the game will exceed one billion dollars, half of which will be provided by the current fiscal year.
It is also interesting that revenues from games-services grew to $ 869 million (+ 13%), while revenues from sales of full-fledged games decreased by half – to $ 282 million.
Service subscribers EA Play reached 6.5 million people, which is associated with its appearance in Steam… The company expects a further influx of players due to the fact that in November the subscription will become part of Xbox Game Pass…
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