Hats off to Days Gone there, Anthem too I guess given it's pretty much dead now as a running concern. I take it this is purely physical sales as they're all very low, utterly embarrassing GTA5 still riding so high unless it's the strength of people going after cheap Shark Cards.
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Originally posted by Superman Falls View PostHats off to Days Gone there, Anthem too I guess given it's pretty much dead now as a running concern. I take it this is purely physical sales as they're all very low, utterly embarrassing GTA5 still riding so high unless it's the strength of people going after cheap Shark Cards.
Original story here - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...t-half-of-2019
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A few clues about Borderlands 3's launch numbers (although still shrouded in secrecy). UK Retail numbers are garbage for guessing how a game is doing but all there is atm.
Taken from ResetEra.
Also Randy Pitchford is tweeting that BL3 on PC was about twice the number of concurrent number of PC players than BL2 (c.125,000).
I would imagine that we'll either hear about more solid numbers this week if 2K has something to boast about, or not too much if the game does the same or less than BL2's numbers.
BL2 sold 22M across all it's different releases but I would imagine the majority were on consoles. Therefore I'd hazard a guess that BL3 is trending similarly to BL2 numbers. Probably not much lower. Or at the very least is doing better on PC this time, which will increase revenue if not volume sold.Last edited by Digfox; 16-09-2019, 09:03.
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Taken from Resetera, where a helpful poster outlined EA's Q2 Financial call; EA: We are doubling down on live services and core franchises
“The strong results this quarter illustrate the power of our live services and our core franchises. Strength in Ultimate Team, The Sims 4 and FIFA Online drove live services performance above our expectations,” said COO and CFO Blake Jorgensen.
“Looking ahead, we are doubling down on live services combined with our core franchises. We’re investing in games that people play for longer and engage with much more deeply. This focus will continue to drive growth and profitability for the company through the remainder of this year and beyond.”
EA clearly earning more money through microtransactions and recurrent spending. Also given most of their games adopt a freemium f2p business model and they are moving towards services, the move back to Steam makes sense. It's simply more important to expose your games to massive audiences than worry about margins.
In other EA news, they also confirmed no new Battlefield until FY 2022. This probably suggests BattleField 6 in 2021 and then BattleFront 3 in 2022 to tie in with whatever Disney's next Star Wars films look like (is currently scheduled for 2022).
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