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[Hero of Spielberg]

Olympic level mental gymnastics time!

 

[Kotaro]

20m copies sold:

1.5m copies sold:

1.5M players, so that includes EA Pass

Half of that 1.5M players are probably from EA pass, so Veilguard true sales number is more like 700K-800K units sold

go woke go broke!

 

[majestix1988]

Veilguard can be passed if the game is "Comedy Action RPG" than normal a-rpg but they missed on that setting thus they sucked hard

 

[Kacho]

Olympic level mental gymnastics time!

What are these people even championing at this point? Do they want the slop we've been getting to succeed simply because it has the 'right' politics?

 

[Foxt3r]

Dragon Age isn't some gigantic important franchise though (sorry DA fans)

They infiltrated and sabotaged Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, etc. Some pretty culturally important media franchises have been plundered and looted and left for dead by the mentally insane this past decade

Marvel, D&D, MTG, Warhammer, Sony…

 

[LordCBH]

Olympic level mental gymnastics time!

There might be mass suicides when they eventually are forced to come to the realization that nobody likes their identity politics bullshit.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

We must protect video game journalism. We must protect Jenson's fragile ego.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Terrible writing
You can’t control the other party members
Nothing like a Dragon Age game
Your character doesn’t even say the response you’re selecting, instead giving some lame watered down version.

Veilgard is still a shitty game even if it didn’t have the woke bits.

 

[Humdinger]

Who knows what the real copies sold are, but I'd take a total guess and say 1.2M tops.

And a lot of those 1.2 m went at a heavy discount, not the full price you would normally charge for a game you have just released. So, when they say the "player" numbers are 50% below expectations, the profits must be much further below.

 

[tkscz]

Seriously they only expect 3 million players and couldn't reach that?

EA right now:

 

[Lokaum D+]

1,5Mi too much

 

[EN250]

Shame, it looked so fun and the trans character was a revelation of freshness in this stale generation

mfer, you got me good there... someone saying that about this gen when you even have trashcan robot characters with made up pronouns really grind my gears

 

[EverydayBeast]

EA is really concerned about sales, player counts that company use to be about games their attitude now is all high expectations for crappy games.

 

[Scrawnton]

Somehow I doubt publishers and developers will learn the right lesson from this.

 

[evanft]

Olympic level mental gymnastics time!

If they did actual gymnastics at the level they do mental gymnastics maybe they'd have a BMI below 50

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

We must protect video game journalism. We must protect Jenson's fragile ego.

Find me on Bluesky where you’re only allowed to say nice things about Veilguard.

 

[Kotaro]

Olympic level mental gymnastics time!

 

[drganon]

Just a friendly reminder that gaming "journalists" in unison called this game a "return to form".

They said that about inquisition as well. A lot less people fell for it this time around.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Tank city.

Electronic Arts Pre-Announces Preliminary Q3 FY25 Results

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., January 22, 2025--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced preliminary results for the third fiscal quarter and a revised outlook for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.

finance.yahoo.com

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., January 22, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced preliminary results for the third fiscal quarter and a revised outlook for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.

Business Outlook as of January 22, 2025

EA’s initial guidance for fiscal year 2025 anticipated mid-single-digit growth in live services net bookings1. However, the company now projects a mid-single-digit decline, with Global Football accounting for the majority of the change.


Global Football had experienced two consecutive fiscal years of double-digit net bookings growth. However, the franchise experienced a slowdown as early momentum in the fiscal third quarter did not sustain through to the end. As a result, EA revises its outlook for Global Football to end the fiscal year down mid-single-digit at the midpoint of the new outlook. Separately, Dragon Age engaged approximately 1.5 million players during the quarter, down nearly 50% from the company’s expectations.

As a result, EA is providing preliminary results for its third fiscal quarter and updating its fiscal year 2025 net bookings outlook. It now expects net bookings of approximately $2.215 billion for the third fiscal quarter and an updated range of $7.000 billion to $7.150 billion for fiscal year 2025.

For its third fiscal quarter, EA now expects GAAP net revenue to be approximately $1.883 billion and approximately $1.11 in GAAP diluted earnings per share.

"During Q3, we continued to deliver high-quality games and experiences across our portfolio; however, Dragon Age and EA SPORTS FC 25 underperformed our net bookings expectations," said Andrew Wilson, CEO of EA. "This month, our teams delivered a comprehensive gameplay refresh in addition to our annual Team of the Year update in FC 25; positive player feedback and early results are encouraging. We remain confident in our long-term strategy and expect a return to growth in FY26, as we execute against our pipeline."

"We continue to balance investment for future growth with operational discipline, and remain committed to EA’s long-term financial framework," said Stuart Canfield, CFO of EA. "As we look to FY26, we expect to grow as we launch more of our iconic franchises."

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More in the article below, but EA missed estimates by about 10%. Thats huge. Who the hell misses by that much. Been at my company for 10 years. Not sure theyve ever even missed earnings or borked guidance. Maybe we missed by 1% here or there. 10% would be the apocalypse.

EA cuts 2025 bookings forecast as prominent soccer title stumbles

(Reuters) -Videogame publisher Electronic Arts on Wednesday cut its forecast for annual bookings, citing weakness in its established soccer franchise, sparking concerns over a slowdown in the key sports division and sending shares tumbling nearly 11%. Growth in the "Global Football" business...

finance.yahoo.com

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Tank city.

Electronic Arts Pre-Announces Preliminary Q3 FY25 Results

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., January 22, 2025--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced preliminary results for the third fiscal quarter and a revised outlook for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.

finance.yahoo.com

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., January 22, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced preliminary results for the third fiscal quarter and a revised outlook for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.

Business Outlook as of January 22, 2025

EA’s initial guidance for fiscal year 2025 anticipated mid-single-digit growth in live services net bookings1. However, the company now projects a mid-single-digit decline, with Global Football accounting for the majority of the change.


Global Football had experienced two consecutive fiscal years of double-digit net bookings growth. However, the franchise experienced a slowdown as early momentum in the fiscal third quarter did not sustain through to the end. As a result, EA revises its outlook for Global Football to end the fiscal year down mid-single-digit at the midpoint of the new outlook. Separately, Dragon Age engaged approximately 1.5 million players during the quarter, down nearly 50% from the company’s expectations.

As a result, EA is providing preliminary results for its third fiscal quarter and updating its fiscal year 2025 net bookings outlook. It now expects net bookings of approximately $2.215 billion for the third fiscal quarter and an updated range of $7.000 billion to $7.150 billion for fiscal year 2025.

For its third fiscal quarter, EA now expects GAAP net revenue to be approximately $1.883 billion and approximately $1.11 in GAAP diluted earnings per share.

"During Q3, we continued to deliver high-quality games and experiences across our portfolio; however, Dragon Age and EA SPORTS FC 25 underperformed our net bookings expectations," said Andrew Wilson, CEO of EA. "This month, our teams delivered a comprehensive gameplay refresh in addition to our annual Team of the Year update in FC 25; positive player feedback and early results are encouraging. We remain confident in our long-term strategy and expect a return to growth in FY26, as we execute against our pipeline."

"We continue to balance investment for future growth with operational discipline, and remain committed to EA’s long-term financial framework," said Stuart Canfield, CFO of EA. "As we look to FY26, we expect to grow as we launch more of our iconic franchises."

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More in the article below, but EA missed estimates by about 10%. Thats huge. Who the hell misses by that much. Been at my company for 10 years. Not sure theyve ever even missed earnings or borked guidance. Maybe we missed by 1% here or there. 10% would be the apocalypse.

EA cuts 2025 bookings forecast as prominent soccer title stumbles

(Reuters) -Videogame publisher Electronic Arts on Wednesday cut its forecast for annual bookings, citing weakness in its established soccer franchise, sparking concerns over a slowdown in the key sports division and sending shares tumbling nearly 11%. Growth in the "Global Football" business...

finance.yahoo.com

Let's see if EA shareholders will hold executives' feet to the fire over the tanking of established franchises in order to push woke politics

 

[AtomicStarving]

They are reaching the modern audience. Nothing wrong, keep pleasing that audience

 

[Rambone]

Is this from that yt channel, I've been trying to recall the name but I can't lol

I thought I could remember as well but it seems I got my trump memers mixed up and now I'm stuck trying to remember the correct one. lol

 

[dottme]

Also, it is now clear that the director quit for her own interest and not because the previous game she worked on tanked.

 

[proandrad]

EA got hard carried by College Football last year. Perfect example of a game that catered to its audience and sold like crazy.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Tank city.

 

[MayauMiao]

Dear IGN,

 

[Yoda]

Anyone know what the budget for the game was?

 

[Pimpbaa]

I won’t even download when it comes to to ea play. Never had such zero interest in a game in the series or a BioWare game before. Good job BioWare!

 

[Firestartah]

Ok, what the fuck is going on with these estimates? There's a difference of > 2 million between the top and bottom sources.

wtf.

So Gamalytic is closest, noted.

In any case, this is a DISASTER. It is not even 1.5 sold, they say players engaged, so it counts ppl through EA App. I really hope they get to make the next Mass Effect as a last chance, but I have a feeling EA wont give them that last chance and take ol' yeller to the back of the barn.

 

[Ozzie666]

It's sad to see the destruction of beloved game franchises. Halo, Dragon Age, Mass Effect for example. I know Japan developers aren't immune to this trend, but Capcom seems to be doing well. Square games are good just not meeting their own expectations. Sega with Persona doing well and of course Nintendo keeps on trucking.

Please for the love of god western developers, protect your IP and show them and your real audience respect. Think of yout poor shareholders ..and employees.

Any second now, chud gamers will be blamed for the failure from the usual mouth pieces.

 

[Kotaro]

Anyone know what the budget for the game was?

at least 250 million at the minimum.....considering it's planned/developed for the last 8 years

 

[Gaiff]

at least 250 million at the minimum.....considering it's planned/developed for the last 8 years

Not necessarily. The first few years could have had only a handful of people brainstorming over the concepts.

The budget was definitely large, but it could have been $150M or $300M.

 

[Kotaro]

Not necessarily. The first few years could have had only a handful of people brainstorming over the concepts.

The budget was definitely large, but it could have been $150M or $300M.

nah, the brainstorming was from 2014-2016, right after Inquisition.

I really do think they started creating hard assets since 2016, considering they had to scratch the plan a couple of times, that's why it took 8 years long

 

[Jaybe]

HR is in the room… sharing the details of your severance package: 1 month of EA Play per year worked at BioWare

 

[laynelane]

It's still insane to me that activists slapped the Dragon Age moniker on their vanity project and actually thought that shit would fly. I figure they only got as many players as they did because not everyone was in the loop, as well.

I know some people are still holding out hope for Mass Effect, but this is how a storied franchise was treated by Bioware and EA. I seriously doubt ME will fare any better.

 

[Clintizzle]

I gave it go on the 6 hour trial that was offered. Dialogue was trash. Combat was meh. Graphics were good. Story not compelling enough.

 

[Edder1]

What kind of an idiot do you have to be to think the game was a success with 60K CCU on Steam?? This is what happens when politics cloud your judgement and you end up with such retarded takes.

 

[Heart_Attack]

I still can't believe EA gave a troon free reign to insert crazy modern day leftist dialogue and lgbt issues on a franchise that was considered dark fantasy sci fi.

 

[laynelane]

Olympic level mental gymnastics time!

"misery merchants"



Not as catchy as incels, chuds, or the newish grifters - but a valiant try, nonetheless. So many names applied to anyone who doesn't agree with them in order to avoid facing reality - the majority don't like it when activists ruin once great franchises by injecting identity politics, self-inserting themselves, and making games as safe and sterile as possible. It isn't the "misery merchants" or "grifters" telling people to think that, it's what most people actually think and it's why Veilguard failed.

 

[Topher]

I gave it go on the 6 hour trial that was offered. Dialogue was trash. Combat was meh. Graphics were good. Story not compelling enough.

Yeah.....I gave it a shot with a Gamefly rental. As I've said before, nothing about this game was "Dragon Age". It needed some grit and I really missed the tactical aspect that used to define Dragon Age and Mass Effect games.

Ironically, Bioware seems to have lost their identity.

 

[Gonzito]

Bioware is no longer with us papis

 

[Gilgalaad]

Oh no!

 

[Hudo]

Olympic level mental gymnastics time!

However, what is definitely possible to tell is that either the "modern audience" is not large enough to be significantly reflected in sales or the "modern audience" doesn't show up, despite being so vocal on the garbage bin of humanity that is Twitter.

 

[MALpractice311]

Olympic level mental gymnastics time!

Wait. What the fuck is this person trying to say? Are they saying that it didn't sell because people don't like the content in the game? I mean, yeah, that's how things work.

 

[Three]

I guess, since they say "reached", it must include EA Pass numbers, which would then point to overall sales to be pretty low.

What the hell is EA Pass? You mean EA Play Pro?

Game isn't even on there, just the usual trial with all games.

 

[cormack12]

can someone show what the article says about EA Sports FC ?

It's in a couple. Basically underperformed after initial sales to the tune of between $150-$250 million with the rest.

So people bought the game but the MRX for FUT shrunk, or people finally got to the point of being bored with the same old bugs, exploits and didn't play/invest as much

 

[Roufianos]

Laughing so hard at those journalists who claimed sales ownage.

Also laughing at myself as I meant to sell my EA stocks before this launched. Now instead of being £100 up I'm £60 down.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Flop flop flop

But it is surprising that EA FC underperformed

 

[MAX PAYMENT]

I really tried to like this game but it is just not good.

 

[Nickolaidas]

Lol, I believe this was reported some time ago by SmashJT (timestamped). His sources were accurate again. Looks like the mainstream game journos finally have some competition.

BuT i WaS tOlD tHeY aRe AlL lYiNg GrIfTeRs!!!!