Electronic Arts presented the company’s quarterly earnings and future plans to investors at a recent conference. We’ve already reported that EA wants to create a standalone Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order franchise with several sequels up front, but Mass Effect has of course rolled out.
For example, California CEO Andrew Wilson said Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, which was released in May, performed well at the box office with more copies sold than expected. It is not known exactly how big this magic number is, but it is American IGN draws attention to thisThat Steam was such that 60,000 people played the game at once. More so far have been produced by Apex Legends around EA’s home on the platform. The company has revealed that it wants to continue investing in Mass Effect, which is unsurprising as the new episode of the series is already being developed.
Electronic Arts has $1.55 billion in revenue acquired through the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, an increase of 6.3 percent over the previous year’s revenue. At the same time, total game sales fell 19 percent, but this was offset by a 13 percent increase in live services.
Electronic Arts have stated that they want to continue to focus on their live services, and a recent interview revealed that this focus is also mostly on sports. The company has a very ambitious plan, as it wants to double its sports base from 230 million to 500 million players in the next five years. The company has acquired several studios in recent months, with the biggest acquisition being Codemasters. The new Grid has already been announced at this year’s EA Play Live event, and on August 10, Codemasters 5-player games will be added to EA Play and Game Pass, including F1 2020 and Dirt Rally 2.0.
