EA lost $6 billion in market value, following FC 25 & Dragon Age underperformance news
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Nature is healing
That’s what they get for torching Westwood
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Normally these articles are slightly alarmist making it sound like a company will fall over becuase of one bad game release and when you look at the share price over time it is still up. but this one is interesting. EA are down 15% over the past 12 months because of this one drop.
Another way to see that 15% drop is hinted at in the article:
EA FC generates around $2 billion annually, Reuters reports, with around $800 million of that made up by Ultimate Team.
Loot boxes made EA $800M last year. It's easy to see why EA and other publishers demand MTX in games. Can we amend "Don't preorder" with "and ignore micro transactions"?
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Another way to see that 15% drop is hinted at in the article:
EA FC generates around $2 billion annually, Reuters reports, with around $800 million of that made up by Ultimate Team.
Loot boxes made EA $800M last year. It's easy to see why EA and other publishers demand MTX in games. Can we amend "Don't preorder" with "and ignore micro transactions"?
@[email protected] Pretty sure that ignoring micro-transactions has always been "a thing" to take a stand against. But of course, when it comes to the general public, no one ever does.
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I think without the FIFA branding, the series lost its luster.
FC 24 did well even after they lost the FIFA license. Something else going on here.
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Pardon? Do you mean: Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain: The Game?
The game that has the antagonists named Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain??
Where everyone seems to know the secrets of
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain
:::and how to defeat said villains named Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain??????!!
Yeah ngl, I don't really care for the more Elvish focus that Inquisition (and now I guess Veilguard) has. The best part of DA was always the mix of all the lores clashing.
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Oh no. Won't someone think of the shareholders.
Well, at least they were pioneers in the art of enshittification.
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Schreier's added context to this is that FC is far more responsible for the financial underperformance than Dragon Age.
They won't say that though, because they have a built in narrative of "we were too woke"; convenient excuse for a less micro transaction heavy game to be blamed, as well as an excuse to be more strict on themes in their games. None of the problems are solved, but they have a scapegoat.
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They won't say that though, because they have a built in narrative of "we were too woke"; convenient excuse for a less micro transaction heavy game to be blamed, as well as an excuse to be more strict on themes in their games. None of the problems are solved, but they have a scapegoat.
I don't think this is a narrative EA is leaning into. Frankly, even if it sold less than they forecast, I'm sure they were happy they sold as much as they did given the troubled production it was converted from.
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Dragon Age Veilguard was a bastardization of Dragon Age. Of course it was going to fail. You failed your core audience, you idiots.
If you wanted to make a Marvel version of a dark fantasy game, you could’ve made a new IP, instead of leeching off the brand.
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I don't think this is a narrative EA is leaning into. Frankly, even if it sold less than they forecast, I'm sure they were happy they sold as much as they did given the troubled production it was converted from.
I don't particularly think it is either, just that's it's conveniently there. The prevailing narrative about failed games recently has been wokeism, and not just the simple fact that games are increasingly shitty as the point isn't a compelling narrative or gameplay, but how many micro transactions can be squeezed out of a franchise.
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I don't particularly think it is either, just that's it's conveniently there. The prevailing narrative about failed games recently has been wokeism, and not just the simple fact that games are increasingly shitty as the point isn't a compelling narrative or gameplay, but how many micro transactions can be squeezed out of a franchise.
Did Veilguard have microtransactions?
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Did Veilguard have microtransactions?
I don't think so, but it is "woke", and that's a good enough reason for many to stick their fingers in their ears and claim that's why it didn't sell well.
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Justice for command and conquer.
Legend of Kyrandia.
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Legend of Kyrandia.
🫂 Westwood was such a great studio.
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Deserved. Fuck them. For all they do.
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Dragon Age Veilguard was a bastardization of Dragon Age. Of course it was going to fail. You failed your core audience, you idiots.
If you wanted to make a Marvel version of a dark fantasy game, you could’ve made a new IP, instead of leeching off the brand.
It was so, so bad.
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That’s what they get for torching Westwood
Where was Gondor when the Westwood fell?
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Nature is healing
EA lost $6 billion in market value
And yet, nothing of value was lost. What a paradox!
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I have been talking a lot with a friend of mine about DAV and Dreadwolf.
I really think that even if they released the Dreadwolf, the version from the artbook, they probably won't made a profit, the game could sell well like Inquisition but not like a Cyberpunk/The Witcher 3/BG3 and for the amount of time and resource they used sales like inquisition is not enough. They blew their chances with the 10 years of delays, the IP was not in a good place.
Only a miracle, a game on the same level as BG3 for Bioware to make a profit again.
I think Bioware's future is now entirely riding on Mass Effect 4. Which...does not inspire confidence.
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Good, keep going that way.
