Here’s an ending that everyone at EA are happy about at least – sales of Mass Effect 3 have exceeded $200 million.
EA have just released their Quarter 4 financials, which highlights that sequels sell, despite the publisher calling the likes of Mass Effect 3, Fifa Street 4 and SSX ‘launches’. FIFA 12, in particular, established itself as massive, with downloads and DLC totalling over $100 million alone.
There’s a joke there somewhere about hacked 360 accounts.
Regardless, powerful figures all over the shop – Battlefield 3 had a ‘record year’, full game downloads were up 76% year on year (contributing $60 million) and the new Star Wars: The Old Republic boasts over 1.3 million active subscribers.
EA’s Free-to-play brand Play4Free brings in nearly $2 million a week, and there are 11 million players signed up for Origin, bringing in $150 million in ten months.
Finally, EA are investing $80 million in development for the next generation of console systems.
Burgess_101
Only 1.3 million subscribers? Not quite the WOW beater they were hoping for!
Burgess_101
SWTOR
Burgess_101
*I meant SWTOR. Bloody hell.
Sympo
They’re abbreviated the same, I don’t get it. Hehe…
Sympo
Well Battlefield 3 was on Origin so I can see why they’d be getting 76% up or something. (might not understand)
I’m kinda hoping Fifa Street had done well and SSX.. even if I can’t buy it. Would love them to be improved on and on a certain handleld system.