EA Shows Strong Gains in Mobile and New Consoles as PC Sales Decline

Created by: Shawn Zipay
Published: 10-28-2014, 03:23 PM
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EA Shows Strong Gains in Mobile and New Consoles as PC Sales Decline

The latest financial report from EA was just released showcasing how the company is doing in their second quarter of the 2015 fiscal year. I won't get into the details but they do have some interesting highlights that you may be interested in.

• Calendar year to date, EA continues to be the #1 publisher on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles in the Western World, led by FIFA 15, NHL 15, Madden NFL 15, EA SPORTS UFC, Titanfall, Battlefield 4, and FIFA 14.
• In fiscal Q2, EA's players logged more than 1.9 billion hours of gameplay on console and PC.
• Monthly active users for EA's mobile titles averaged over 155 million in Q2.
• EA's mobile sports games averaged more than 40 million monthly active users in Q2, up 250% year-over-year, driven by Madden NFL Mobile and FIFA 15 Ultimate Team™ Mobile.
• To date, players have logged more than 89 million games of Madden NFL 15, up 48% year-over-year.
• Battlefield Hardline will launch on March 17, 2015 in North America, and beginning on March 19, 2015 in Europe.

In addition, net revenues for FIFA, Madden, and Hockey Ultimate Team went up 96% compared to the previous year at the same time. It's also interesting to note that when compared to the previous year, net revenues on the previous generation of consoles (excluding Wii and Wii U) were up 3%, while other consoles (presumably Wii) went down 45%. The PC side of things is also down 24% when compared to the second quarter of the 2014 fiscal year.
Tags: Other, battlefield 4, ea, titanfall, fifa 14, electronic arts, madden nfl 15, battlefield hardline, ea financials, financial report, ea q2 fy2015 financial report
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  cikame commented
  
  10-29-2014, 10:16 AM
  
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  Considering the majority of their recent games are to do with sports, lower PC sales doesn't seem like an issue.
  I'd wager to say most sports fans who pick up their game arn't interested in graphics cards.
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  Shawn Zipay commented
  
  10-29-2014, 02:32 PM
  
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  Originally posted by cikame
  
  Considering the majority of their recent games are to do with sports, lower PC sales doesn't seem like an issue.
  I'd wager to say most sports fans who pick up their game arn't interested in graphics cards.
  
  The last statement about PC sales is a comparison only between years, not between quarters of the year and not against consoles. Q2 FY2014 was better for them than Q2 FY2015 just in terms of sales on the PC. Last year had the same sports release schedule (give or take) as this year. If anything, it's more to do with the new consoles as a whole being released and people shifting their focus from their PC to those platforms for gaming. Either that or it could also be that EA simply didn't release anything worthwhile in Q2 FY2015 compared to Q2FY2014. I mean... they had what? The Sims 4? I can't imagine that sold as well as they would have liked. PvZ Garden Warfare also came out and while it's amazing, I also can't help but feel like a majority of players are playing that on console (I know I am).
  
  I think that may be it for EA PC releases for Q2 outside of FIFA 15. Late sales from Titanfall aren't going to do jack squat on PC. That game effectively died on that platform, much to my disappointment.
  
  Last year, you saw carry over sales from Dead Space 3 and Crysis 3 earlier on in the year. FIFA 14 was also around at about the same time.
  
  So yeah, EA doesn't really release much in Q2 of any year from what I'm seeing. I can't imagine many studios do well in this time because it's the Summer months. It's notoriously known to be a complete drought when it comes to game releases.
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  cikame commented
  
  10-30-2014, 09:21 AM
  
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  I bought The Sims 4 .
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