M76
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EA in their latest quarterly earnings call revealed that Anthem did not sell as expected, and they blame industry trends, and never even mention that they might be somehow culpable for the disappointment.
Their expectation was 5-6 million units sold, while they did not reveal actual number of sales, rumor has it they are a few million short of that.
They wanted to turn an offline story driven Bioware game into some hybrid that is both an offline game with 80 hours of content and a multiplayer game that can engage players for 200-300 hours. And they failed miserably.
Instead of looking at where they went wrong (How about not trying to ride two horses with one ass) they vow to continue down the same path (games as a service), thinking "soft launching" games will magically solve their issues with prematurely putting out one size fits all games.
And of course Apex Legends is coming to china, and to mobile! Aren't you happy?
Sources:
https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/07/ea-mum-on-apex-legends-and-anthem-in-solid-q4-earnings-report/
https://wccftech.com/ea-lessen-launch-woes-anthem-soft-launches/
Their expectation was 5-6 million units sold, while they did not reveal actual number of sales, rumor has it they are a few million short of that.
They wanted to turn an offline story driven Bioware game into some hybrid that is both an offline game with 80 hours of content and a multiplayer game that can engage players for 200-300 hours. And they failed miserably.
Instead of looking at where they went wrong (How about not trying to ride two horses with one ass) they vow to continue down the same path (games as a service), thinking "soft launching" games will magically solve their issues with prematurely putting out one size fits all games.
And of course Apex Legends is coming to china, and to mobile! Aren't you happy?
Sources:
https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/07/ea-mum-on-apex-legends-and-anthem-in-solid-q4-earnings-report/
https://wccftech.com/ea-lessen-launch-woes-anthem-soft-launches/