EA dishonorably discharges Medal of Honor
Publisher sees $45 million in net losses for holiday 🍃quarter
澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Electronic Arts is "taking Medal of Honor out of the rotation" after its poor critical and commercia🐽l performance, the company announced today. Overall, the company saw net losses of $45 million through its third quarter which ended December 31, 2012, though that's much improved from the $205 million loss reported for the same period last year.
"We're in a hit-driven business...ꦗ and frankly we missed on Medal of Honor," president of EA Labels Frank Gibeau said in a conference call with investors.
澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Medal of Honor: Warfighter performed "well below [EA's] expectations," as predicted in the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:company's last financial statement. COO Peter Moore said in the call that the company has other plans to keep up yearly military sho♚oter franchises, though EA won't say more until after it unveils Battlefield 4 in coming months.
Sales of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Battlefield 3 Premium generated more than $108 million with a total of 2.9 million subscribers, leaving little doubt as to which of EA's military FPS franchises is top dog. That profit's be🥀ing deferred from this quarter into the next when the Endgame expansion DLC is released, if you're keeping score.
FIFA 13 has also enjoyed decent growth, with 23 percent increased sales over FIFA 12. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Need for Speed: Most Wanted also outperformed 2011's entry, The Run.
EA continues to see significant returns from its digital efforts, and is the No. 1 publisher on the iOS store. The company's digital sector saw an 17 percent increase in digital net revenue from $274 million in 2012's tওhird quarter to $321 million this year.
The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:free-to-play transition for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars: The Old Republic haꦜs been successful so far, EA said, but it's still too▨ early to see its measure of success.
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