EA Puts The Blame On Dragon Age: The Veilguard And EA Sports FC 25 For Revenue Woes

Solas concentrating on casting a spell in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard and EA Sports FC 25 publisher Electronic Arts was primed for a pretty strong end to 2024, with both titles launching in October and September respectively. We know how much of a powerhouse the EA Sports FC franchise is, and the long-awaited return of the Dragon Age series was one of 2024’s most highly anticipated titles for many. Unfortunately for EA, things don’t seem to have gone as planned.

In the company’s quarterly earnings reports (shared by Bloomberg), EA has revealed that bookings actually fell to around $2.22 billion in its third quarter, which ended on December 31. EA had forecast bookings of between $2.4 billion to $2.55 billion, but those were missed due to the poor performance of both EA Sports FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Player Count Missed EA Expectations By 50 Percent

A close up of Varric with a grey sky in the background in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

According to Bloomberg, EA points to the performance of EA Sports FC 25 as the biggest cause of this loss in bookings, which was widely perceived by both critics and fans to be a fairly disappointing new entry in the series. It seems people are finally starting to get a little sick of paying full price for minor additions and squad changes.

More worryingly for BioWare, it also appears as though Dragon Age: The Veilguard missed the mark too. While it looked like pre-order numbers were very strong before launch, it was revealed that the game only managed to reach 1.5 million players across all platforms during the quarter, which fell below EA’s expectations by a whopping 50 percent.

Just like EA Sports FC 25, it didn’t help that Dragon Age: The Veilguard was highly contentious among both critics and fans upon release. It also launched in October, which was full of other high-profile releases, like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Silent Hill 2, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, and the PC port of Red Dead Redemption.

We’ll be getting more details about EA’s earnings in its third quarter on February 4, but it’s already looking bleak for BioWare. Having released back to back stinkers in Mass Effect Andromeda and Anthem, it arguably needed Dragon Age: The Veilguard to be a big hit. That doesn’t appear to be the case, and you have to imagine that even more pressure has now been piled on top of Mass Effect 5.

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