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[licktheenvelope]

Good lord EA is getting lazy.

For a megalith that has about 20 dev companies and about 30 studios and another 20 + defunct studios that's just an embarrassing release list.

 

[Tagg9]

Battlefield is about 15-18 million so yeah that sounds about right.

I was under the impression that Battlefield 4 sold well below that. Probably about 3 million each on PS3/360, and 1.5 million each on PS4/XB1 (a very generous estimate given the NPD numbers by creamsugar). And let's add in another 1 million on PC (though I suspect it's closer to 750k).

That means BF4 sold ~10 million units worldwide. It's possibly as low as 7 million (see this for reference - http://bf4central.com/2014/05/battlefield-4-sells-7-million-2-still-playing/). Admittedly, Battlefield 3 sold considerably more (15 million by June 2012 according to EA's official press release) but I don't think we should take that number as a baseline. Battlefield 3 was a novelty at the time (in terms of stunning graphics and CoD-esque gameplay that wasn't Call of Duty), and I would guess that they won't be able to recreate that success anytime soon.

Having said all that, though, I'd expect about 1/3 of the people who bought BF4 to buy the spinoff. Franchise fatigue has already set in for the series, and I suspect a large number of the PS4/XB1 purchases were related to lack of launch titles. I also believe that the terrible bug-ridden state of the game at launch hurt the brand.

So I expect about 3 million units. I'm unsure if that makes it worthwhile for EA.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Take out the sports titles and that leaves The Sims, Dragon Age and TBA. What a boring line up.

 

[Zimbardo]

i'd buy UFC and NHL if they were available on PC.

oh well. not that big of a deal.

 

[michaelius]

They really make boycotting them easy

 

[fedexpeon]

Good Lord, that list is like: The worst games you should avoid buying unless you are a sport fan.

Only with a few exceptions, this year for EA looks so bad.
Oh well, money is money.

 

[Nirolak]

I was under the impression that Battlefield 4 sold well below that. Probably about 3 million each on PS3/360, and 1.5 million each on PS4/XB1 (a very generous estimate given the NPD numbers by creamsugar). And let's add in another 1 million on PC (though I suspect it's closer to 750k).

That means BF4 sold ~10 million units worldwide. It's possibly as low as 7 million (see this for reference - http://bf4central.com/2014/05/battlefield-4-sells-7-million-2-still-playing/). Admittedly, Battlefield 3 sold considerably more (15 million by June 2012 according to EA's official press release) but I don't think we should take that number as a baseline. Battlefield 3 was a novelty at the time (in terms of stunning graphics and CoD-esque gameplay that wasn't Call of Duty), and I would guess that they won't be able to recreate that success anytime soon.

Having said all that, though, I'd expect about 1/3 of the people who bought BF4 to buy the spinoff. Franchise fatigue has already set in for the series, and I suspect a large number of the PS4/XB1 purchases were related to lack of launch titles. I also believe that the terrible bug-ridden state of the game at launch hurt the brand.

So I expect about 3 million units. I'm unsure if that makes it worthwhile for EA.

They said they expect Dragon Age + Sims 4 + UFC + Tiger Woods + World Cup to fill in 2/3rds of the Battlefield 4 hole, and expect World Cup alone to do 2.5 million, so unless they expect the other four titles to sell 4.5 million total that doesn't make sense for Battlefield 4.

 

[TrueGrime]

Here's to hoping NHL 15 does some justice.

 

[Some Nobody]

List is as expected. Only surprise is the weaksauce Fall, but Fall is packed regardless. Next year is EA's big year.

 

[francknara]

What an awful line up.

I hope next year's is better.