Vapourware LOL ELECTRONIC ARTS: The EA Thread

[Baron Dupek]

Another "EA is going down" analysis
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4236081-avoid-ea-fun-end

 

[Haba]

Hnng... I guess it is time to sell my EA stock (+300%)... but that means I'll also have to pay the taxes. God damn it.

 

[Black]

Taxation is theft.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

https://www.techspot.com/news/78606...ld-v-sales-declining-mobile-business-see.html

Disappointing Battlefield V sales and declining mobile business see EA's shares plummet

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While Battlefield V was the flagship game for showing off the real-time ray tracing features of Nvidia's RTX cards, the latest entry in the franchise didn’t perform as well as hoped. EA’s COO and CFO, Blake Jorgensen, said 7.3 million copies had sold worldwide to date. That might sound like a lot, but it’s still one million fewer than EA was anticipating. Additionally, it didn’t help bring in as many Origin Access Premier subscribers as expected.

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EA’s mobile business disappointed, too, recording a 23 percent year-on-year decline. This was blamed on the slow uptake on Command and Conquer Rivals, the delay of an unnamed game (probably Star Wars: Rise to Power), and "changes to broaden Madden Mobile's appeal" that failed to improve monetization.

EA recorded a total net revenue of $1.289 billion for Q3, but had been looking for $1.375 billion. The results saw its shares fall as low as $74.71 in late trading. The company has now lowered its outlook for revenue during this quarter, despite the initial popularity of Apex Legends, which gained one million players in under eight hours following its launch, and the upcoming release of Anthem.

 

[fantadomat]

13% in day....amazing EA

 

[Azalin]

 

[vonAchdorf]

ActiBlizz had an even worse performance than EA during the last year and their stock tumbled yesterday 10% as well on the EA news. Fortnite sucks up all the time, attention and cash.

 

[fantadomat]

ActiBlizz had an even worse performance than EA during the last year and their stock tumbled yesterday 10% as well on the EA news. Fortnite sucks up all the time, attention and cash.

At least something good had come from the fortnight fad.

 

[ColonelTeacup]

13% in day....amazing EA

I did hear that EA insiders were caught selling off stock early. I'm guessing something is coming, something big and bad.

 

[Cael]

13% in day....amazing EA

I did hear that EA insiders were caught selling off stock early. I'm guessing something is coming, something big and bad.

Any arrests for insider trading yet?

 

[ColonelTeacup]

Not that I know of.

 

[Cael]

Not that I know of.

Here's to hoping. A few arrests for insider trading would really tank EA, and for the betterment of the world.

 

[fantadomat]

13% in day....amazing EA

I did hear that EA insiders were caught selling off stock early. I'm guessing something is coming, something big and bad.

Anthem is coming,even they know that it won't be doing them any stock favours. They are running out of studios and IPs,the next few years will be rough. They might even die.

 

[Mustawd]

13% in day....amazing EA

I did hear that EA insiders were caught selling off stock early. I'm guessing something is coming, something big and bad.

Any arrests for insider trading yet?

It’d only be illegal insider trading if an insider trades after the trading window for insiders is closed.

There’s nothing wrong with selling stock if you’re an insider. My last company I received stock and I’d always sell it ASAP cuz I knew the company wasn’t generally headed in a good direction.

 

[fantadomat]

LoL everyone and their mum is selling shit.

Put in money,that is around 184 millions in sold shares. Also their share volume is a little bit more than 30 millions.




Edit: Looking at that shit, a fast buy and sell could make some money for people. Their stocks will jump the moment Anthem hit the market,if you buy now and sell it then you could make a few bucks.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

Soon Fortnite will fallow

Spoiler

 

[fantadomat]

Soon Fortnite will fallow

Spoiler

It is a fad after all,it is fascinating how every next fad is lower IQ than the last one.

 

[Tehdagah]

Fortnite will never fall.

 

[unfairlight]

Soon Fortnite will fallow

Spoiler

Apex Legends is a EA game, fyi. Still N1 on Twitch after like 2 or 3 days now. That game has too much potential, if they play their cards right that game can be as (if not way, way more) popular than PUBG and possibly only second to Fortnite.

 

[Solid Snail]

I think the last game I purchased from EA was Dead Space 2, used for 20€ on PS3 after it released.
Between Ubisoft and EA I don't know which is the worst honestly: both create games around marketing researches and targets, and I end up on not giving a single fuck on their released because they all feel the same game.
From time to time I use to spend 4€ on Origin Access to play something which could be interesting like Unravel or Fe, but even with those I end up disappointed. Fe was a chore to play, it's all the same and even if it's like 4 hours long you do the same stuff from the start to the end, and the same applies to Unravel, which at least has a nice art direction.

 

[Drakron]

Apex Legends is a EA game, fyi. Still N1 on Twitch after like 2 or 3 days now. That game has too much potential, if they play their cards right that game can be as (if not way, way more) popular than PUBG and possibly only second to Fortnite.

Its flavor of the month, I am torn as in one hand that would completely fuck Epic little retarded adventure if suddenly they became PUBG 1.03 as on the other hand its fucking EA. But regardless its still way too earlier to say.

 

[Pika-Cthulhu]

I think the new 'moneymaking' scheme will be F2P shooters that draw streamers and their audience, then sell vanity items so the streamers, and through them their audience, buys cosmetics and thats the next revenue stream (pardon the pun)

The upshot is, you have to make a stable game to sell that shit on, the rest however is banal shit boring more of the shame shooty mc shoot shoot and launchers as far as the eye can see.

 

[Turjan]

By the way, if you look at the numbers behind BF5's "failure", you may be somewhat disappointed in what "failure" means in this case. The game sold 7.3 million copies during the initial phase, which means a million less than originally projected. It's still a failure in the eyes of investors, but it doesn't exactly look like imminent bankruptcy, as some may have hoped.

 

[Alienman]

They did pump up those sale numbers by slashing the price in half after a week and so on.

 

[Turjan]

Sure. Let's see how Apex Legends does in the long run. EA stocks rose 16% in one day after they reported 10 million initial players.

I wonder when people will start having enough of yet another battle royale game.