Electronic Arts Fourth Quarter 2019 and Fiscal Year 2019 results have been posted. EA had a busy quarter, with the launch of Anthem and Apex Legends.
Here’s a summary for Electronic Arts Fourth Quarter 2019 and Fiscal Year 2019 results, from the press release and following conference:Â
- Sales for the year reached $4.95 billion, below the previous year’s $5.15 billion
- $2.4 billion for the year came from various live services (including in-game purchases)
- 49% of all unit sales were digital
- Anthem did not meet expectations (which were set at roughly five to six million units)
- Apex Legends is the fastest-growing game ever for the company, more details on season 2 at EA PLAY 2019
- The various sports games for 2019 and Sea of Solitude will release in the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2020
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is still releasing on November 15th, 2019 (in the third quarter). It is expected to sell between six to eight million units by March 2020
- EA Access/Origin Access has 3.5 million subscribers on Xbox One and PC, service is expanding to PlayStation 4
Earlier this year, Electronic Arts laid off around 350 staff. If you’d like to see the details from Electronic Arts’ third quarter of fiscal year 2019, you can read those here.
