EA 2018, record-breaking revenues!

Despite, the EA haters, the company has been growing since 2012. Now it's one of the top 5 in the gaming industry. SUCK IT HATERS!!

Numbers in 2018 were $5.1 billion, up 8% from 2017 and 12% from 2016.

https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/08/ea-made-51-billion-in-revenue-for-2018-anthem-still-on-track-for-2019-release

Lol.

Despite this they still suck so much at making any good Star Wars games. Even far worse than Lucasarts in their worst days.

All their profit is due to FIFA, madden , MTs and their mobile games.(Similar to the way that how Konami these days just releases PES,Pachinkos and YUGIOH and is the 3rd biggest publisher of Japan.)

Whatever, they can keep sucking as they've been voted the worst company for 15 years and yet they have kept growing since then to become a jagernout in the gaming industry.

Games arent getting any better for it...

I wish they put the profit they get from milking sharks for ultimate cards.... and actually improved the games. But I guess why bother doing that when you are making cash hand over fist.

You may want to shill to their stock holders rather than System Wars

EA share price

Yes, I think that is universally agreed.

But look at how well Activision has handled movie IP: far, far worse. EA is still a better company.

By EA haters you mean, basically everyone.

EA: they know how to make money, but not good games

EA is trash but when you are able to sell millions of the same two franchises every year, it doesn't matter.

Battlefield 1 and V are good games.

I agree - I'm even one of the weirdos who like Mass Effect Andromeda

but in general, EA have been on a downward trend in terms of game quality for the last 5 years or so

EA Sports. It's in the Game!

That means very little, revenue is the key for long-term growth. Share prices are the market reacting to certain situations.

Doesn't matter. They've always been mediocre publishers since the 1980's but while hundreds have gone down the drain, they have survived. They know what they're doing and listen very little to little internet nerds and HATERS.

EA shareholder confirmed?

Reality strikes the SW again. LMAO.

The company is worth half the value it was in the middle of 2018, you can spin it anyway you want but such a large drop in share value does not bring investor confidence and therefore does not bring more investors and money into the company.

Have you got the full report? I'm sure an astute person like you is well aware that Revenue =/= profit.

Apple's revenue was also trash in 2018, does that mean the company is failing? No, it just means the market is responding negatively to their products, but their revenues are still huge.

You can spin it anyway you like, but EA is still the biggest it has ever been. I'm sure an astute person like you would find me a period/ink where Revenues+Profit of EA have been as big as 2018.

Now, go away - HATER.

Yes.

And this is why they don't change; because somehow, for some reason, they keep getting our money despite our complaining in dark moldy corners of the web

At least as a shareholder convince EA to let the Star Wars ip go out of their incompetent hands.(Pretty sure they have lost more money over that deal than gaining due to the canceled games and the disasterous launch of Battlefront 2)

Lol EA

You want to show exactly where I said they are "failing"? Also please quote me where I made any hate comments about EA.

Stating facts is just that and has nothing to do with hate.

Edit: "Revenues+Profit of EA have been as big as 2018" You mean like 2016 when they made $1.16 Billion in profit from $4.37 Billion in revenue in comparison to $1.04 Billion profit from $5.1 Billion in revenue in 2018?

I love how you're saying "failing"

When this thread was soly about revenues not the markets response. Your HATING made you change the subject. And now you're accusing me of putting words on your virtual mouth, then don't put words on mine. BEGONE!

Don't know, haven't seen any other company worthy of taking the mantel of the Star Wars franchise. Both Battlfront made money and were good games, despite one blunder. The open world Star Wars games, might have been canceled because it wasn't working well. EA knows how to boost revenue if they cancel something it's for the better.

"They were good games".

They were incredibly poorly designed (gameplay wise) MP games based on old f*cking PS2 games that never had any standards to begin with. DICE had a real chance here, and they sure made it pretty.... but I feel being a "SW:Battlefront - kiddy PS2 console Third Person shiftest" instead of "Battlefield with Star Wars skin" completely killed its longevity.

Point and click space battles..... balancing board minigame for cable tieing AT-ATs? shockingly bad.

Again show me where I said they are "failing" (your word which is why it's in quotes)

Show me where I'm "HATING" (your word which is why it's in quotes)

Now show me where I have changed the subject?

I've owned you in your own thread and you can't handle it. Now sit down loser.

If he is and he invested last summer, then he's lost a load of money.

Longtime growth being poured into designing systems to farm low IQ individuals and those with gambling addictions

They are pretty bad games. Don't know which gameplay designer actually thought that taking out the command posts will make the game better ? Or how about the vehicle system that removes 2 player vehicles,stealing enemy ones ?

These games will always stay in the shadow of the original ones.

As for profit, I don't think the second one was really successful. It's price fell after the first month of release(Which happens for commercial failure games) , EA was also forced to make a lot of changes to the game(Which none of these updates was made for free) and they also added some new maps and heroes that were given as free.

I'm pretty sure that Microsoft is much more capable than EA to make better Star Wars games.(At very least they can remaster Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds similar to Age Of Empires 2 remaster.)

Even Hangar 13 from take 2 games can at least make The Force Unleashed 3.(Since the director of the first 2 games is there.)

people are happy about this?

The games are good. People these days if a game isn't GOTY 9/10 = bad, there are other spectrums like good, great, average, etc... Bad would be a game that is faulty on all sides.

And yes, numbers for Battlfront 2 were 6 million. Granted not huge, but still sold great.

Not really, you spinned the subject to talk about stocks, when I mentioned revenue. If anything you're a HATER that got self-powned and doesn't leave my thread admiting shame.

What the hell who is paying EA so much money? I thought these scumbags would lose some.

@with_teeth26: Well yeah, they once published MOHAA, c&c and Simcity. I don't ever see them reaching that quality ever again.

I bought Andromeda in the last origin sale for 5 bucks, seems like a game I'lll enjoy :p

You've got nothing but an IGN article, I given you facts and even answered your replies. All you can do is accuse me of things I haven't said or even insinuated.

Yeah you've lost this debate, better luck next time.

Actually you lost it because you still haven't given me a link where EA's annual revenues are higher than 2018, hence the whole point of this thread.

Better luck next time, bring a more educated argument or get self-owned again.

I did ask you to provide that information in my second reply to you but you chose to ignore it, so I found it myself. Where do you think I got the Net profit figures from? I'm not one to spout figures I made up on the spot.

Seeing as your too lazy or incapable of compiling a Google search here's EA's Annual income for 2018.

By the way in case you're struggling with the numbers, $1.16 Billion profit from $4.3 Billion Revenue (2016 Net profit) is greater than $1.04 Billion net profit from $5.1 Billion revenue. i.e. 26% profit margin is greater than 20% profit margin.

Now wipe those tears and have a cup of Tea.

Nice one, that's how you win an argument. :)

Still below expectations.

And no those games don't deserve to be even among the top 15 best Star Wars games of all time.

He is an idiot. He stated he owned their stock. He would keep up with this if he had any real money in the company and would have gotten out fast. He doesn't own any stock and knows very little.

I didn't ask for income, I said revenue. Again, cry some more and stop getting self-owend. First you switch to stocks, then income. Just admit you lost and move on.

You're an idiot. Someone said if I was a shareholder, I said yes kiddinly, now go cry some more alongside the other hater.

wow this thread got nasty quick, thanks Garg

Anyway a shareholder doesn't waste his/her time fighting with people in forums that were disappointed by EA's actions.

@blackballs: It's an income report, the first line shows the revenue and includes the details that the IGN click bait omits. Open the link and look at it before you post.

Revenue isn't an indication of a company doing well. Net income (profit) and share price (company value) in a publicly traded company (EA) are. Revenue without context is completely irrelevant.

Well done for proving my astute comment incorrect. That's about all you have managed in this thread.

As for EA, any company earning $1 billion a year in profit is certainly not failing. However there is no denying that EA's profit margins are dropping (26% in 2016 down to 20% in 2018) and that is most likely due to the slew of anti consumer mistakes they have made over the past few years without any kind of course correction being evident. If they continue along the same lines then they will, inevitably, be gobbled up by another multi-national as they will become weaker. The likes of Google, Amazon, Ten Cent, Alibaba are probably keeping an eye on them at this point.

Why did you start this thread if you didn't want a discussion?

@blackballs: You expected an EA thread with half facts to go well?

Don't take it personally, it's just System Wars and nothing to lose sleep over.

Again, I never talked about net income or share price, but strictly revenue. Keep crying and switching the subject of the thread.

This is you right now, posting big paragraphs:

I'm not the one crying and posting 3 paragraphs to prove a non-existing point after I've been self-owned in a debate. Retire with grace while there is still time - meanwhile EA counting money all the way to the bank.

Well that's obvious. Doesn't change the fact EA is killing it in revenues.