Tidbits From Electronic Arts' Q4 Financial Results

Hell yeah more dead space!

YESMOREDEADSPACEIFUCKINGLOVEDEADSPACE:D

@believer258 said:

Unfortunately, this would (probably) mean cutting out the anti-gravity sections, but I could live without them.

There could be water; which probably wouldn't be too different to the zero gravity in DS2.

$40 million is a lot to spend on layoffs.

I really hope $80 doesn't become a GiantBomb meme because I'm already tired of it after a single page of comments. >_<

I use Origin for ME3, that's about it, doesn't even start when my PC starts. But the fact is, I enjoy ME3 multiplayer and was not upset by the ending. That said, I prefer Steam as a service, but I'm predisposed to be biased towards valve. In all honestly, I launch Origin from Steam... because Steam is my hub for everything. (Even doing real work)

• 11 million users are currently using Origin, and the service generated $150 million in 10 months.

You people make me sick. In fact I make me sick. Fucking EA.

Great, EA slaps some branding on their custom-brand DRM and claim that it's what's driving their profits. Sucks about those job losses, too.

No PopCap news, which means EA did not announce Peggle 2. Grr.

FUUUUUUUCKKKK

WHAT THE FUCK MAN, I NEED MY FUCKING FIX

cool story

Shouldn't it be Gen7? Aren't we moving into the 7th Generation of videogames?

TOR is so going free to play by the end of this year.

@Mr_Skeleton said:

@Rolyatkcinmai said:

@Mr_Skeleton said:

If TOR cost $200,000,000

We know at least 1.7 million bought the game for $60 = 1.7(m)*60= 102,000,000

Another 1.3 million paid $15 so 1.3(m)*15=195,000,000

Seems like within a month it will be very profitable or is there something wrong with my math.

Do you not see what's wrong with your math?

1.7x60=102, but 1.3x15=195.

Explain.

I might have been drinking before I wrote that.

Edit: those are in million, but the second calculation is wrong.

NO WAY!

@Rolyatkcinmai said:

@Mr_Skeleton said:

If TOR cost $200,000,000

We know at least 1.7 million bought the game for $60 = 1.7(m)*60= 102,000,000

Another 1.3 million paid $15 so 1.3(m)*15=195,000,000

Seems like within a month it will be very profitable or is there something wrong with my math.

Do you not see what's wrong with your math?

1.7x60=102, but 1.3x15=195.

Explain.

I might have been drinking before I wrote that.

Edit: those are in million, but the second calculation is wrong.

@patrickklepek said:

@cancerdancer said:

Patrick, fucking proof read your shit dude. You get PAID to do this kind of crap.

best reply I have ever seen bar Biffmcblumpkin

I've two questions: What is the status of Mirror's Edge 2, and will Jeff Green be keeping his job?

I gotta admit, even as someone who wasn't all that impressed with the first 2 dead space games, I find that world cool enough to ask for more.

EA employees now come into work displaying nervous tics and sweat-drenched clothing, starting tomorrow.

@Mr_Skeleton said:

If TOR cost $200,000,000

We know at least 1.7 million bought the game for $60 = 1.7(m)*60= 102,000,000

Another 1.3 million paid $15 so 1.3(m)*15=195,000,000

Seems like within a month it will be very profitable or is there something wrong with my math.

Do you not see what's wrong with your math?

1.7x60=102, but 1.3x15=195.

Explain.

Oh, the fiscal year that just closed, that explains why EA were bringing out hookers and blow to anybody getting online for a free weekend or short free-subscription in SWTOR, and then counting trials towards that, and

Yay for Dead Space!

What's with all the Patrick hate? The guy brings a new perspective to the table which is awesome but god forbid he make a typo. I love the GB community but you all are making it tough.

@BestUsernameEver said:

11 million users are currently using Origin, and the service generated $150 million in 10 months.

Why, why are people using Origin, what reason is there other than Battlefield 3 for PC?

That number is the bigest fucking lie in the industry.Every EA game for the past 4-5 years has forced you to sign up for an EA account to validate DLC content and get your email address so they can spam you.Also 150 million in revenue for 10 months may sound like alot but that includes SWG BF3 ME3 and all the other crap.I hope dead space 3 is the last in the series so i can right EA off for dead.

@BestUsernameEver said:

11 million users are currently using Origin, and the service generated $150 million in 10 months.

Why, why are people using Origin, what reason is there other than Battlefield 3 for PC?

Origin really adds nothing to the equation. That 11 million can be easily summed up by people using it to buy Sims titles, Mass Effect games, Dragon Age, and Battlefield, since that's now the only place you can buy (and must redeem) new titles.

It's like saying "11 million users are currently supporting SecuROM." It's a meaningless quote.

@Yummylee said:

@patrickklepek said:

@cancerdancer said:

Patrick, fucking proof read your shit dude. You get PAID to do this kind of crap.

Also, Dead Space 3 should take the perspective of a different character, possibly Ellie instead of Isaac. This time, she could have a prosthetic eye (in place of the one she lost in DS2) that includes some gameplay functions, and not just gimmicky seeing through walls either. If it takes place on a snowy planet, I'll bet that it's near a base or industrial site of some sort. Unfortunately, this would (probably) mean cutting out the anti-gravity sections, but I could live without them. Unless the game has you visit a heap of space junk for some reason at some point.

OK, I'll stop now and let the developers do their jobs.

If TOR cost $200,000,000

We know at least 1.7 million bought the game for $60 = 1.7(m)*60= 102,000,000

Another 1.3 million paid $15 so 1.3(m)*15=195,000,000

Seems like within a month it will be very profitable or is there something wrong with my math.

@BestUsernameEver said:

11 million users are currently using Origin, and the service generated $150 million in 10 months.

Why, why are people using Origin, what reason is there other than Battlefield 3 for PC?

Probably Mass Effect and SWTOR. In fact, EA even stated:

Q4 full-game downloads were up 76 percent* year-over-year, contributing $60 million* in

the quarter, driven in part by Mass Effect 3 and STAR WARS®: The Old Republic™

Haha I make afunny one. How many Patrick to screw the lightbulb? Only one because hair is so big!! aha. I make laugh.

11 million users are currently using Origin, and the service generated $150 million in 10 months.

Why, why are people using Origin, what reason is there other than Battlefield 3 for PC?

Origin redirects you based on the country you are in, needless to say in my country Origin has shitty support and things look wrong and buggy most the time. I honestly can't stand the service for those reasons. I can imagine the amount of people who did sign up but never used the service, so that 11 million could very well be trivial.

BRING ON DEAD SPACE 3. I WANT IT INSIDE ME NOW.

AS OF APRIL 24TH, BIOWARE SAID THAT SWTOR NEVER LOST ANY SUBS, JUST THAT LESS PEOPLE ARE LOGGING IN

http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/star-wars-the-old-republic-mmorpg/no-change/

AS OF APRIL 24TH, BIOWARE SAID THAT SWTOR NEVER LOST ANY SUBS, JUST THAT LESS PEOPLE ARE LOGGING IN

http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/star-wars-the-old-republic-mmorpg/no-change/

AS OF APRIL 24TH, BIOWARE SAID THAT SWTOR NEVER LOST ANY SUBS, JUST THAT LESS PEOPLE ARE LOGGING IN

http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/star-wars-the-old-republic-mmorpg/no-change/

Bioware/EA confirmed colossal liars who were caught lying.

11 million users are currently using Origin, and the service generated $150 million in 10 months.

Why, why are people using Origin, what reason is there other than Battlefield 3 for PC?

EA said it only need 500,000 subs for the old republic to be profitable so id say thats okay and most of those subs were cancelled after the free month ran out

TOR meeting "original assumptions" is not the bang they were looking for considering the beast accounts for 1/6 of their annual R&D spend. At least they made money for the first time in four years!

The Nexon takeover offer rumors last week were kind of ominous, I would not be surprised to see a suitor come out publicly if the stock price stays low.

Mirror's Edge 2? :*((

I wish there were dinosaurs, but that they were my friends.

I'm still surprised Origin has been of any use to anyone. Haven't touched mine since ME3, how could people still be buying shit on it?

No PopCap news, which means EA did not announce Peggle 2. Grr.

FUUUUUUUCKKKK

WHAT THE FUCK MAN, I NEED MY FUCKING FIX

@DorianOtten said:

people cool it with the $80 thing

I think people are trying to find a new meme after Alex basically trolled GB earlier with that Skyrim joke for the AC3 trailer.

people cool it with the $80 thing

@patrickklepek said:

@cancerdancer said:

Patrick, fucking proof read your shit dude. You get PAID to do this kind of crap.

@patrickklepek said:

@cancerdancer said:

Patrick, fucking proof read your shit dude. You get PAID to do this kind of crap.

Very funny, but really, you need to proof read your articles. I find at least 1 typo in every one you have been putting up in the past few weeks...

I wonder how much money Ultimate Team in Fifa 12 made (more than $100 million?). Hella lotta money from one game mode alone and more than they're spending on R&D :/

Of course those 11 million users include anyone who made a EA Account in the last decade.

8O DOLLARS!!?!!!?!?! WOAH

@patrickklepek said:

@cancerdancer said:

Patrick, fucking proof read your shit dude. You get PAID to do this kind of crap.

He's got a point.

The $80 typo was the backwards flying dragon glitch of typos, because I laughed my ass off at it. Thanks Patrick!

Also, is it just me or have there been layoffs almost every quarter for EA for, like, years now?

Haha I make afunny one. How many Patrick to screw the lightbulb? Only one because hair is so big!! aha. I make laugh.

The fact it ends up being "a bunch of stuff" about EA pushing deeper into social gaming has me confused as to whether it's something to worry about. Especially with all these rumours that the next gen will be the end of consoles as we know them and the beginning of something else... something sinister...

Also give me some Dead Space.

I really hope they do a good job with Dead Space 3. I really enjoyed the first two but can easily see them turning them out as fast as possible to make as much profit as possible.