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EA lost $6 billion in market value, following FC 25 & Dragon Age underperformance news
(www.videogameschronicle.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2025
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Normally these articles are slightly alarmist making it sound like a company will fall over becuase of one bad game release and when you look at the share price over time it is still up. but this one is interesting. EA are down 15% over the past 12 months because of this one drop.
Another way to see that 15% drop is hinted at in the article:
Loot boxes made EA $800M last year. It's easy to see why EA and other publishers demand MTX in games. Can we amend "Don't preorder" with "and ignore micro transactions"?
@chicosuave@lemmy.world Pretty sure that ignoring micro-transactions has always been "a thing" to take a stand against. But of course, when it comes to the general public, no one ever does.