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Electronic Arts has launched its year-end report, displaying the efficiency of its main titles on PC, console and cellular. We acquired a glimpse into how its franchises are doing, together with The Sims, FIFA and Battlefield. According to the writer, Apex Legends was its hottest non-licensed property, seemingly due to a significant esports push. EA Games additionally tweaked at gamers’ trauma from a sure scene in It Takes Two.
Apex Legends’ new reputation seems to have been not less than partly pushed by an enormous esports push. The sport has additionally spiked in reputation on livestreaming platforms. In addition, the not too long ago launched cellular model can be seeing first rate success, although the stat given is “243.2 million Legends revived.”
Aside from Apex, FIFA and The Sims have confirmed to be a few of EA’s greatest success. The writer studies gamers have logged 1.4 billion hours in The Sims 4 and 14 billion video games performed in FIFA. Battlefield 2042 doesn’t seem to have fairly a lot exercise, with 117.7 million weekly missions accomplished. Though its producers acknowledged in a current interview that they’re assured concerning the sport’s future.
At the very finish of its report, EA additionally selected to rub some salt right into a nonetheless therapeutic wound with the stat, “100% of players with emotional damage after meeting Cutie the Elephant in It Takes Two.” Given that the sport was not too long ago launched on Switch, which means EA has seemingly added its new viewers to that quantity, too.
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