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Battlefield 2042<\/strong> was positioned as one of EA’s biggest games – outside of FIFA – in 2021; expected to be a major highlight for the company’s Q3 of its fiscal year. Well, now the results of that period are out, and it’s not looking good.<\/p>\n

As part of its Q3 FY2022 earnings call – the three months ended December 31 – EA shed some light on the sales of Battlefield 2042, as well as many of its other heavy-hitters. The publisher actually made no mention of DICE’s shooter in its earnings highlights or press release. It wasn’t until the actual call that EA executives confirmed what everyone had suspected.<\/p>\n

“We did have a challenge in Q3 as the launch of Battlefield 2042 did not meet expectations,” said Wilson. CFO Blake Jorgensen outright called sales of the game “disappointing”, saying that it was “a tough Battlefield launch.” Neither offered actual sales figures against the 12 million target EA had set for the quarter.<\/p>\n

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Battlefield 2042 was positioned as one of EA’s biggest games – outside of FIFA – in 2021; expected to be a major highlight for the company’s Q3 of its fiscal year. Well, now the results of that period are out, and it’s not looking good. As part of its Q3 FY2022 earnings call – the three months ended December 31 – EA shed some light on the sales of Battlefield 2042, as well as many of its other heavy-hitters. The publisher actually made no mention of DICE’s shooter in its earnings highlights or press release. It wasn’t until the actual call that EA executives confirmed what everyone had suspected. “We did have a challenge in Q3 as the launch of Battlefield 2042 did not meet…<\/p>\n

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