Electronic Arts said that it sold only 7.3 million copies of Battlefield V, or about one million fewer copies than the company expected.
EA CEO Andrew Wilson said in an analyst call that Battlefield V sold fewer copies than expected. The company said the game sold more than 7.3 million copies, or about one million fewer than the big video game company expected.
Wilson acknowledged that Battlefield debuted in the holiday quarter when it faced a lot of competition from battle royale games, such as Fortnite, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode, and the single-player game Red Dead Redemption 2.
EA missed its earnings targets as a result, and its stock price has fallen 18 percent in after-hours to $75.88 a share. EA’s DICE studio made a lot of late modifications to Battlefield V, and it also prioritized the single-player mode over the battle royale mode.
