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EA will not freely add and remove games made available via EA Access. The subscription service was revealed last month, and for either 3.99 a month or 19.99 a year offers free access to games contained within ‘The Vault’ as well as a discount on digital DLC and new game …
Read More »EA is losing faith in 3DS and Vita
It’s hard to envisage a future in which handheld consoles remain relevant, EA COO Peter Moore has argued. "We were supportive of both of those platforms," Moore told Games Industry. "But then you’ve got finite resources and you’ve got teams that say, ‘We really think that two or three years …
Read More »Core gamers are uncomfortable with change, EA’s Moore argues
The growth of gaming into new markets and new business models has left some of its core fans feeling uncomfortable. That’s according to EA COO Peter Moore, who has said that his company has chosen to embrace the change. "The growth of gaming… there’s a core that doesn’t quite feel …
Read More »EA apologies for ‘unacceptable’ and ‘stupid’ Frostbite Wii U jibes
Peter Moore has publicly apologised for April Fools tweets sent out by the official DICE Frostbite account that mocked the Wii U. MCV yesterday reported that Frostbite joked that it had added support for Wii U since it is the most powerful Gen4 platform”. The tweets have since been removed …
Read More »Moore reveals FIFA Ultimate Team stats as service reaches fifth birthday
FIFA Ultimate Team is five years old and to celebrate EA COO and former EA Sports boss Peter Moore has unleashed some impressive stats. In an infographic shared on Twitter and reproduced below, Moore revealed that 64 per cent of all FIFA players now play Ultimate Team mode and that …
Read More »EA expects console full game digital download growth
Full game digital downloads on PS4 and Xbox One are a sector that is of particular interest for EA, the publisher has said. Speaking to investors, COO Peter Moore has suggested their sales are likely to increase once the launch window has passed, although conceded that meaningful data won’t be …
Read More »Xbox One software attach ratio down compared to 360, EA claims
EA has revealed that the software attach ratio (the number of games bought per console sold) for Xbox One is down compared to Xbox 360. PS4, however, is tracking ahead of PS3. I’m actually pretty bullish on what I’m seeing so far,” EA COO Peter Moore told investors last night, …
Read More »EA lays claim to 33% of PS4’s game sales
One in three PS4 games sold so far in the US has been made by EA. That’s the claim of COO Peter Moore whose company had four boxed titles ready for PS4’s day one – FIFA 14, Need for Speed Rivals, Battlefield 4 and Madden 25. There were a total …
Read More »EA’s Moore clarifies free-to-play and online comments
Outspoken EA COO Peter Moore has moved to clarify statements he recently made about free-to-play and online games. Moore, as reported by MCV yesterday, recently stated that: The ability for you to be able to interact with [major EA] franchises on a free-to-play basis is going to be part and …
Read More »Every EA franchise to feature free-to-play in future, Moore claims
Publisher Electronic Arts is working on implementing some form of free-to-play into all of its major franchises moving forward, says Peter Moore. Speaking toEngadget, the EA COO said the business model had become part and parcel of its leading IP, and pointed to its use in FIFA and Battlefield. FIFA …
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