Summary

  • EA Sports achieved “brand building” in Q4 of its 2025 financial year, according to CEO Andrew Wilson, who revealed the company is working on a “dynamic live service” version of skateboarding game Skate, and a major reveal for Battlefield during fiscal year 2026 (FY26).
  • The strength of soccer games helped the company achieve Q4 growth, along with The Sims and Split Fiction, with the latter selling twice as many copies as expected.
  • EA also plans to broaden its reach with “new strategic partners,” according to Wilson.
  • But despite positive Q4 performance, EA made layoffs at Respawn and elsewhere, as the company realigned its resources, managed costs, and focused on areas of biggest opportunity.
  • Wilson commented that FY25 net bookings were down 1% (2.02bn), and live services bookings down 2% ($5.34bn).
  • American football and UFC games helped offset losses elsewhere.

By Dean Takahashi

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