FIFA and Battlefield are EA's most profitable franchises

FIFA13 has a game breaking Career Mode glitch that has not been fixed. Its a shame

So when is EA finally going to give up pretending they are a blockbuster games publisher and sell themselves to Zynga?

each of EA's IP should be given a level playing ground!don't hype 2 over the others if u want to succeeed!

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and if they would stick to producing real quality games and stop mutilating them with the multi player disease they could be making a lot more money. bring back real genre games instead of mishmash mediocre button mashers...my dream for the future gamers. hope it will come true for you!

FIFA the movements and play look the same as when they started the game on PS1 just improved graphics 

My Top EA GameNot Battlefield, Not FIFA   Its DEADSPACE! Thank you Visceral Games

Well it seemed like Madden took a step backwards this year. They put out that crap engine, Infinity Engine, which is a utter joke. Now you can't even run into your lineman without crumbling like a lawn chair. Its very funny watching the players trip over each other after each play. I wish they would release a patch for it. I think EA just markets the heck out of Madden before release, claims it's new and improved, then goes back to doing nothing innovative. I love BF3 on the other hand. I think Dice is the best devs EA has. Between them and Bioware. Now get those 2K guys back in the NFL game mix. I think they were called Visual Concepts. I'm sure they aren't with the same teams anymore, but it would be nice if EA hired a few of them to show them how to make a real football game.

battlefield 3 sold so much cause the games online multiplayer is so freaking good, as long as EA does not RUSH any future battlefield games, im fine.

That sounds like a misspoken comment there, that whole both are well on their way to becoming billion dollar franchises. I do believe that he meant on FiFA in that respect, as DICE can in no way build BF games in a single year and not compromise the integrity of the entire product.  BF3 is an awesome game, while it still has some problems here and there, I play that over any other FPS period.

DLC for BF3 has been pretty good too, offering modes, maps and weapons...seriously what more can you ask for for your buck?

I don't play FiFA but I heard it's damn good, but I suck at playing footy games...I am pretty much against annual updates of sport games because honestly, it's freaking sports the most that changes are player stats and sometimes which team the player is playing for, things that can be changed via DLC. This is why I haven't bought a blasted sport game since NBA Courtside on GC, all the others are just cash ins, yearly releases for $60...madness. Just update the bloody roster and I will play the game with the same mechanics. Games having this one year disposability is a bad thing, not much you getting if a new one comes out each year and everyone scrambles to get that one leaving last years sitting there with no one to play. GS fix your crappy spell checker "disposability" is a damn English word, switch to google or something to find correct spelling.

Let's just hope BF doesn't quite end up as a yearly thing, I would be upset at having to buy a new game a year after I bought the last one I want a year + out of my games. EA don't get greedy, just let DICE do with BF as they have, a title once every two years is great, allowing the team to capitalize and also work on new features to enhance the gameplay. Once it goes yearly we will have CoD formula, cut paste, change the colors and visual settings, print and sell. Do that I will promptly have to cut back on their games as well.

So despite whoring out their biggest selling games with DLC (the mother of all money-spinners), EA are still losing $381 million? What the hell do they spend it all on? I really don't understand the business world (and yet have little desire to).

well i do like my FIFA and Battlefield, hope they keep up the good work (for these two games that is)

Of course Battlefield is the most profitable, they whored the **** out of that game.

Does not bode well for Bioware.

One day an all a new generation of gamers will be born, who once again will desire a sense of adventure & discovery, learning and thinking in videogames. These developers will not know how to make such games as for nearly a decade or more they were too busy making the same style games over and over because it worked. Not pointing the blame on Fifa as it's expected to be an annual release but all these shooters like BF, COD and MOH are becoming like the superhero movies in Hollywood. All style and no substance, catering primarily to those who just want to shoot and kill things. If videogames become focused entirely around multi-player gaming, which is where the industry is heading, videogames will no longer be art. 

No word about the financial numbers?  Did EA make profits or not?  What shoddy reporting!

C&C Generals 2 would be profitable if EA let it

EA deserves it and plus that battlefield is an awsome fps.

I have an Origin account.  The only thing I use it for is to comment on how disastrous I think that the direction they are taking the new SimCIty is on their forums.

Skate.....oh how I wish skate was still living......FUCK EA

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Especially FIFA, since they only spend money to renew licences... The games usually stay the same. Although, I must admit, they're not bad games.

I think the title should be: FIFA and Battlefield are EA's most milked franchises.

As a Swedish person I like that Battlefield is important to EA and that it's doing so well, but I don't like this: "Both are well on their way to becoming billion dollar annual franchises". It seems that they want to CoD-ify Battlefield and although I'm not a fan of military shooters, I don't consider this a good thing. Activision hasn't used all the money ii gets from CoD to launch new and interesting IP's or even anything that feels new and/or interesting. I have no reason to believe that EA would do it any differently

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what about mass effect 3 it grossed over $200 million for them?

News Report: Halo and Gears of War are the most profitable non-kinect Xbox Exclusive franchises in human history!Sources, including my neighbor, a cat and a candy wrapper all knew immediately that was true because it is the most obvious thing ever. They claim that "history" in video games is a couple dozen years long and all you really need is common sense to know who profits from where.Update: Also, we asked a 90 year old lady after telling her the basic story and she agreed - rumors seem to be true. 

So, war and sports. As always, everything else goes unappreciated. 

So maybe now they will stop theirs bull**** policy that every game should have multiplayer and only focus on games that are meant to be played in multiplayer.

PS: Just dreaming, I'm all aware that is never going to happen.

I thought need for speed was the most profitable

yes, sadly the rest are just fails....

Battlefield 3 Earned it, they deserved it ... Battlefield franchise is the second billion dollars franchise after COD in fps genre ... Battlefield 3 online multiplayer offers an unparalleled experience, is not just a game is an experience ... 

Their DLCs provides so many things that you can't get in any other fps game's downloadable content. Each and every Dlc offers a variety of gameplay, art design and so much interesting stuff that shows how much DICE is willing to return for our money.

That is why their Premium content appears to be much more successful that others like ELITE (in a shorter period). I will support Battlefield 4 with love, cuz they deserve it, and surely will dominate.