Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson made statements during the earnings call, stating that they accepted the disappointment of the game. Wilson attributed the game’s bad output to COVID-19 restrictions.
Announced with a terrific trailer, Battlefield 2042, which debuted on November 19, 2021, unfortunately failed to meet any expectations. The last member of the Battlefield series, which was released with almost no content, with many bugs and optimization problems, received negative comments from almost all.
The biggest complaint of the players is that DICE, the developer of the game, compared Battlefield 2042 to the previous games of the series. it was literally leaving it dry. While there has been no public voice given to players who have been voicing their problems for a long time, that voice was given for the first time today. Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson said the game is a expressing disappointment made statements.
The game’s bad turnout was attributed to COVID-19 restrictions
Sharing the reports for the third quarter of Electronic Arts’ fiscal year, Andrew Wilson explained that Battlefield 2042 has always been a “passionate game” for EA. Wilson attributed the game’s current state to the fact that almost all of the game was developed during the COVID-19 restrictions. Wilson continued his explanation as follows:
“Developing this game with our teams working from home for nearly two years has been challenging. Throughout our testing and preparation process, we believed the experience was ready to fall into the hands of our players. We set out with strong stability; but as more players experience the full game, we need to address unexpected performance issues turned out to be. Some of the design choices we made in the game didn’t appeal to everyone in our community”
While it is not known how Battlefield 2042 affects EA’s profitability, the call also included statements that could give an idea about this issue. EA’s sales expectations on earnings call Balanced by FIFA and Apex Legends In particular, it was announced that FIFA 22 is the strongest FIFA game to date. Despite EA’s Battlefield 2042 debacle $1.79 billion net income in the last three months achieved.
In addition to all of this, DICE announced yesterday that the new content update to Battlefield 2042 is to focus on improvements. delayed for a few months had announced.
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What were the shortcomings of Battlefield 2042?
Battlefield 2042’s shortcomings were so many that players even started a list that brought them all together and a poll that they wanted the game to be fixed first. The missing list included 18 items, including the lack of a story mode and class system as the main features of the game. Among the titles in which tens of deficiencies are listed in each pedestrian gameplay, vehicles, score system, team and teamwork, map, UI and audio titles existed.
Here are the top 5 things that need to be fixed in the game, according to a survey prepared and answered by players. Map design, hit registration, weapon response, UI confusion and general bugs in animation and interface was. Also, 75% of the players thought the class system was much better.