Dragon Age The Veilguard always had a tough act to follow – a ten year wait since the launch of the critically-acclaimed Inquisition made sure of that. Nevertheless, EA had some high expectations for BioWare’s latest RPG, but now the publisher says it is revising its forecast for the rest of the financial year due to a collective underperformance from Dragon Age The Veilguard and, even more surprisingly, EA FC 25.
There’s no escaping that Dragon Age The Veilguard split opinion when it launched. Some players were enamoured with it and spent dozens of hours exploring Thedas, while others turned away from it due to its change in approach compared to Inquisition. If you look at the critics’ reviews, things range from perfect 10/10s to more concerning scores like the 6/10 we gave it in our Dragon Age The Veilguard review. While the RPG clearly found admirers and an audience, EA has now reported that Veilguard ‘engagements’ (which most likely covers sales and those who accessed the game through EA Play) were much lower than the company forecasted.
“Dragon Age engaged approximately 1.5 million players during the quarter, down nearly 50% from the company’s expectations,” an EA press release says. In a separate quote, CEO Andrew Wilson says that, alongside EA FC 25, Dragon Age The Veilguard “underperformed our net bookings expectations.”
While I’m not massively surprised to see Veilguard underdeliver, I am surprised at just how wide of the mark EA’s estimations were. What surprises me even more though is that the eternally-reliable EA FC (formerly FIFA) series has buckled here and contributed to the publisher’s change in financial fortunes this quarter.
“Global Football had experienced two consecutive fiscal years of double-digit net bookings growth. However, the franchise experienced a slowdown as early momentum in the fiscal third quarter did not sustain through to the end,” EA says. This suggests that either in-game purchases haven’t been as lucrative in the first few months of FC 25’s life as they usually are, or the flurry of extra copies sold during the holidays is lower than usual, or maybe a combination of both.
While EA’s full Q3 earnings will be released on February 4, this statement today confirms that due to the underperformance of both Dragon Age The Veilguard and FC 25, it’s reducing its projected bookings for the 2025 fiscal year from a range of $7.5 billion to $7.8 billion to a range of $7 billion to $7.15 billion.
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