EA admits that Medal of Honor: Warfighter disappointed
Sales failed to meet expectations for the newest EA shooter
Electronic Arts, in a financial earnings call following its Q2 results, noted that Medal of Honor: Warfighter didn't sell as well as hoped. EA CEO John Riccitiello acknowledged that the game simply came in below expectations. This comes shortly after Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz said that the newest Medal of Honor was "likely to be a major disappointment."
EA did not state what level of sales Medal of Honor actually saw, but the company did say the "weaker than expected performance" is going to affect the company's third-quarter results.
EA Labels president Frank Gibeau also noted that EA "takes quality very seriously" and the company was not pleased with critics, saying that EA's own internal testing led them to think that Warfighter was much better than the reception it got from critics. Despite the disappointing performance, the publisher believes that Medal of Honor remains a "good game with a receptive audience" and EA fully intends to support the game with marketing, DLC and more through the holidays.
1) Is this the same MoH: Warfighter that was released in North America on October 23 and the UK on October 26? Given that I'm writing this comment on the 30th of October, surely this says something about how much emphasis is placed on pre-orders and Day 1 sales, as opposed to the long-tail sales.
2) Hmmm... So, either EA's internal testing department got it wrong, or the reviewers did. I'd like to think that reviewers are starting to actually be more critical about games. Perhaps that's me being optimistic, though.
Also, the interesting point is to see how difficult it is to offer tight game mechanics and relevant level design on a short period of development. This shows that although the COD franchise innovate little, it really got to a point where it is really hard to catch on
Maybe they need to wait and see how many units sell around the holidays? Hell, SOME people I know are holding out on quite a few games until they need to buy them as gifts... I'm just sayin'...
Rating : 1
Another wrote:
Rating : 9
The game is currently at 57%.
Publishers are stuck in a sinking ship and can't get out, nothing will change this, period!
@Bruce: It's called "end of console cycle", everyone here is telling you and I don't know why we keep trying. For someone who works in the industry, like you, this should be easy to understand. A different thing is that you don't want to believe and wish for them to disappear (along with thousand of work positions and employments) which, given the case, I feel sorry for you.
Not to mention that MoH is a original PC franchise...
Edited 1 times. Last edit by Alfonso Sexto on 5th November 2012 9:02am