EA Could Be Considering A Free-To-Play Standalone Shooter

EA’s Battlefield franchise is an extremely successful one that has made the publisher a lot of money over the years. However it seems that the success of games such as Fortnite Battle Royale has not escaped EA’s attention, so much so that the game is apparently considering creating its own free-to-play standalone shooter.

This was revealed during its investor call for Q1 FY2019 where the company’s COO Blake Jorgensen seemed to hint that the company could be interested in pursuing that idea. The executive was quoted as saying, “I would say we’re interested in possibly experimenting with an essentially free-to-play standalone game that might be in a shooter genre or another genre, but I don’t think that’s how we’re looking at the Battlefield stuff right now. But you’ll see more to come on that in the coming months and years.”

However this does not mean that EA will take their focus off Battlefield V. Jorgensen reassured investors that Battlefield V will not be neglected. “You should expect that we’ll be delivering a full-featured game that features all of the traditional components of a Battlefield game in addition to new modalities of play including battle royale and delivered in a way that we believe we want to play, which is not just what you get at launch but in the context of a live service over time.”

That being said, it’s not hard to imagine that EA wants to experience the same success that Fortnite is experiencing. The game is said to have made Epic $1 billion based on in-app purchases alone, and that the iOS version of the game is apparently making $2 million a day, so it makes sense that EA would want a slice of that pie.

Tyler Lee
Categories: Gaming
Tags: EA