{"id":6205,"date":"2025-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=6205"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:22:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:22:02","slug":"ea-sports-fc-25-sales-flop-costs-400-jobs-as-apex-legends-falters-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/ea-sports-fc-25-sales-flop-costs-400-jobs-as-apex-legends-falters-too\/","title":{"rendered":"EA Sports FC 25 sales flop costs 400 jobs as Apex Legends falters too"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EA Sports FC 25 is the latest in an increasingly long line of sales disappointments (EA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

100 jobs have been lost at developer Respawn, as EA lays off up to 400 developers, following a series of sales disappointments.<\/p>\n

Giving up the name FIFA<\/a>, because it was becoming too expensive to licence, was a big risk for EA, but it seemed to pay off when EA Sports FC<\/a> 24 was just as big a hit as ever<\/a>. But last year\u2019s EA Sports FC 25 was not and after multiple reports of it selling below EA\u2019s expectations the company has laid off over 300 employees across multiple studios.<\/p>\n

The job losses that have ravaged the video games<\/a> industry since the end of the pandemic haven\u2019t been in the news as much lately, but they\u2019ve never gone away. In fact, they\u2019ve been sadly consistent, at over 1,500 layoffs every quarter, since last summer.<\/p>\n

Over 30,000 developers have lost their jobs<\/a> since 2021 and after cutting 670 jobs last year<\/a> EA has made another massive dent in their staff numbers, with anything up to 400 redundancies across Respawn Entertainment and others.<\/p>\n

The problem is that not only was EA Sports FC 25 a disappointment<\/a>, but live service game Apex Legends has also seen a decline in business over recent months, with many of the layoffs centred around developer Respawn.<\/p>\n

EA has not confirmed the exact numbers, but Bloomberg<\/a> suggests that between 300 to 400 jobs have gone in total, with 100 layoffs at Respawn.<\/p>\n

This has led to two Respawn games being cancelled, although it\u2019s unclear if rumours of Titanfall 3<\/a> were ever true. One unknown title was canned earlier in the year but the other was an unannounced extraction shooter set in the Titanfall\/Apex Legends universe and codenamed R7.<\/p>\n

Respawn has confirmed<\/a> that it has cancelled \u2018two early-stage incubation projects\u2019 and made ‘some targeted team adjustments across Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Things are not looking good for EA at the moment (EA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The third and final Star Wars Jedi title<\/a> has already had a rocky start, after series creator director Stig Asmussen left Respawn, and nothing has been shown of the new game yet.<\/p>\n

\u2018As part of our continued focus on our long-term strategic priorities, we\u2019ve made select changes within our organisation that more effectively aligns teams and allocates resources in service of driving future growth,\u2019 is the purposefully non-descriptive comment from EA.<\/p>\n

Fan discontent with EA Sports FC 25 has been obvious for months now but it\u2019s unclear exactly how much it has missed EA\u2019s internal targets. The obvious concern for EA is how this year\u2019s EA Sports FC 26 will fare, especially as it is likely to be released around the same time as GTA 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Likewise, there\u2019s no indication of exactly how much trouble Apex Legends is in, although Respawn has emphasised that work on it continues and that they are currently ‘expanding what Apex can be’, while ‘investing in what’s next for the franchise.’<\/p>\n

The only underperformance with any context is last autumn\u2019s Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which sold half of what EA was expecting<\/a> – although it was never going to be as big a moneymaker as EA\u2019s core franchises.<\/p>\n

Since Star Wars Jedi 3 is likely to be several years away, EA is currently focusing a lot of effort on Battlefield 6, which is due to be released before March next year (a decision that may be dependent on when GTA 6 arrives).<\/p>\n

However, given Battlefield\u2019s uneven sales performance over the years, that\u2019s not a very safe pair of hands. For a long time now, FIFA has been the backbone of EA\u2019s business but if that begins to waver then EA, and the games industry at large, could be in for even more turmoil.<\/p>\n

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Apex Legends is six years old this year (EA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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