Dragon Age: The Veilguard Had Far Fewer Players Than EA Expected
EA has announced that Dragon Age: The Veilguard and EA Sports FC 25 underperformed its expectations.
EA confirmed the underperformance of the RPG and sports game while sharing preliminary results for the third quarter of its 2025 fiscal year (which covers October through December of 2024). As a result, EA now expects a mid-single-digit decline in its net bookings for the fiscal year. On the Dragon Age: The Veilguard front, EA explained that the RPG "engaged approximately 1.5 million players during the quarter, down nearly 50% from the company’s expectations."
That means EA expected around 3 million people to engage with Dragon Age: The Veilguard by the end of 2024, though it's unclear what exactly it counts in this engagement metric. While Dragon Age: The Veilguard's underperformance disappointed the company, EA claims that a "majority of the change" in net bookings comes from Global Football--and more specifically, the release of EA Sports FC 25--not meeting expectations during Q3.
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