EA Killed Anthem By Launching Apex Legends The Same Month

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EA Sealed Anthem s Fate By Releasing Apex Legends The Same Month

EA released Anthem and Apex Legends within a month of each other. Here's a look at the long-term impacts of that choice. via: Electronic Arts THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY At the time, to one another. "The overlap starts to get less and less when you look at the kind of games that they are," . "So I think there's enough room for both of us to co-exist equally," he said. via: Electronic Arts

Overlapping Fanbases

via: Electronic Arts And then there are the investors. . Perhaps if there was any indication the company wouldn't reach its revenue marks with Anthem, it instead had to find some other solution — even if that meant throwing away any hope for Anthem's long-term future in favor of a short-term bump in projections.

Comparisons to Destiny

via: Bungie Destiny 2 may not have quite as many players as other major games, but its community is passionate. They work hard to keep the game alive and support improvements. The core game itself is now free to play on all consoles and platforms, including the newly-launched . This will spawn even more revenue opportunities as players invest in seasonal content and purchase cosmetics. Anthem quietly rolled on to EA Access and Origin Access in September. But even with that, it's not quite the same as Destiny 2 as players have to subscribe to these services in order to access this content. It’s hard to know what to make of another iteration of Anthem. Certainly, people won’t flock to it in droves due to name recognition or a relationship with the franchise. Without that going for it, Anthem 2.0 will have to be a groundbreaking game if it wants to attract a fanbase. And this time, hopefully EA will give Anthem the chance it deserves.