EA set to reveal next-gen FIFA and Battlefield

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has stated that next-gen editions of FIFA and Battlefield are in development, and it’ll discuss the titles further in May. EA COO Peter Moore also talked up EA’s future, emphasising the firm’s successes with its big-name franchises, downloads and iOS line-up.

“We’re also investing in Gen 4 console technologies and content,” said Riccitiello, as part of today’s financial results. “We’ve signalled that we’re working on the next editions of our two biggest franchises in Battlefield and FIFA. And, we look forward to discussing these programs and many others with you when we provide our FY14 guidance in May.”

Peter Moore, meanwhile, emphasised the strength of EA’s core franchises, though Medal Of Honor had underperformed. “In the holiday quarter of 2011, the top ten titles accounted for approximately 40 percent of western world industry revenue. In 2012, the top 10 captured nearly 50 percent. EA had two of the top five in 2012 – FIFA 13 and Madden NFL 13. We also had more Top 20 hits – six in 2012 versus four the year prior.”

“The digital trends are extremely positive,” he continued. “We estimate that the global revenue from digital games and services grew by more than 25 percent year-over-year. Mobile game revenues on iOS and Android doubled in size in 2012. Digital revenue related to PC games including full game downloads, paid DLC, social gaming and subscriptions grew at approximately 20%, as did the digital revenue
related to console games.”

There are more facts and figures elsewhere on the site in the full EA financials story.

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So, we will see PS4/X720 before May ?   

Battlefield 4 on PS4 and 720? probably but they will be on PS3 and 360 if they want the same sales Battlefeild 3 got.
OT: This is good news and I hope we see both the PS4 and 720 before E3. E3 should be for showing off software anyway.

Always interested to see what they do with 'extra' power to develop next Fifa.

Very likely to be released on PS3,PS4,X360,X720 and PC.  Maybe even Wii U.

Not necessarily. This new gen seems to be the 1st where publishers/developers are showing off next gen projects before the respective systems are announced. Although starwars 1313, Cyber punk 2077 and Witcher 3 (which is being revealed next week) have not been confirmed for next gen consoles, its pretty much a given. What we do definitely know is next gen is the engines they've been showing (Luminous, Unreal 4). Now I could be wrong but I believe ps3+xbox 360 were revealed before unreal 3 or any other current gen engines were shown off.

This may be down to the big developers with infinite budgets being eager to move on faster then Microsoft and Sony are willing. If they could have it their way, I'm sure we would have next gen consoles in our home right now. (obviously excluding the wii U)

No - They can show BF4 on PC and show it on Low Res to give an example for the PS4NextBox(lol@720) version.
We know for more than 6 months now that BF4 is in development cause you could get Beta Keys with the MoH Game.
And Fifa is a yearly game and it is a safe bet ALL Platforms(even the WiiU) will get it.

Star Wars 1313 and Watch Dogs were showed on PC too and they are pretty sure coming on PS4NextBox(and they won't look like that on the new consoles)

It doesn't necessarily mean that we will the next Gen consoles.  But with all the rumors that new consoles are coming next holiday.

Waiting until may to show it, looks suspicious,  I still bet we will those consoles before E3.

I think there may be some form of embargo imposed by Sony/MS before developers can openly speak about their new systems.

I don't care about FIFA at all but I do love me some Battlefield! Which is a shame since I'm being forced to use the abhorrent Origin "service", never had so many problems with anything gaming related before.

Ok seriously? we all know games look better on PC why do some people feel the need to state the same thing over and over?