Anthem is going to sell six million in 37 days, according to EA

February 6, 2019 EA has some big expectations for Anthem sales.

EA has some ambitious expectations for Anthem’s launch later this month, as the company tells investors its models point to sales for “Anthem units in the 5 to 6 million unit range” by the end of the company’s financial year. EA also hopes that the game’s launch will bring more players to Origin Access Premier, which will give full access to the game as part of a monthly subscription. The company’s fiscal year concludes on March 31, which allows just 37 days from the Anthem release date to meet those expectations, even after a rocky set of demo weekends replete with server issues. Still, CEO Andrew Wilson (noted by GamesIndustry.biz) says the demo was a net positive for the game overall, leading players to realise “it is a game that's unlike any other game they've ever played.” This comes after a disappointing third-quarter result for EA, which is partly because Battlefield V sales failed to live up to expectations. Despite selling 7.3 million copies, the World War II shooter fell short of the company’s projections by about a million copies. It also sold fewer Origin Access premier subscriptions than the company hoped.

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