While FIFA is able to support cross-platform play in the future, EA should also consider cross-platform support for some other games. It seems that will be true, during the Earnings Call EA Q1 yesterday. Chris Evenden, vice president of investor relations, was asked about the company’s plans to bring cross-platform play to their games in the future, following the cross-platform success of Fortnite.
And here is Chris Evenden’s answer (transcript via Seeking Alpha)
“We are looking into key franchises in terms of how we can deliver cross-platform play in the same way as Fortnite, especially some of our titles which have such a wide and diverse player base.
The ability to bring PC to mobile or mobile to console can bring family and friends together, and we think that is an important part of our future development profile.”
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In this step of creating cross-platform games, Sony can be a barrier, because Sony is very ignorant in this cross-platform because it still insists on maintaining its exclusivity. In fact, when platforms such as Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo have opened up to work together, they want to create a more positive environment for the video game industry.
To that Chris Evenden replied, “within five years, most of the game experience will be in the cloud” thus meaning it will technically be playable on any device, although usually the problem will come from the platform holders. And regarding cloud system services, EA has also recently succeeded in acquiring GameFly’s cloud gaming technology.
Lastly, Blake Jorgensen as chief operating officer was asked about Fortnite. “We’re interested in experimenting with free-to-play standalone games that might be in the shooter genre or some other genre, but I don’t think that’s how we see Battlefield things right now,” he said. .
Hopefully EA can bring cross-platform features in its games, because if it can, of course it will increase gamers’ interest in playing.
