Battlefield 4' tech glitches persist,sales weak, Electronic Arts shares fall. Future dev on hold

[newarkhiphop]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA.O) said on Thursday it halted development on upcoming projects of its "Battlefield 4" game to fix technical problems that have plagued the title recently, taking its stock down as much as 8 percent.

Gamers playing "Battlefield 4" - a military-style shooter that is the company's most-anticipated holiday title - have been complaining of crashes and online connectivity issues since its October launch.

Shares of Electronic Arts finished down 6 percent at $21.01. The 8 percent drop earlier in the session was the biggest since March.

"We're not moving onto future projects or expansions until we sort out all the issues with Battlefield 4," Electronic Arts said in a statement.

The company had planned five "Battlefield 4" expansion packs with additional content for next year without announcing release dates.

Electronic Arts has temporarily put development on upcoming titles on hold to give current problems full attention, an Electronic Arts spokesman said.

"The work being done to stabilize Battlefield 4 does not impact our release schedule for future titles," he added.

Since the game launched on platforms, including the new PlayStation 4 from Sony Corp (6758.T) and Xbox One from Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), sales have been weaker than expected, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter said in a research note this week.

(Reporting by Malathi Nayak; Editing by Kenneth Barry)

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[Lord Beasley]

glad* these a$$holes get the message. get on your job!

 

[newarkhiphop]

Bbbbut we got airplanes @Spud34

 

[Malta]

Game should have been delayed, but of course EA doesn't give a fukk about crippling bugs.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Right, how you gonna schedule and plan the DLC months before the retail game drops and then STILL release the DLC when the game itself is having hella problems?

 

[daze23]

rushed consoles, rushed games, rushed OS...

 

[Lord Beasley]

rushed consoles, rushed games, rushed OS...

All Rushed Everything

 

[newarkhiphop]

Right, how you gonna schedule and plan the DLC months before the retail game drops and then STILL release the DLC when the game itself is having hella problems?

COD Ghost npd #s coming soon

 

[Rekkapryde]

So NOW they are concerned?

When yall fukking suits at EA didn't listen and wanted to "beat COD Ghosts to market" even when you KNOW Battlefield Games have never had this short of a development cycle and had bad glitches/bugs, yall didnt' care.

These companies only care when them numbers looking

All the EA suits who rushed this game need to fire their damn selves, but of course they gonna make Dice take the fall.

 

[newarkhiphop]

 

[ltheghost]

fukk EA and everything they stand for... I'm happy to see they are fukking up!

 

[ChrisDorner]

COD Ghost npd #s coming soon

I can't wait to see it

 

[el_oh_el]

So NOW they are concerned?

When yall fukking suits at EA didn't listen and wanted to "beat COD Ghosts to market" even when you KNOW Battlefield Games have never had this short of a development cycle and had bad glitches/bugs, yall didnt' care.

These companies only care when them numbers looking

All the EA suits who rushed this game need to fire their damn selves, but of course they gonna make Dice take the fall.

They thought the problem would just go away

 

[Leasy]

Upset that my entire campaign mode was lost

 

[GulfCoastGhost]

No idea why they want to compete with COD
I mean granted this year COD was atrocious but this game should have came out in March