Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson spoke about the company’s handling of the Star Wars license in an investor’s call which took place on Monday, stating that EA plans to “double down” on the license after a recent string of successful games.
When asked about EA’s plans regarding where they’d like to take Star Wars in the future, Wilson said: “Up is my hope: up and to the right! I would say again, we have a tremendous relationship with Disney [and] we have a tremendous relationship with LucasArts – we have a long-standing relationship with them going all the way back to Star Wars: The Old Republic, which we launched in 2011.”
He went on to say: “We’ve had success in first-person shooters, in RPGs, in action-adventure, in MMORPGs, in mobile and I believe we’re going to have success in Squadrons as well. So again, I think that we’re going to double down on that partnership. Disney continues to be very, very committed to the IP and the canon, and continue to create new content.”
His words come off the back of games like Jedi: Fallen Order, which managed to achieve over 10 million sales, while the two most recent Battlefront games have achieved 35 million sales combined, according to Wilson himself. EA have also announced Squadrons recently, which the CEO claims to have been met with a “strong response” from fans.
EA’s partnership with Star Wars and Disney has encountered some issues in the past though, including the debacle that was Battlefront 2’s launch, and the cancelled games that include Ragtag, the project that Visceral were working on under game director Amy Hennig, before the project was cancelled and Visceral were disbanded. Hopefully, EA “doubling down” means more good Star Wars games and not shutting down more studios. Respawn still need to make Titanfall 3, after all.
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