The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed into law in December 2017, resulted in a preliminary $176 million charge for the company, including a tax on accumulated overseas profits. Although there are plans to reinstate some premium content in the next few months, the company said that they do not want to divide the user base.ĮA's biggest game of the holidays falling short of expectations played a role in the company posting a $186 million loss in the quarter, but the numbers were also lowered by recent US tax reform. Player feedback was a key reason why EA decided to pull the microtransactions in Battlefront II on the eve of its official release. Part of the reason for the disappointing sales could have been the negative response to the game's use of microtransactions. Prior to the game's launch, some analysts had been expecting 14 million copies sold for EA's current fiscal year, when ends March 31. That would put Battlefront II sales just above 7 million units. 'For Q3, we had expected to sell about 8 million units, but we fell short of that by less than 1 million units,' Jorgensen said.

In an investor conference call today, Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen pinned the company's lower-than-expected bookings on the performance of the Star Wars shooter sequel. Star Wars Battlefront II hasn't lived up to Electronic Arts' expectations.

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