EA revealed lots of new details during its earnings call yesterday, including a roadmap of upcoming titles and confirmation that the company will be launching EA Sports games on Xbox Series X later this year. Additionally, it also suggested that free upgrades to next-gen versions will be available for at least some of its games on the system.
Speaking about financial statistics, EA COO and CFO Blake Jorgensen highlighted games "that can also be upgraded for free for the next generation," but didn't mention any specifics:
"As usual, we have presented the quarterly phasing of our net bookings in our earnings presentation. Note that this year the phasing includes the effect of revenue recognition from the games we are launching for the current generation of consoles that can also be upgraded for free for the next generation."
In case you weren't aware, 'Smart Delivery' is a feature that will allow players to buy games on Xbox One and get a free next-gen upgrade on Xbox Series X. The likes of Cyberpunk 2077 and Assassin's Creed Valhalla have already been confirmed to be utilising the feature, and Microsoft is set to reveal more Smart Delivery games as part of its Inside Xbox event tomorrow.
What do you make of this news? Do you think EA will support Smart Delivery for all titles? Give us your thoughts.
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Great news, Alot of companies seem to be on board with smart delivery.. You think they would be hesitant, Especially EA..
EA is a huge get for Xbox Smart Delivery.
This has to be forcing Sony to re-do their usual plans of re-releasing all of their games for the PS5 “remaster”.
Bc if not, Sony will look horrid.
I am bloody shocked.
This was one publisher I was sure would nickel and dime someone for a buck.
Your move, Activision!
I don't see this as a free upgrade as such but the ability to play the same game on multiple generations without having to buy 2 different versions. For example, I could play the game on my Series X in my lounge and carry on playing on my XB1X in the bedroom.
A free upgrade would be more like buying the XB1X version and then them giving me the Series X version - either on disc or digital. You aren't getting a 'different' version - like Battlefield 4 on XB360/XB1 but the same game with 'different' settings etc. If you bought Shadows of Mordor that had a high res texture pack for X users, that wasn't a 'free' upgrade.
It does seem that the 'next' generation will blur the lines more between old and new and the Series X in some ways is like an iterative step up - play the old games you already have and a lot of them better, as well as likely to have its own 'software' like a new generation. I must admit, I do like this approach...
I guess this is one way that consoles becoming more like PC is better for gamers. No need to pay for the remaster next gen with a feature like this one.
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