'Battlefield 1,' 'Titanfall 2' sales expected to be lower than 15 million; Electronic Arts turns cautious

Electronic Arts has recently revealed its sales expectations for two of its biggest projects for 2016. According to their latest earnings report for the first quarter of 2017, Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen says that it expects “Battlefield 1” sales to be “slightly under” what the first person shooter has always done annually. While that could be the situation, EA still has large expectations for “Battlefield 1” and believes that it has the potential to exceed their expectations.

Jorgensen explained that the standard figures in which the series is accustomed to gives out hope for the first person shooter to go by their expectations. It is also worth considering that such won a 2016 Games Critics Award.

As to the how much it can sell, Jorgensen says that they have told people that a “Battlefield” title would typically do around $15 million in one year. This year, however, their guidance is a little under that and they are hoping that the excitement builds up and exceed that mark, says a report on Gamerant.

Also reported was how “Titanfall 2” will do in the market when it gets released. Jorgensen said that the first entry in the franchise sold above 7 million units -- and they expect the second entry to fare better. They believe that it can be closer to $10 million than it would be to $15 million.

One possible reason to why the estimates are being set back could be because “Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare” will be released only two weeks after their games do. While EA loyal fans would love to spill some hate on CoD, it is a given that the series is a mammoth in the sales market. It is possible that EA is anticipating the competition, but how the actual sales will do is still yet to be seen.

“Battlefield 1” is already set to be released in October 21, while “Titanfall 2” is to be released just shortly after on October 28. EA believes that this short gap between the released dates will cement its position in the first person shooter genre instead of competing with the sales of one another, says a post on Gamespot.