Apex Legends is currently EA’s fastest-growing new game. Therefore, they want to open the battle royale shooter to more platforms soon.
On May 7, 2019, there was a report about revenues at the publisher EA. It concluded that the battle royale shooter Apex Legends was the fastest-growing game of the publisher:
- There are over 50 million players
- 30 percent of them are new to EA
- The game is designed to generate long-term content, including season pass and new playable heroes
The mobile version is expected to further increase success
What are EA’s plans for Apex Legends? Especially because of the many new players who have never been with EA before and might “stick around” with the rest of the offerings, EA wants to continue investing in Apex Legends and make the game accessible to even more players. They aim to achieve this through new platforms and new markets (China).
Since Apex Legends is already available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, the only remaining platforms are mobile devices with iOS and Android and Nintendo’s hybrid console, Switch.
When will Apex Legends come to mobile devices? EA did not specify a concrete date for this. However, since competitors like PUBG and Fortnite are already making huge profits via mobile, EA should certainly have an interest in a swift mobile implementation.
Further details should be revealed at the launch of season 2 in June at the EA Play event.
Even though EA is currently happy with Apex Legends, the game has noticeably lost momentum. Recently, numerous bugs and cheaters plagued the game, the first season was rather disappointing, and the player count is shrinking again.
However, with the mobile launch and more attention from EA, Apex could definitely still evolve further.
