EA says EA Sports FC and Madden may “find real energy” on Nintendo Switch 2, MySims: Cozy Bundle sold “well ahead of our expectations”

During a financial call today, EA CEO Andrew Wilson shared some general thoughts about Nintendo Switch 2 and also interesting insight into the sales of MySims: Cozy Bundle.

As for the new console, Wilson said that it’s “had franchises perform very well on Nintendo platforms.” EA Sports FC and Madden were two series singled out as series that could “find real energy on the platform”. Madden never actually appeared on the current Nintendo Switch.

Regarding MySims: Cozy Bundle, Wilson indicated that sales have been strong. The release “performed well ahead of our expectations,” he said.

Wilson’s full words:

“Any time a new console comes into the marketplace, that’s of a benefit to us. It gives us the ability to access and acquire new players. Typically, we’ve had franchises perform very well on Nintendo platforms. Certainly, our expectation is that products like FC and Madden and others might find real energy on the platform, as they have done in the past. When you think about something like The Sims and the MySims: Cozy Bundle, which performed well ahead of our expectations – 50% of all players were new to EA – that represents a great opportunity for us. So again, [there is] nothing in our models at this juncture. But our expectation is that any time a great new console comes into the marketplace that gives us access to new players and new communities, that we have the IP that will benefit from that.”

EA, like many other big third-party publishers, are quiet on plans for Nintendo Switch 2. That will likely continue until the system’s big unveiling during its upcoming Nintendo Direct on April 2.

Thanks to VGC for today’s news.