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Take Two, Electronic Arts Plunge on Fortnite Threat

Take-Two, Electronic Arts Plunge on Fortnite Threat 1w2u2g

By Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg | Updated: 7 February 2019 16:28 IST

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Take-Two Interactive Software and Electronics Arts both tanked in US trading after the video-game publishers posted disappointing numbers, yet another sign that the phenomenal success of Fortnite is looming large on the industry. 5y6e6b

Activision Blizzard also fell.

Game publishers have been thrown for a loop by the phenomenal success of Netflix said last month it considered Fortnite among its biggest competitors in vying for consumers' attention.

However, some analysts see reason to be upbeat on the sector. Fortnite's growth appears to have stalled, analyst Robert Berg of Berenberg wrote in a report, and the "maximum pain" year-on-year will be felt from March 2018 to 2019.

"We believe that recent share price performances and current valuation multiples suggest structural uncertainty which to us is far from the reality," he wrote. "In fact, the video-game segment is in rude health."

There was some positive news from Take-Two, whose earnings beat estimates for last quarter. The bright spot was Red Dead Redemption 2, which immerses players in a cinematic, western-themed world. It has sold more than 23 million copies since its release in October.

EA wasn't so lucky. Its latest Battlefield title flopped during the holiday season, drowned out by Fortnite and Red Dead. Upgrades to the Battlefield game are coming, including a Fortnite-style battle-royale mode, but they won't come in time to save the current quarter, when net revenue will reach $1.17 billion, EA said on Tuesday. That compared with the $1.47 billion average of analysts' estimates.

"It's always a battle, for time more than a battle for money," EA Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen said in an interview.

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