Electronic Arts Inc Q2 2022 Earnings Call Transcript

The following is excerpted from the question-and-answer section of the transcript.

Question: David Karnovsky - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division - Analyst : This is David on for Alexia. Just with Battlefield, maybe you could discuss the key learnings from the beta. How much should we read into participation for the early access period as an indicator of demand? And I wonder if you just had any comment on the risk of, if any, of releasing the game a week prior to Black Friday, I think this was somewhat of a challenge for the game in 2018.

Question: Jamie Bass - Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division - Analyst : I was actually going to ask a couple of things about mobile, but those have kind of been covered now. So one question remaining, which is to do with -- it's been with the commentary from results among your peers about the potential for wage inflation among developers over the coming year. Could you just give a bit of color on how you're thinking on the cost side? Are you worried about increasing headcount and the potential costs associated with that?

Question: Andrew Jordan Marok - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division - Analyst : One on the content cadence for Apex. So Respawn has been clear about their intention to limit crunch and is settled into kind of the quarterly season releases. Is 1 season every 3 months kind of the magic time frame for players and for Respawn? Or is it the case where staffing up could potentially increase the velocity of season launches?