{"id":9854,"date":"2026-07-29T23:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/ea-ceo-earned-38-million-thanks-to-successful-battlefield-6-launch-after-studio-layoffs\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T23:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T22:44:00","slug":"ea-ceo-earned-38-million-thanks-to-successful-battlefield-6-launch-after-studio-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/ea-ceo-earned-38-million-thanks-to-successful-battlefield-6-launch-after-studio-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"EA CEO Earned $38 Million Thanks to Successful Battlefield 6 Launch After Studio Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"


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EA\u2019s CEO got an $8 million raise thanks to how well Battlefield 6 performed \u2014 four months after the devs responsible for making the game got laid off.<\/p>\n

Battlefield 6 was the highest-selling game of 2025<\/u><\/a>, beating out Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and NBA 2K26. It sold over seven million copies<\/u><\/a> in just three days and was the best-selling title across both Xbox and PC at the time.<\/p>\n

However, in March 2026 \u2014 just five months after celebrating the most successful launch in the Battlefield franchise ever \u2014 EA laid off an undetermined number<\/u><\/a> of employees across all its Battlefield teams to \u201cbetter align\u201d itself around \u201cwhat matters most to our community.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Now, come July, one of EA\u2019s SEC filings<\/u><\/a> have been released, showing that CEO Andrew Wilson\u2019s total compensation for the 2026 fiscal year added up to $38,649,984.<\/p>\n

As pointed out by PC Gamer,<\/u><\/a> this is an $8 million increase from his total compensation from the previous year, and he has Battlefield 6\u2019s success to thank for it.<\/p>\n

The filing credits Battlefield 6\u2019s high sales for allowing EA to meet company objectives, saying the game had a \u201chigh-quality launch\u201d with \u201cpositive critical reviews and stable services and gameplay, with interim milestones related to future launches being met.\u201d It also states that the game\u2019s \u201chighly successful launch\u201d helped manage the company\u2019s resilience in an \u201cunpredictable external environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While reception to Battlefield 6 has had its ups and downs in recent months, it\u2019s showing no signs of slowing on the content side, receiving a collaboration with Top Gun<\/u><\/a> as part of Season 4. The collab, which drops in August, includes two fighter jets and skins of characters in the film, complete with full voice acting.<\/p>\n

In June, IGN spoke with Ariel Giovannetti<\/u><\/a>, Seasonal and Competitive Creative Lead, Motive, Battlefield Studios, who assured fans that their feedback about the game is being heard and that the team was pleased with how things shook out in Season 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope the roadmap shows that we are listening, that we are working towards those goals that the community is setting for us, but at the same time we’re moving responsively because Battlefield is huge,\u201d he told us.<\/p>\n

\u201c…our goal was to reach out to our fans, was to reach out to our current players, show them that we care, show them that the future is bright, that we are going to be applying a lot of changes, that we’re going to be doing a lot of things, that is what the community wants and we’re very happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This news follows EA’s 2025 aquisition to a private investor group in a record-breaking $55 billion deal<\/a>, made up of Saudia Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners, who now have a 100% ownership of the company.<\/p>\n

Image Credits: Patrick T. Fallon\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n

Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she\u2019s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at <\/em>@TheeMissGlaze<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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