… Abrupt start… …in addition to the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, these last few months have brought forward important cultural conversations around racial and social injustice, harassment and misconduct.
We’ve long held equality, inclusion and diversity at the center of our beliefs at Electronic Arts, and as a company, we’ve made our positions clear and demonstrated with our actions that we have a long-term commitment to making a positive impact in our world.
As we’ve shared previously, our business focus continues to be on our key growth drivers: delivering amazing games and content, offering live services that extend and enhance the experience, and connecting more layers across more platforms and ways to play.
In our first quarter of FY21, engagement was exceptionally strong across our portfolio.
We launched new games, delivered incredible growth in our live services, and welcomed tens of millions of new players into the EA network since the beginning of April.
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