EA have gone to the unusual effort of gathering up European Hardware Sales for the past two years, and takes a look ahead at 2008. It must be noted that the figures they have gathered for the European market can not be 100% verified. The European market tracking companies, ChartTrack and GfK keep their data closed and only reveal the information for a fee. This is unlike the US and Japanese markets which openly provide sales figures.

However, with the company basing their findings on the “limited information currently available” we can not be sure that the information has been gathered from ChartTrack or GfK sources. The information they have gathered is nevertheless interesting reading.

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I wonder, I really do wonder…is EA (slowly) taking a new direction to its games…I think they may be. In the past few weeks there have been two game announcements by EA that have caught my eye. First off we have Battlefield Heroes for the PC, and secondly there is Facebreaker for the PS3, 360 and the Wii. My thoughts on how these are signs of EA changing direction follow…

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After the recent FOX News coverage on Mass Effect (info here.) EA have responded with a letter asking for FOX to apologize for the segment on Mass Effect. The letter was shared with Kotaku and makes for a good read. I am very pleased that EA have taken action against the blatantly false FOX coverage, and that they haven’t pressed legal action, just asked for an apology is a good move. Read the letter after the break.

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The next step for the Battlefield series has been revealed to tone it down and make it free. Battlefield Heroes has been announced by EA and is being developed by DICE, the team behind the 10 million plus selling Battlefield games. Press release and more after the break.

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