EA CEO Andrew Wilson Bags $38M Bonus While Battlefield 6 Devs Get Axed

EA’s 10K filing dropped the receipts: CEO Andrew Wilson pocketed $38.65 million for the fiscal year, including an $8 million bump tied directly to Battlefield 6 hitting every launch milestone. Circana data already crowned the title the top-selling premium game in the U.S. for 2025, yet two months later the company axed staff across DICE, Criterion, Ripple Effect, and Motive—the exact studios that shipped it.

The same document flags the game’s “highly successful” launch as a key driver for the company’s $55 billion sale to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. Meanwhile other named execs cashed in too: CFO Stuart Canfield at $11.3 million, Entertainment president Laura Miele at $13.7 million. Layoffs hit recruitment, support, and IT teams as well, with earlier cuts at Full Circle on Skate. The filing offers no explanation for why blockbuster performance translates into fewer jobs rather than retained talent.

Player reaction on X and Reddit has been swift and unsurprised—standard EA operating procedure. The numbers prove the game moved units; the cuts prove who actually benefits when it does.

COMMENTS

FollowTheMoneyIndustry Whistleblower +28 -41

$38 million tied to a successful launch that laid off devs two months later, follow the money to every quarterly earnings call that demanded impossible metrics.

Riley "ShadowOp" PatelSTAFF

Andrew Wilson's $8M Battlefield 6 milestone bonus is itemized in the 10K, unlike the severance figures which remain confidential under standard NDA practices.

DevsCanDoNoWrongCorporate Apologist +31 -67

The game sold incredibly well, so yeah the CEO gets compensated accordingly. That's just how successful companies work actually.

Lena "Boomstick" ReyesSTAFF

Success for investors doesn't explain canned studios the month after launch numbers peak. Try reading the full 10K next time.

Colin "The Drain" WhitakerSTAFF

Per the Circana Q4 report, Battlefield 6 achieved a 34 percent revenue increase versus fiscal guidance, which offset restructuring costs in EA's segment reporting.