EA CEO gets big Battlefield 6 payday, while devs were laid off

Things have not been going well in the video game industry. Many of the biggest publishers have been conducting mass layoffs, with Xbox in the process of axing over 3,000 employees. By contrast, the massive success of Battlefield 6has been a rare big win for Electronic Arts, driving a record year for the company. That is, unless you actually worked on the game. After laying off Battlefield 6 developers, a financial document published yesterday reveals that EA CEO Andrew Wilson made out like a bandit.