The biggest red flag was them not hiring people for the NCAA game and splitting some of the madden staff off to it. They are going to be redlining more than ever now and will rely on Ultimate Team to keep revenue up. The really, truly, only way for the trend to reverse at this point would be when everyone actually does stop buying packs or just stop playing the game. I know the people that rely on packs/game for their livelihood (YT/Streamers) can't do that. However, it would take the community as a whole to hurt the bottom line to see any real change.
The biggest red flag was them not hiring people for the NCAA game and splitting some of the madden staff off to it. They are going to be redlining more than ever now and will rely on Ultimate Team to keep revenue up. The really, truly, only way for the trend to reverse at this point would be when everyone actually does stop buying packs or just stop playing the game. I know the people that rely on packs/game for their livelihood (YT/Streamers) can't do that. However, it would take the community as a whole to hurt the bottom line to see any real change.