EA makes most of their profit on PS3

[SleazyBig slim]

609 Million in Revenue: up 41 percent from last year.
~95 Million in Losses, compared to ~135 Million in losses last year

Revenue By Platform (in millions):

PlayStation 3: 139
PC: 86
Xbox360: 81
PlayStation 2: 79
Wii: 57
PSP: 57
DS: 21

Shocking I know, especialy considering they've released more games for 360. PSP tied with Wii also suprising.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=329234

http://investor.ea.com/phoenix.zhtml...823&highlight=

[Segitz]

That really wonders me... So the PS3 is MORE casual than the 360... (I consider nigh on each EA game casual)

Wii is explained easy... They didn't release that many games for it^^

[Viper]

This is just for the quarter and is reversed for every other quarter aside from this one.

The reason for the big boost this quarter is because of FIFA and UEFA. Those sold tremendously well in Europe (which is not only Sony's best market right now but also the most financially weighted).

The next quarter will have Madden, Tiger Woods and such and the X360 and Wii will move back ahead of PS3.

[cliffbo]

This is just for the quarter and is reversed for every other quarter aside from this one.

The reason for the big boost this quarter is because of FIFA and UEFA. Those sold tremendously well in Europe (which is not only Sony's best market right now but also the most financially weighted).

The next quarter will have Madden, Tiger Woods and such and the X360 and Wii will move back ahead of PS3.

Viper, i don't know if you realize what you keep doing... lol... you do sort of dampen any good news...

[AC!D]

Normally i would say PS3 owners were idiots for spending so much on EA but EA have thoroughly impressed me this year with Burnout and Bad Company.
Add to that great looking IP's like Mirrors Edge Dead Space, Spore, possibly Fifa 09 and Red Alert that i have already placed pre-orders for which is rare for me when it comes to EA. Well done EA and the CEO Riccitiello you kept your word.

[GTAce]

Burnout and Bad Company

Both developed by other companies (Criterion & DICE).
The only game this gen that was developed by EA and impressed me to a certain degree was skate.. Wheres my SSX btw.?

[LiquidEagle]

Didn't the next-gen SSX get cancelled in favour of that Wii one?

[cliffbo]

Didn't the next-gen SSX get cancelled in favour of that Wii one?

this is the sort of news for EA that may just make them rethink that strategy

[AC!D]

Both developed by other companies (Criterion & DICE).
The only game this gen that was developed by EA and impressed me to a certain degree was skate.. Wheres my SSX btw.?

Dont EA own Dice and Criterion?

[OG_Monkey]

Oh yeah, there was supposed to be a new SSX coming on the 360/ps3. Forgot all about that

[Kiwi]

Both developed by other companies (Criterion & DICE).
The only game this gen that was developed by EA and impressed me to a certain degree was skate.. Wheres my SSX btw.?

Mirror's Edge is also DICE methinks.

[LiquidEagle]

this is the sort of news for EA that may just make them rethink that strategy

No, they're actually lamenting that they banked so much on 360/PS3, and they're saying they should've gone with Wii.

Maybe they should have considered boosting the quality of their games, regardless of platform.

[cliffbo]

No, they're actually lamenting that they banked so much on 360/PS3, and they're saying they should've gone with Wii.

Maybe they should have considered boosting the quality of their games, regardless of platform.

i'd have thought that the machine they made the most on would inspire them to increase that trend by making more effort

[LiquidEagle]

i'd have thought that the machine they made the most on would inspire them to increase that trend by making more effort

I think we've always expected too much from EA...

[cliffbo]

I think we've always expected too much from EA...

i suppose we'll see soon with their latest batch of cross platforms games.

[Domination]

609 Million in Revenue: up 41 percent from last year.
~95 Million in Losses, compared to ~135 Million in losses last year

Revenue By Platform (in millions):

PlayStation 3: 139
PC: 86
Xbox360: 81
PlayStation 2: 79
Wii: 57
PSP: 57
DS: 21

Shocking I know, especialy considering they've released more games for 360. PSP tied with Wii also suprising.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=329234

http://investor.ea.com/phoenix.zhtml...823&highlight=

So why isn't there a Red Alert 3 if that's the case? Heck, why have they discluded the platform of any RTS game for that matter?

Note of advice: If you aren't willing to support the platform properly upon it's success, then don't bother alluding to any numbers about how it has made you successful.

This news gets thumbs down

[GTAce]

Dont EA own Dice and Criterion?

So what?

[Viper]

Cliff, I don't mean to in that manner. Just that the PS3 doesn't make them the most revenue on average and as far as profits go, it's at the lowest. If a thread is going to suggest something false, I'm going to say something about it.

EA reported huge losses recently due to not making profits off their HD games.

EA made $3.7 billion in revenue last fiscal year (using standard FY calendar). Far more than any other 3rd party publisher yet they tallied a loss of $454 million.

[BahnNZ]

Well to produce Red Alert for PS3 they'd have to custom build the engine for the new architecture from scratch. After doing all of that they'd probably only get 60K sales. C&C3 only did 110K on 360.

Just not worth the grief really, EA aren't a charity.

[AC!D]

So what?

What do you mean so what? Thats like saying Sony sucks cause they dont do any good inhouse games because Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Polyphony, Incognito, Guerilla, Evolution studios etc make all their good games. You do realize all the big publishers buy dev studios right and no matter how you wanna spin this EA easily has the years best lineup. Oh i forgot add Mercs 2 and Lord of the rings conquest to that list of mine.