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Pooya · May 4, 2011

Note: They seem to expect to either break even or make a profit next year.

from conference

-We are preparing the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic. The launch date, while in
our fiscal year, is not yet certain. We see roughly $0.15 EPS variability between the
potential launch windows.

-the combination of Medal of Honor and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit have sold through approximately 8.5 million units.

-Everyone is waiting for us to announce the ship date Sorry, but thats not going to happen today. Were holding the date for two reasons;
first, we dont want to tip off the competition;
second, we want more data from the beta test to guarantee a spectacular experience at launch

- re: Mass Effect 3 => they expect launching simultaneously on 3 platforms to increase the audience dramatically. and something about "New ways to play Mass Effect" at E3

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Press release

PR said:
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced preliminary financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.

EA is building its digital business in a way only EA can, with key brands performing well cross-platform from mobile, to social to console.

We're happy to report another strong quarter, top and bottom line. We're particularly proud of the scale and growth rate of our digital business," said John Riccitiello, CEO. "EA is building its digital business in a way only EA can, with key brands performing well cross-platform from mobile, to social to console.

Our fourth quarter and full year non-GAAP EPS hit the top of our guidance range, said Eric Brown, Chief Financial Officer. Digital revenue exceeded our $750 million full year non-GAAP target, driving higher profitability.

Selected Operating Highlights and Metrics:

-EA was the #1 publisher in the Western World in Q4 on high definition consoles and #1 on the PC. EA was the #1 publisher in Europe and increased segment share by three points to 20%.
-EA delivered 15 titles rated 80 or above by Metacritic in fiscal 2011. Mass Effect 2 won more than 150 quality awards including Game of the Year at both the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
-EA held 15 of the top 25 paid games on the iPhone® Easter Weekend. Revenue from iOS devices and from our Playfish social gaming site both increased by more than 100% in the fourth quarter as compared to the same period fiscal 2010.
-EA shipped seven titles in the fourth quarter that have already sold in over 1 million units each, life to date. Crysis® 2, Dragon Age 2, and Dead Space 2 each sold in more than two million units.
-Life to date, including digital, FIFA 11 sold in 12 million units; Battlefield: Bad Company 2 sold in over seven million units; and Medal of Honor, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, and Madden NFL 11 each sold in over five million units.
-Cumulative sales of Dead Space 2 are currently 40% higher than sales of the original Dead Space game over a comparable period.
-The EA SPORTS FIFA franchise generated over $100 million in non-GAAP digital revenue in fiscal 2011.
-Reports Q4 GAAP Profit, Guides to Full-Year GAAP Profit in FY12
-Record-Breaking Year for Non-GAAP Digital Revenue Up 46% to $833 Million
-Battlefield 3 Pre-Orders Up More Than 700% Vs. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in 2010

shipments in List format:
Big sellers (includes digital sales):
-Fifa 11 sold in 12 million to date
-BF BC2 sold in over 7 million to date

Sold in over 5 million (includes digital sales):
-Medal of Honor,
-Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
-Madden NFL 11
-MoH and NFS HP sold 8.5m combined

Sold in over 2 million:
-Crysis 2
-Dead Space 2
-Dragon Age 2

Extra 'Unofficial' Note: Bulletstorm, Fight Night Champion, Tiger Woods, and The Sims Medieval sold-in 1m each see here

New on the release list:
-Kingdoms of Amalur set for Q4
-BF3 and ME3 for handheld/mobile
-new The Sims for console

this list excludes Star Wars®: The Old Republic, which is scheduled to launch in the second half of calendar 2011.

Dabanton · May 4, 2011

Wonder what that console Sims game is?

Fersis · May 4, 2011

Battlefield 3 Pre-Orders Up More Than 700% Vs. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in 2010

Looks like some folks are hyped to play some BF3.
BC2 sold 7 million copies so far. I approve.

Archie · May 4, 2011

Dragon Age 2 has sold over 2 million already? :|

Kintaro · May 4, 2011

Odd. Where the fuck is TOR?

onQ123 · May 4, 2011

Mass Effect 3 is going to be on handhelds too? didn't see that coming

NateDrake · May 4, 2011

No mention of StarWars. Delay incoming?

Pooya · May 4, 2011

NateDrake said:
No mention of StarWars. Delay incoming?

this list excludes Star Wars®: The Old Republic, which is scheduled to launch in the second half of calendar 2011.

Akia · May 4, 2011

Big sellers (includes digital sales):

FIFA 11 sold in 12 million to date
Batlefield BC2 sold in over 7 million to date

Sold in over 5 million (includes digital sales):

Medal of Honor,
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Madden NFL 11

Sold in over 2 million:

Crysis 2
Dead Space 2
Dragon Age 2

Awesome Tidbits:

Cumulative sales of Dead Space 2 are currently 40% higher than sales of the original Dead Space game over a comparable period.
Battlefield 3 Pre-Orders Up More Than 700% Vs. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in 2010

dejan · May 4, 2011

Any update on Mass Effect 2 LTD numbers?

szaromir · May 4, 2011

Akia said:
-Cumulative sales of Dead Space 2 are currently 40% higher than sales of the original Dead Space game over a comparable period.

I hope that's good enough for EA, Dead Space is fantastic.

pharmboy044 · May 4, 2011

MassEffect 3 and Battlefield 3 on handhelds? Very interesting.

Kintaro · May 4, 2011

miladesn said:
this list excludes Star Wars®: The Old Republic, which is scheduled to launch in the second half of calendar 2011.

So, in reality, there's no date and this is in danger of slipping to next year too.

ZombieFred · May 4, 2011

Hopefully now with the strong sales with the Dragon Age IP, EA will hive the DA team in Edmonton the time they need to make a well polished product. Also glad to see Dead Space 2 doing great

.

snoopeasystreet · May 4, 2011

Anyone else going to listen to the webcast?

gregor7777 · May 4, 2011

I'd kill for Madden/NHL on the PC. Is FIFA PC any good?

B3 is a sure buy.

Interfectum · May 4, 2011

two million disappointed gamers bought Dragon Age 2. should bode well for the future of that series.

ZombieFred · May 4, 2011

snoopeasystreet said:
Anyone else going to listen to the webcast?

Got a link to where we can listen?

CrunchinJelly · May 4, 2011

Looking at their big-hitters... is it just me or are EA back where they were 10 years ago?

gregor7777 · May 4, 2011

No followup to NHL Slapshot for the Wii?

My son's going to be really disappointed. Slapshot was great.

kitzkozan · May 4, 2011

miladesn said:
Sold in over 2 million:
-Crysis 2
-Dead Space 2
-Dragon Age 2

A complete shame it might even be able to sell 3+ million, but not completely unexpected given the bad taste of numerous gamer ( and wrpg are rare to be honest ).

TOR might be delayed to 2012 at this point and I wouldn't be surprised. ME3 and BF on handheld is quite unexpected as well.

Neuromancer · May 4, 2011

Crysis 2, not too shabby! Should have sold more though. Hell of a game.

Dizzy-4U · May 4, 2011

SSX not on PC? Well, isn't that grrreat! :/

offshore · May 4, 2011

Close to $1billion lost in two years.

Yikes...

snoopeasystreet · May 4, 2011

ZombieFred said:
Got a link to where we can listen?

ir.ea.com and then click webcast.

There's a sign up thing but it doesn't really do anything. You can put in whatever info you want.

We're listening to some sweet classical music at the moment.

peter_pumpkinhead · May 4, 2011

What is non-GAAP? Is there somewhere I can go to find the not generally accepted accounting practices?

Pooya · May 4, 2011

http://www.shareholder.com/visitors...key=e6afba31e4c5532a219a7c2406e4ac06&player=1

you can listen there, no login required.

kadotsu · May 4, 2011

Naive, non-informed question: The cash-flow from operationts increased alot from '10 to '11 does that mean that EAs '11 FY was considerably worse than '10 or is it just the investments for SW:TOR, BF3 next-gen asset creation/engines?

NateDrake · May 4, 2011

I wonder what these 'handheld' BF3 and ME3 titles will be. Some kind of small iOS title or an actual NGP/3DS type game.

Sho_Nuff82 · May 4, 2011

So this basically confirms Battlefield 3 and Mass Effect 3 for NGP.

APZonerunner · May 4, 2011

Sho_Nuff82 said:
So this basically confirms Battlefield 3 and Mass Effect 3 for NGP.

Nah. It'll be handheld tie-ins for iOS like Mass Effect Galaxy was, which came out right around Mass Effect 2's console release and unlocked some extra stuff in the game. EA's had some good success on iOS with spin-offs from proper console franchises like Mirrors Edge and Dead Space.

Sho_Nuff82 · May 4, 2011

Also of note, EA's console DD revenue increased over 100% yoy.

Pooya · May 4, 2011

peter_pumpkinhead said:
What is non-GAAP? Is there somewhere I can go to find the not generally accepted accounting practices?

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/non-gaap-earnings.asp

Door2Dawn · May 4, 2011

So I'm assuming that "second half" = This month - December 2011?

JWong · May 4, 2011

I wish I worked for EA, because I do and don't.

Zen · May 4, 2011

pharmboy044 said:
MassEffect 3 and Battlefield 3 on handhelds? Very interesting.

WTF? NPG versions I'd guess? Maybe a 3DS version of Battlefeild 3?

Pooya · May 4, 2011

it's more likely just iOS.

Sho_Nuff82 · May 4, 2011

miladesn said:
it's more likely just iOS.

Why would an ios version of BF3 be more likely than an NGP version? They could feasibly port the console versions to Sony's handheld.

ItWasMeantToBe19 · May 4, 2011

Sho_Nuff82 said:
Why would an ios version of BF3 be more likely than an NGP version? They could feasibly port the console versions to Sony's handheld.

Because EA doesn't develop for handhelds other than iOS no matter how easy or how potentially profitable it could be or how much Nintendo/Sony want them to.

Pooya · May 4, 2011

conference started, horrible audio :X

TheOddOne · May 4, 2011

offshore said:
Close to $1billion lost in two years.

Yikes...

You gotta spend money to piss off Activision.

Nirolak · May 4, 2011

There are only 21 titles on the list, and 22 including SWTOR, but EA is supposed to be releasing 25 retail SKUs this year.

It seems there are three missing games then.

snoopeasystreet · May 4, 2011

Dudes sound like they're conferencing from a plane.

lunchwithyuzo · May 4, 2011

cjelly said:
Looking at their big-hitters... is it just me or are EA back where they were 10 years ago?

Does the Sonic Cycle apply to shareholders too?

Saty · May 4, 2011

Sold in numbers..Doesn't really tell us much. Wonder what those 4 unannounced sport games.

ItWasMeantToBe19 · May 4, 2011

Nirolak said:
There are only 21 titles on the list, and 22 including SWTOR, but EA is supposed to be releasing 25 retail SKUs this year.

It seems there are three missing games then.

Or one game over three SKUs.

Jocchan · May 4, 2011

Dabanton said:
Wonder what that console Sims game is?

The Sims: Vietnam ?

Nirolak · May 4, 2011

This audio is amazing.

ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
Or one game over three SKUs.

EA actually breaks the trend and counts SKUs as whole games instead of by platform.

Saty said:
Sold in numbers..Doesn't really tell us much. Wonder what those 4 unannounced sport games.

One seems to be FIFA Street 4 judging by the leaked survey.

Another is probably Tiger Woods.

snoopeasystreet · May 4, 2011

Battlefield 3 marketing "Biggest launch in EA's history"

Takao · May 4, 2011

Yo fuck you EA, I wanted a hockey game on the NGP or 3DS this year.

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