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Interesting if you look at the whole table of per platform revenue over the last 5 quarters you will notice that this last quarter is the only one where Wii has topped the PS3. and 360 has only topped the PS3 in 2 of the last 5 quarters (though in both cases by a huge margin). In quarters where 360 has an exclusive release the 360 net revenue

The other thing you'll really notice is that all Sony platforms tend to generate negative revenue for EA in the GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Practices) section of the table, and all other platforms tend to be positive revenue generators. I don't understand GAAP vs non-GAAP but I'm assuming a negative number in the GAAP section is bad and a positive number is good. And that might explain the continued provision of exclusives for Ninty and MS and the dearth of exclusives for Sony. In fact it seems 360 gave a better GAAP revenue for EA than Wii (for Q1 '10) despite Wii having a higher total revenue (though there isn't 5 quarters of GAAP revenue for the 360 available, only 2). Something seems a little fishy though with 360 having a net revenue of 73 mill and GAAP of 63 mill and PC having a higher GAAP than net, when EVERYONE else's GAAP revenue is much lower in comparison to net.



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