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Munkeh111 said:
CommonMan said:
So EA's fiscal Q2 2011 is calander Q3 2010? Wow. If I started a company we'd be in Q5 2036 right now. Doesn't GAAP have something to say about your financial year?

Have you never noticed how M$'s fiscal year ends in June? EA's at least is the same as Sony and Nintendo with an end in March.... I agree it doesn't make any sense at all, why have fiscal years and calendar years?


I think they have offset fiscal years to have the more profitable periods during certain parts of their cycles. This allows them to "massage" their profitability numbers and be able to work the stock prices. Man has infinite capacity to work it's way around any system set up to hold it in.