Net income of video game companies

[celine]

Electronic Arts :

EA Annual net incomes / losses ( in US$ million ) :

FY 1999 ( end 31 march 1999 ) : 72.9

FY 2000 ( end 31 march 2000 ) : 116.8

FY 2001 ( end 31 march 2001 ) : -11.1 | Transition from 32/64 bit systems to 128 bit systems

FY 2002 ( end 31 march 2002 ) : 101.5 ( R&D : 380 )

FY 2003 ( end 31 march 2003 ) : 317 ( R&D : 400 )

FY 2004 ( end 31 march 2004 ) : 577 ( R&D : 511 ) | EA had 27 platinium games ( over 1 million units sold ) in this fiscal year, 6 franchises sold over 5 milion units.

FY 2005 ( end 31 march 2005 ) : 504 ( R&D : 633 ) | EA had 31 platinium games ( over 1 million units sold ) in this fiscal year, 6 franchises sold over 5 milion units.

FY 2006 ( end 31 march 2006 ) : 236 ( R&D : 758 )

FY 2007 ( end 31 march 2007 ) : 76 ( R&D : 1041 ) | EA's CEO : "[This transition has been] harder because of the complexity and harder because unfortunately, we bet a little bit on the wrong horse in focusing so much on the PS3 and Xbox 360, and to a lesser degree on the Wii. "

FY 2008 ( update to Q2 FY 2008 , end 30 september 2008 ) : -360 ( R&D : 250 )

Quarter break down ( net incomes / losses in US$ million ) :

Q1 2005: 24

Q2 2005: 97

Q3 2005: 375

Q4 2005: 8 ( 504 )

Q1 2006: 58

Q2 2006: 51

Q3 2006: 259

Q4 2006: -16 ( 236 )

Q1 2007: -81

Q2 2007: 22

Q3 2007: 160

Q4 2007: -25 ( 76 )

Q1 2008: -132

Q2 2008: -195

Q3 2008: -33

From EA Financial reports.

 

Sega Enterprise :

Sega had grown from a US$813 million company in 1989 - the year that the Genesis launched - to a US$3.6 billion dollar conglomerate by the end of 1993.

Profits in US$ million :

FY 1993 ( end 31 march 1994 ) : 230 | Sega best year ever

Partial FY 1994 ( end 31 march 1995 ) - from Q2 to Q3 : 165

Partial FY 1995 ( end 31 march 1996 ) - from Q2 to Q3 : 110 ( Sega forecast 163 )

FY 1996 ( end 31 march 1997 ) : 46.4 | Sega last profitable fiscal year

FY 1997 ( end 31 march 1998 ) : -389

FY 1998 ( end 31 march 1999 ) : -450

FY 1999 ( end 31 march 2000 ) : -398.1

FY 2000 ( end 31 march 2001 ) : -51.7 Billion Yen ( about US$ -438, US$ 1 = 118 yen )

FY 2001 ( end 31 march 2002 ) - first half FY: -169

I'm not sure about soundness of good old Sega net income.