But still they lose money

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced preliminary financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2010.

“We had another strong quarter, beating expectations both top and bottom line,” said John Riccitiello, Chief Executive Officer. “We credit our results to blockbusters like FIFA 11 and to innovative digital offerings like The Sims 3 Ambitions and Madden NFL 11 on the iPad.”

“EA reaffirms its FY11 non-GAAP guidance,” said Eric Brown, Chief Financial Officer. “EA is the world’s #1 publisher calendar year-to-date and our portfolio is focused on high-growth platforms -- high definition consoles, PC and mobile.”

Selected Quarterly Operating Highlights and Metrics:

* EA is the #1 publisher on high-definition consoles with 25% segment share calendar year-to date, two points higher than the same period a year ago.
* In North America and Europe, the high-definition console software market is growing strongly with the combined PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360® segments up 23% calendar year-to-date. The PlayStation 3 software market is up 36% calendar year-to-date.
* EA is the #1 PC publisher with 27% segment share at retail calendar year-to-date and strong growth in digital downloads of full-game software.
* For the quarter, EA had six of the top 20 selling games in Western markets with FIFA 11, Madden NFL 11, NCAA® Football 11, NHL®11, Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2 and FIFA 10.
* FIFA 11 was the #1 title in Europe in the second quarter, and life to date, the FIFA franchise has sold over 100 million units worldwide.
* EA was the #1 publisher across all platforms on the Apple® App Store in the quarter.
* At GamesCom, EA won more nominations (10) and awards (five) than any other publisher. Winners included: Crysis™ 2 for Best PC Game; Dead Space™ 2 for Best Survival Game; Rock Band™ 3 for Best Music Game (with MTV/Harmonix); Star Wars®: The Old Republic™ for Best MMO Game; and FIFA 11 for Best of GamesCom.
* On October 19, 2010, EA acquired Chillingo, a publisher of top iOS titles including Cut the Rope and Angry Birds. Chillingo extends EA’s App Store leadership and adds an open social gaming platform to EAi’s publishing capabilities.
* Medal of Honor™ is off to a strong start, selling-through 2 million units in just two weeks in October. [Selling through means sold to consumers]

Q2 FY11 Financial Highlights:

http://news.ea.com/portal/site/ea/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ndmConfigId=1012492&newsId=20101102007318&newsLang=en

"In North America and Europe, the high-definition console software market is growing strongly with the combined PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360® segments up 23% calendar year-to-date. The PlayStation 3 software market is up 36% calendar year-to-date."

No wonder EA loves the PS3. :-O

Great for MOH also great start.

If I'm reading that right, the PS2 had a higher net revenue than the Wii?  Only thing I can think is maybe we're underestimating FIFA PS2 in continental Europe.

What on Earth is going on, they made a loss despite all those titles doing well?

NBA Elite cancelled (with a huge loss involved), the super expensive project with Spielberg cancelled, That MMA game not doing good, yep.

I got in here curious to know what eggball was about lol.

Any data on the sales of the sims 3? I read somewhere it'd shipped 7.9 million copies and somewhere else likr 4 million copies?

Blame it on the wii :P

Other than fifa, i cant really think of a good EA game really!

The world's term for american "football".( except americans)