by Art Webb
How The Fuck Is Loosing $82 Million An Improvement?
February 8, 2010 in GCN by Art Webb
EA loses $82 million in fiscal Q3 2010, revenue down 25%–Joystiq
Right off the bat, you should know this: for EA, losing $82 million in the third quarter of a fiscal year is an enormous improvement. Compared to the same period last year (“Q3″ for EA is October 1 – December 31), the company lost 559 million fewer actual physical dollars. Yes, really. Now that we’ve told you that, we should also note that the publisher pulled in 24.85 percent less revenue year over year (down to $1.243 billion in Q3 2010 from $1.654 billion in Q3 2009). That said, Playfish had “two of the top ten Facebook games” for the quarter! Good thing EA spent $300 million on those folks, eh?
Okay, okay, real talk: the company also points out that it was the “#1 packaged goods publisher in North America and Europe” for its entire fiscal year. CEO John Riccitiello even notes that Mass Effect 2 is “the first blockbuster of 2010.” And hey, with 2 million units already shipped, we tend to agree.
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I’m seriously thinking about picking up Dante’s Inferno… Dead Space 2 in 2011, can’t fuckin’ wait. The original Dead Space was the shit and one of the most terrifying game I’ve played in a long time.
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Maybe people finally realized that every year they simply change the numbers on the Madden and NHL franchises and stop giving EA a gazillion dollars for the same game every year.
Dante’s Inferno looks great. But I think it could have been released earlier. It´s pretty much like God of War and it could entertain the fans of the genre until GoW 3 comes out in March. But only a month earlier… GoW will steal all of it´s thunder. Bad planing IMO.
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My brother was going to pick up a copy of Dante’s Inferno, that was until he found out the release date.
Dante’s Inferno does look like a decent game but in comparison with GoW, it’s pretty subpar.
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