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Gamastura reports on EA's record-breaking revenue for the 2006 Christmas season. The company reported $1.281 billion in their revenue stream, fueled by the Sims, Madden, and Need for Speed franchises. The company's financials talk was also a surprise opportunity to pledge support for Nintendo consoles. Electronic Arts aims to be 'the #2 publisher' for the Nintendo DS and the Wii. The company has 15 products already in the pipe for the two platforms, with a DS version of both Spore and The Sims slated for release this year. This move, CEO Larry Probst was quick to point out, is not at the expense of the other systems. Their acquisition of the Headgate studio has given them additional resources, and they are choosing to 'aggressively' pursue the marketplace.
Here's what they really mean... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Here's what they really mean... (Score:5, Interesting)
As far as EA is concerned, they'd like see everyone sell lots and lots of consoles and they'd like to cash in on all of those sales, not just the sales of a "winner." The company that sells the most consoles is irrelevant to them as long as all the consoles sell well. Nintendo is doing very well, but no better than the 360 according to December's numbers. There's some debate over which console actually won in that month, but EA doesn't give a rat's ass. All it cares is that it gets to make money from both of them.
They're not betting on a different horse, they're betting on a different sport altogether. They're betting on a sport where you can get 10 to 1 odds on every player and only 3 people are playing. I don't know of any real sport like that, but with odds like that, I'm sure they feel pretty good about spreading their money around.
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I for one (Score:5, Funny)
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I'm assuming you haven't tried Madden for the Wii? Do you think there might be even a drop of whats to come from the from the fact that it was better received than the Madden's on both other consoles?
Have you seen the screenshots of Sims for the Wii?
You obviously should not post before thinking.
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It is currently a game I am watching both because I think it looks a little interesting, and because I know my Sister in Law and Niece would love it.
Re:I for one, or Worshipping our Wii Masters (Score:1)
Plus a rocking soundtrack and cool Anime-feel make it really fun.
It's a very hot topic in Fremont, Center of the Universe.
This is a sad sentence to read. (Score:2)
See the subject line. If it needs explanation, you'll probably never get it.
Re:This is a sad sentence to read. (Score:5, Insightful)
Someone is buying all these sports sports and driving titles. Doesn't it leave a pretty huge segment out of the discussion when Slashdotters talk about how this or that console will "win" because it plays this or that type when so many of the people playing some of the most popular games aren't represented? HDTV is very popular among sports fans relative to the general population, so doesn't it leave a gaping hole in the discussion of whether or not HDTV is necessary for game consoles when only geeks talk about it?
We are Geeks, but most people aren't. Lots and lots of non-geeks play video games. Presumably they're also buying lot and lots of game consoles. Why do we presume to know so much more about what console will "win" than they do? All we have to do is look at the sales charts to realize that they're as likely or more likely to decide which console lands on top in the new generation.
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But Slashdot has quite a few average joes like myself. Middle income, B.A education. Not employed in tech industries.
AC makes a good but irrelevant point. (Score:2)
I'm lamenting the _very fact_ that gaming has gone mainstream. I frankly don't care to consider what the huddled masses are buying, because I don't believe those franchises are advancing games as a medium. OK, it's wonderful that lots of people out there enjoy their shiny new camera angle every year--what I (and most gamers who've been around for a while--an unfortunately shrinking proportion of "gamers") care about are things like "plot" and "innovation" and "fun." I
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Just don't play the boring games. That's simple to do, isn't it?
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Game Analysts (Score:2)
Basically, every time you see a story posted about a Game Analyst predicting what will happen you will see hundreds of replys which either generally support the analysis or disagree with it. From what I have seen, if you read the well written comments which include re
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EA Boasts and Pledges (Score:3, Informative)
profits were down 38%, maybe 50% without tricks (Score:4, Interesting)
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I bet it's just because they overpay and underwork their programmers.
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Thank you for your insight, Mr. Business Analyst. I guessed you missed the first class, where we learned that it takes three points to make a trend.
Please come back to us with the data for the last three quarters, so we can see if your amazing prediction still holds true.
I want Spore on the Wii, not (only) on the DS! (Score:1)
Spore on the Wii... (Score:2)
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Well, let's hope EA can prove the trend wrong.
EA would like to thank.... (Score:1, Insightful)
Oh, wait, that's praise. Clearly a perk. BACK TO THE COALMINES WITH YE.