EA makes more money on mobile than on PS3 and PSP games
By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 at 7:17 AM PST In Gaming
We all know mobile gaming is set to explode in the coming months and years. Hence, we see Nokia (NYSE: NOK) betting heavily on its NGage platform, and other handset makers are also set to follow the suit (i.e. Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE)’s rumored PSP phone).
The latest numbers from Electronic Arts suggest the gaming giant made twice as much money from mobile as from PlayStation 3. Here are EA’s Q3 2007 figures:
- Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Xbox 360 – $218 million
- Sony PlayStation 2 – $73 million
- Nintendo Wii – $59 million
- Nintendo DS – $47m million
- Mobile games – $37 million
- Sony PSP – $21m million
- Sony PS3 – $17 million
Now, we’ve no doubt PS3 numbers will also grow, but it’s also interesting to note that EA’s mobile unit grew only 5.7% from Q3 2006. In sharp contrast, Gameloft and Glu Mobile have seen their businesses rise 51 and 34.9 percent respectively…
[Via: PocketGamer.co.uk]
Its Ea’s own fault because of lackluster games they have made for the ps3. Mainly Frame rate problems 30/fps compared to 60/fps, come on don’t hire a xbox 360 person to be the president of your company, that is the reason ps3 fans and gamers are showing ea no love. madden 08, ncaa 08, the orange box, just to name a few. Fix this and they will sell a lot more software. Playstation put EA on the gaming map. Thats it and thats all.