EA Q1 FY11: Wii Sales Way Down, Digital Revenue Up

[Terminator02]

Despite seeing notable increases in revenue for their PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 portfolio, Electronic Arts saw a 75 percent year-over-year decline in its Wii sales between Q1 last year and this year, the publisher disclosed today in its Q1 FY11 financial report.

While EA has seen Wii sales drop from $161 million for Q1 FY10 to just $40 million in Q1 FY11, the publisher continues to be the number one publisher on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

"We had a solid first quarter, exceeding expectations both top and bottom line," EA CEO John Riccitiello in the publisher's official report. "Top quality titles like 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, innovative digital offerings for titles like Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Scrabble on the Apple iPad are driving the business."

And even though EA released just six major titles in Q1 FY11 compared to last year’s 10 titles, Xbox 360 sales saw a jump from $73 million last year to $262 million this year. PS3 sales were similarly positive, increasing from $121 million to $209 million during the same period last year, which is in line with the PS3's 40 percent overall software increase over the past year.

EA plans to follow a more streamlined approach to how many titles it releases in a given year as part of their new “Fewer, bigger, better titles” structure. This year will see the release of 36 titles, the bulk of which will be released during the third quarter (of which Crysis 2 will not be one).

On the digital distribution side, EA saw digital sales jump from $124 million to $188 million. EA expects digital revenues to increase to $750 million, continuing a trend of 30 percent year-over-year growth.

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please note it is EA's games that are selling low, not the Wii console itself

 

[Theraima]

They really dont give Wii as big hits as they do on PS3 and 360.. They should think about that for a while, a good example would be something like Bad Company 2..

 

[Satangel]

They really dont give Wii as big hits as they do on PS3 and 360.. They should think about that for a while, a good example would be something like Bad Company 2..

This. And that's what you get for making Fifa so stupid on Wii. PES owns it in every way, serves them right.
I liked Boom Blox though...

 

[VashTS]

they dumb down the game for the wii, look at madden. the only game that plays well on wii is tiger woods, for obvious reasons. but with kinect and move, they are going to overshadow the wii's uniqueness.

 

[Canonbeat234]

they dumb down the game for the wii, look at madden. the only game that plays well on wii is tiger woods, for obvious reasons. but with kinect and move, they are going to overshadow the wii's uniqueness.

Like how Sonic is being filled with stupid gimmicks and characters!

 

[Maplemage]

they dumb down the game for the wii, look at madden. the only game that plays well on wii is tiger woods, for obvious reasons. but with kinect and move, they are going to overshadow the wii's uniqueness.

Like how Sonic is being filled with stupid gimmicks and characters!

TO....MUCH.....NEW......CHARACTERS!

 

[Range-TE]

they dumb down the game for the wii, look at madden. the only game that plays well on wii is tiger woods, for obvious reasons. but with kinect and move, they are going to overshadow the wii's uniqueness.

Like how Sonic is being filled with stupid gimmicks and characters!

TO....MUCH.....NEW......CHARACTERS!

true dat

the last good addition imo was knuckles, E-102 was tolerable (he was cool tho), but Big the Cat was so totally unnecessary
(i first thought Amy came after Knuckles but then i looked at Sonic CD's release date)

 

[camurso_]

They really dont give Wii as big hits as they do on PS3 and 360.. They should think about that for a while, a good example would be something like Bad Company 2..

This. And that's what you get for making Fifa so stupid on Wii. PES owns it in every way, serves them right.
I liked Boom Blox though...

Way too true! Fifa sucked big time!