15 Games Go Double Platinum for EA Last Year
By Chris on Thursday, May 15th, 2008 at 10:57 AM PST In Electronic Arts, Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Games Industry, Nintendo
No, this story has nothing to do with KISS. It’s got more in common with South Park, actually.
You probably wouldn’t have guessed it by looking at their financials, but Electronic Arts produced a total of 15 games that went double platinum — selling two million copies — in fiscal year 2008. That’s up from ten in fiscal year 2007, and is helping EA to declare itself the number one publisher across all platforms, with a 19% share of sales in North America and 20% in Europe.
EA also boasted that it was the number one third party publisher on the Wii in Europe (they really had to qualify that, didn’t they?), with a 15% share of sales on the system. That’s up from 7% the previous year. They also managed an 11% share in North America on Wii.
But as you already know, EA still ended up losing $454 million in the full fiscal year, compared with a profit of $76 million the year before. For more on that story, see our previous coverage.
via GI.biz
“15 Games Go Double Platinum for EA Last Year”
So you said in your last post
Yes, but I didn’t really elaborate since this is a pretty noteworthy accomplishment.
.. meaning it deserves its own story.