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Analysts expecting strong EA earnings from Battlefield 4 and FIFA 14

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Wall Street analysts are expecting video game publisher EA to hit earnings targets thanks to holiday sales of first-person shooter Battlefield 4 and soccer sim FIFA 14.

Redwood City, Calif.-based EA, one of the biggest and oldest game publishers in the industry, reports earnings for its all-important fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31 after the market closes today. Analysts and investors are closely watching the quarter, as it is a bellwether for sales of the multibillion dollar industry’s next-generation consoles (Xbox One and PlayStation 4) and includes the first holiday sales season under new chief executive Andrew Wilson.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.