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Goal! Electronic Arts beats Q2 earnings as FIFA and mobile lift sales

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Thanks to sales of FIFA and mobile games, Electronic Arts beat its earnings expectations for the second fiscal quarter ended September 30.

EA reported GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) earnings per share of 70 cents on revenue of $1.1 billion. The company benefited from continuing success of its Star Wars console and mobile titles, as well as the release of FIFA Mobile. Analysts had expected EA to report non-GAAP earnings per share of 43 cents a share on revenue of $1.09 billion.

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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.