Electronic Arts Reports Quarterly Loss
World’s largest videogame publishing company Electronic Arts has come out with their quarterly results and they have disappointed the markets with a fiscal fourth-quarter net loss of $16 million.
This report resulted in the company’s share taking a beating in the stock market as share prices were down by 4%. This result is a disappointment when compared to profits of $8 million, or 2 cents per share in the same period last year.
The revenues were however up at $641 million from $553 million a year earlier. EA has benefited from the popularity of recently launched gaming titles like “Fight Night Round 3â€, “The Godfather The Gameâ€, and “Blackâ€.
For this current financial year, EA has forecasted revenue of $2.7 billion to $2.95 billion. Market had expected the company to forecast figures of $3.2 billion.