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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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fxtek76
When EA quits putting dumbed down ports on Wii people will buy the games. Or put some real effort into making exclusives. I loved Dead Space Extraction but there was no advertising for it so it flopped. And now I read of Wii owners getting punched in the face with the XBOX and PS3 release of NBA Jam. You are breaking balls EA you are breaking my balls.
KindredEX
I do not have a Wii and will not own one until the graphics are increased to at least a 720 HD quality via an HDMI slot on the back. I don't care if they have to sell those graphics boosters that they sold with Star Wars for the N64. Give me graphics on par with the consoles that have been in homes for over half a decade already.
mikepjr
Funny thing... really.. i never got anything by EA for my Wii, cause simply put.. EA never put anything on Wii i would wanna buy anyhow! W T F?
Okay.. EA.. you wanna make money on the Wii? Make a game i will give a damn about.. that sorry excuse for a game based off of.. crud.. what was that game? Dead Space.. i wanted that.. at first.. then it ended up being an on rails shooter, and i was like.. no.. fi-ck this.. i wan a FPS like on the other systems.. otherwise, i don't care.
EA is why EA is losing money on the Wii... the Wii is still a good system.
But i do hope Nintendo does better with the next system.. we need more power.. not just gimmicks.. if Nintendo takes too long, i will just get a PS3.. maybe... depends .. anyhow.. thats all i gotta say about this article.. EA is the problem.
Prax150
I don't understand why people are saying that Nintendo is going to make up all that revenue with the 3DS... if it's not that expensive, they won't make that much money. If it ends up being more expensive than the Wii, then no one's going to buy it. And there aren't going to be that many Devs that are going to be making games for the 3DS.
Honestly, who's going to buy it beyond the first movers and families with a lot of disposable income? I really don't see this handheld device taking over for a console or really making that much of a difference in the gaming world. It's just the fanboys overrating it.
xRaymond9250
EA is garbage, who are THEY to tell how the wii is doing?
M_Dub35
idk..i have all 3 and im amazed at how many garbage titles are released for wii..if the gae is multi-plat i NEVER buy it on he wii..the only thing i look forward to is a nintendo release...thank all tha is good for metroid this month..the last quality game i bought was SMG2..i dont believe he system is dead..but if this trend continues across the board with other developers,they could lose some third party support...which would ultimately lead to a premature death!
muaddib57
Name a major EA title released on Wii. All wii owners really want or need is a new Mario Party, an improved MarioKart, new Zelda game, new Metroid, etc. etc. It's a nice racket Nintendo has going where they just need to remake old games with marginal changes and they sell loads of them (see the Madden franchise). I bet the sales of Mario Galaxy 2 are just fine. So a 3rd party publisher doesn't have great sales on the Wii...Nintendo doesn't care. The Wii is what it is. I know I want Mario Party 9 and a Mario Kart with a better online, as do many with Wiis. But I digress, this news story isn't news. EA didn't try to make a great Wii game so their sales on Wii were down. Oh well. They'll just make more money selling things to people on the Sims 3 and Dragon Age and Mass Effect 2 that should have been included in the first place.
skillsthatkills
well to be fair who doesn't have a Wii already
zenmastersamuraimonk
whats with people saying that the wii is dead in the comments, this is talking about ea sales loss on the console, not the console itself, sure nintendo did see a profit decrease but they still made a profit, and not to mention that nintendo has some heavy hitters coming out soon, the reason ea isnt makeing money on the wii is because theyre not making good games for the console, look at the library of xbox and ps3 ea games then look at what ea put out for wii, a companys not going to make money on a console if they keep makeing crap games.
Blue_Vortex
the wii is going to start selling bad until Nintendo unveils the WiiHD or Wii+ at E3 (either 2011 or 2012)
Sorry but the wii isn't dead yet, if anything it'll end up like the ps2. The only thing that could take away from wii sales is Kinect (since it is being marketed towards the "casual" gamer)
Rinku
i dnt think nintendo shuld wrry that much with the line up they have coming up better then 360 and ps3 and 3ds i think they'll still be on top and then if nintendo makes another system i think sony and microsoft will die becuase nintendo is slow wen it comes to graphics but if the 3ds a handheld can soot out graphics better then a 360 and ps3 or even at the same level if it wasnt for the 3d i think nintendo will destroy the other two if they make a full hd 1080 p console
CodyGilleyMcnugget
I have a Wii I remember the first months I had it waiting for some amazing motion sensing game that would change the way I play games instead I get shovelware with 3 or 4 good games a year I love all the systems 360, PS3, Pc, and Wii but I wish the wii would have a better quality line up of games but oh well time to play more Starcraft 2
Ashley_Si
who would have thought it, EA sports active 2 didn't sell well and whatever else they made for the wii
Balisong
Lol because wii owners don't need to buy a new console every other month. They build hardware that is more durable then RROD boxes. Games shouldn't be just about who has the best graphics anyways.
The_Great_Old_Ones
The Wii is not a dead console, people are still buying it, most hardcore gamers have a hard time finding games not made by Nintendo that are good. Third Party devs are having a hard time utilizing Wii hardware and now PSM and Kinect.
Spyro_Soul95
Maybe cause everyone already has a wii, i mean no one can sell 2 million consoles per month or something like that. But the generation is not ever yet and the wii is still first.
acknowledgeme
Thank God the Gimmick is dying! Thankfully I never fell into the Mario and nostalgic traps Wii has created
Frank101me
Nintendo is doing fine with with the DS by itself. Yeah the Wii was big to the casual crowd but honestly i stopped caring for their home consoles after Nintendo 64
vinny87
Think about it. The only developer that puts out high quality Wii games is Nintendo. The other devs put out games that are inferior to their HD counterparts. Why buy Fifa on Wii when you can buy it on 360/PS3?
grotschm
there is nothing good here for nintendo.yes they have the 3ds coming out some time in 2011 but the 3d is not recommended for young kids and alot of people are sceptical of 3d in general.second if they bring out a new system the will be killed by the ps4 and xbox720.But wait nintendo still has mickey, that's rich.
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