EA makes more money on mobile games than PSP and PS3

Mobile games netting almost as much revenue as the combined sales numbers for both Sony‘s PS3 and PSP? It sounds like a farfetched idea, but Electronic Art’s sales numbers for the third quarter of 2007 prove that it’s possible. In any case, EA still wins, just as Michael Pachter predicted. More details in the full article.

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter may have predicted that the big winner for this year’s holiday season will be Electronic Arts, and EA indeed managed to net a good US$ 640 million in revenue. However, there’s a strange tidbit that should be noticed in the breakdown of EA’s revenue count.

Here’s the breakdown of EA’s sales for the third quarter of 2007:

• Xbox 360 – US$ 218 million
• PlayStation 2 – US4 73 million
• Wii – US$ 59 million
• DS – US$ 47 million
• Mobile – US$ 37 million
• PSP – US$ 21 million
• PS3 – US$ 17 million

In case you haven’t noticed, the much-understated and less-hyped mobile platform managed to generate almost as much as the PSP and PS3’s combined sales numbers for Electronic Arts. It’s quite a revelation, and it proves that the mobile as a gaming platform is also a lucrative option. This means that we may possibly see more and games for the mobile platform in the near future.

Via Pocket Gamer