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EA CEO John Riccitiello said the firm isn’t shaky after the departures of COO John Schappert and interactive head Barry Cottle for Zynga, and in fact, he implied that due to the huge offers made to the duo by the social games firm, he harbors no ill-will over it.

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Eric Brown has resigned as EA’s chief financial officer, Gamasutra‘s reporting, with his next move being outside the games industry.

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EA said during its Q3 FY12 call to investors last night it has revised its Q4 outlook to a more conservative figure of $925 million to $975 million due to three underlying factors – one of which is “concern” over the financial condition of a European retail partner.

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EA chief financial officer Eric Brown told the Baird Technology Conference yesterday that Battlefield 3 has been purchased 8 million times.

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EA has reiterated its plans to allow other publishers to distribute games on its new digital service, Origin.

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The staggered international release of Star Wars: The Old Republic can be partially blamed on World of Warcraft’s launch, more than seven years earlier.

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Recent EA Digital initiatives – the Online Pass system and The Sims Social – have been successful for the mega-publisher.

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During the Citi 2011 Tech Conference on Wednesday, September 7, Electronic Arts CFO Eric Brown announced that Battlefield 3 pre-orders have hit around the 1.25 million mark, and are tracking ahead of previous Battlefield games.

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EA CFO Eric Brown has said that the publisher is aiming for digital revenues of over $40 million for ten of its franchises, and claimed that FIFA and Battlefield are already performing at that level.

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EA CFO Eric Brown told attendees at the Lazard Capital Markets Technology & Media Day presentation that around 1.5 million people have signed up to be beta testers for BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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Now look what you’ve done, EA. You made the Stormtrooper cry. For shame.

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EA CFO Eric Brown has said the publisher sees Star Wars: The Old Republic with at least a decade-long lifespan.

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EA’s CFO Eric Brown has said revenue from PC and DLC is important to the company, and it’s new goal is for a forty-sixty digital split between digital and physical revenue.

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EA CFO Eric Brown has just confirmed in the publisher’s Q2 financial call that development on NBA Elite 11 has been outright canceled.

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EA’s chief financial officer, Eric Brown, has said so far there hasn’t been any “significant” backlash directed at the company since it implemented its Online Pass system.

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EA CFO Eric Brown has said that the company’s spending more on Star Wars: The Old Republic than any game in its entire history.

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EA’s CFO, Eric Brown, has said that because of the slow adoption of price cuts from the console manufactures coupled with today’s current HD technology, there will not be a quick adoption of new console hardware in the foreseeable future.

Therefore, current generation consoles won’t be going away anytime soon.

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Don’t have the internet? Captain EA says you’re a fool, sucker. Every game the publisher brings to market in its next financial year will have connected functionality, the firm said last night.

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EA clarified its plan to reduce the number of titles it’ll release in the next fiscal year last night, saying it will heavily cut its roster of packaged goods.

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EA recently let a bunch of people go. You may have heard about it. Hell, in all likelihood, you may even be one of those people, considering how many heads rolled off the chopping block. However, according to EA SVP and CFO Eric Brown, your sacrifice was not in vain. You fueled the future. Or something.

“It’s no coincidence that we simultaneously announced a cost reduction in connection with the acquisition of PlayFish, because that represents, in our mind, a very important shift to digital direct,” Brown said during the BMO Capital Markets 2009 Annual Digital Entertainment Conference in New York.

Brown also shed some light on the motivations behind EA’s hook-up with PlayFish.

“One of the things they do exceedingly well is make a game for viral distribution … [another is] the quality of the revenue model,” he explained, talking about PlayFish’s microtransaction-centric business model. “We bought them for their IP and their game design expertise.”

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