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• Eric Brown resigns as EA CFO

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

  9 years ago

• EA "concerned with the financial condition" of "major" European retail partner

  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.

  9 years ago

• Brown: Battlefield 3 sells 8 million, ships 12 million

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

  9 years ago

• Origin has 4 million client installs, third-party offerings coming "very soon"

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

  9 years ago

• Star Wars: The Old Republic launch modeled on World of Warcraft's

  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.

  9 years ago

• EA pleased with Online Pass, Sims Social

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

  9 years ago

• Battlefield 3 pre-orders hit 1.25M, SWTOR still on for Q4

  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.

  9 years ago

• EA aiming for over $40 million in digital revenue for ten of its franchises

  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.

  10 years ago

• Around 1.5 million have signed up for SWTOR beta

  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.

  10 years ago

• SWTOR will not launch before July 1, says EA

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

  10 years ago

• EA: The Old Republic is "a 10 year opportunity"

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

  10 years ago

• Digital offerings on PC contribute $750 million to EA's current revenue

  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.

  10 years ago

• EA Q2 financials: NBA Elite 11 canceled

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

  10 years ago

• EA: "There’s been no significant pushback" over Online Pass

  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.

  10 years ago

• EA spending more on SWTOR than any game in its history

  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.

  11 years ago

• EA: New console hardware not feasible at this time

  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.

  11 years ago

• Every EA game to have "online component" in FY11

  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.

  11 years ago

• EA to reduce packaged game releases by 33% in FY '11

  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.

  11 years ago

• EA: It's "no coincidence" that PlayFish purchase coincided with lay-offs

  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 […]

  11 years ago