EA

Electronic Arts Inc.

Overview

Electronic Arts (“EA™”) develops, markets, publishes and distributes video game software and content that can be played by consumers on a variety of platforms, including:

• Video game consoles such as the PLAYSTATION® 3, Microsoft Xbox 360™ and Nintendo Wii™,

• Personal computers, including the Macintosh (we refer to personal computers and the Macintosh together as “PCs”),

• Handheld game players such as the PlayStation® Portable (“PSP™”) and Nintendo DS™, and

• Wireless devices, such as cellular phones and smart phones, including the Apple iPhone.

Our ability to publish games across multiple platforms has been, and will continue to be, a cornerstone of our product strategy. Historically, there have been multiple video game consoles and handheld game players available to consumers, and there has been vigorous competition among these platforms for consumer acceptance.

Our products for videogame consoles, PCs and handhelds are delivered on physical media (disks and cartridges) that are sold at retail stores and through mail-order (we call these “packaged goods” products). We also provide content and services electronically, directly to consumers, for each of the platforms listed above. Some electronically delivered content and services are add-ons or are related to our packaged goods products (e.g., add-on content or matchmaking services); while other games, content and services that we offer, such as games for wireless devices, and Internet-only games, are available only through electronic delivery. We believe that electronic (i.e., online) delivery of game content and services will become an increasingly important part of our business over time.

Our games span a diverse range of categories, including action-adventure, casual, sports, family, fantasy, racing, music, massively-multiplayer online role-playing, simulation and strategy. We have created, licensed and acquired a strong portfolio of intellectual property, which we market and sell to a variety of consumers. Our portfolio of wholly-owned properties includes established brands such as Need for Speed™, The Sims™, Spore™, Dead Space™ and Battlefield, and games scheduled to debut in fiscal year 2010 such as EA SPORTS™ Active™, Dragon Age™: Origins and Dante’s Inferno™. Our portfolio of games based on licensed intellectual property includes sports-based titles such as Madden NFL Football, FIFA Soccer and Tiger Woods PGA Tour®, and titles based on popular brands such as Harry Potter™, The Godfather™, and Hasbro. Through our EA Partners business, we also co-develop, co-publish and distribute video games that are developed and published by other companies, including the MTV Games/Harmonix franchise Rock Band and the Valve Software game Left 4 Dead.

Another cornerstone of our strategy is to publish products that can be iterated, or sequeled. For example, a new edition for most of our sports products, such as Madden NFL Football, is released each year. Other products, such as The Sims and Godfather, are sequeled on a less-frequent basis. We refer to these successful, iterated product families as “franchises.”

We develop our games using both internal and external resources. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, research and development expenses were $1,359 million, $1,145 million and $1,041 million, respectively. We operate development studios (which develop products and perform other related functions) worldwide: BioWare (Canada and United States), Bright Light (United Kingdom), Criterion (United Kingdom), DICE (Sweden), EA Canada, EA Los Angeles (United States), EA Montreal (Canada), Visceral (United States), EA Romania, EA Salt Lake City (United States), Mythic Entertainment (United States), Pogo (United States and China), Pandemic (United States), The Sims (United States) and Tiburon (United States). We have quality assurance functions located in China, India, Korea, Singapore and Spain and localization functions located in France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain and Japan. We also engage third-parties to assist with the development of our games at their own development and production studios.

Our global sales network allows us to market, publish and distribute games in over 35 countries throughout the world. We generate a significant portion of our net revenue from direct sales of packaged goods products to retailers and in some of our smaller international territories, we work with third parties to distribute our packaged goods games. Many of our games, and other online content, are also available to consumers via the Internet, including our own online store. We also market and distribute games and other content for wireless devices through wireless carriers.

Our North America net revenue, substantially all of which was generated in the United States, increased by 24 percent to $2,412 million, or 57 percent of total net revenue in fiscal year 2009, as compared to $1,942 million, or 53 percent of total net revenue in fiscal year 2008 and as compared to $1,666 million, or 54 percent of total net revenue in fiscal year 2007. Internationally, we conduct business and have wholly-owned subsidiaries throughout the world, including offices in Europe, Australia, Asia and Latin America. International net revenue increased by 4 percent to $1,800 million, or 43 percent of total net revenue in fiscal year 2009, as compared to $1,723 million, or 47 percent of total net revenue in fiscal year 2008 and as compared to $1,425 million, or 46 percent of total net revenue in fiscal year 2007.

The amounts of net revenue and long-lived assets attributable to each of our geographic regions for each of the last three fiscal years are set forth in Note 18 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, included in Item 8 of this report.

In fiscal year 2009, no titles accounted for 10 percent or more of our total net revenue. In fiscal year 2008, sales of Rock Band, distributed for three platforms, represented approximately 10 percent of our total net revenue. In fiscal year 2007, we had two titles, Need for Speed Carbon and Madden NFL 07, published on 10 platforms, each of which represented approximately 11 percent of our total net revenue.

We were initially incorporated in California in 1982. In September 1991, we reincorporated under the laws of Delaware. Our principal executive offices are located at 209 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood City, California 94065 and our telephone number is (650) 628-1500.

Our Operating Structure

We are organized into three Labels (EA Games, EA SPORTS and EA Play) and our Global Publishing Organization. Each Label operates globally with dedicated game development and marketing teams. Global Publishing operates in three regions — North America, Europe and Asia — and is responsible for a number of business functions such as: strategic planning, field marketing, sales, distribution, operations, product certification, quality assurance, motion capture, art outsourcing and localization within the local markets in which we operate.

EA Games Label

The EA Games Label is home to the largest number of our studios and development teams, which together create an expansive and diverse portfolio of games marketed under the EA brand in categories such as action-adventure, role playing, racing and combat games. The EA Games portfolio is comprised primarily of wholly-owned properties and includes several established franchises such as Need for Speed, Battlefield, Mercenaries, Burnout™ and SKATE. In addition, EA Games has recently launched new franchises including SPORE and Dead Space, and has additional titles in development. In addition to traditional packaged-goods games, EA Games also develops massively-multiplayer online role-playing games which are persistent state virtual worlds where thousands of other players can interact with one another (“MMOs”). Examples of MMOs developed by the EA Games Label include Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning® launched in fiscal year 2009 and Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, which is in development at our BioWare Studio, in collaboration with LucasArts. EA Games titles are developed primarily at the following EA studios: BioWare (Edmonton, Canada and Austin, Texas), Criterion (Guildford, England), DICE (Stockholm, Sweden), EA Los Angeles, EA Montreal, Visceral (Redwood City, California), Maxis (Emeryville, California), EA Mythic (Fairfax, Virginia), EAX (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) and Pandemic Studios (Los Angeles, California).

EA Games also includes the EA Partners group, which contracts with external game developers and third party companies, to provide these partners with a variety of services including development assistance, publishing, and distribution of their games.

EA SPORTS Label

The EA SPORTS Label brings together a collection of sports-based video games marketed under the EA SPORTS brand. EA SPORTS games range from simulated sports titles with realistic graphics based on real-world sports leagues, players, events and venues to more casual games with arcade-style gameplay and graphics. We seek to release new iterations of many of our EA SPORTS titles annually in connection with the commencement of a sports league’s season or a major sporting event when appropriate. Our EA SPORTS franchises include FIFA Soccer, Madden NFL Football, Fight Night, NBA Live, NCAA Football, NCAA Basketball, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, and NHL Hockey. EA SPORTS games are developed primarily at our EA Canada studio located in Vancouver, British Columbia and our EA Tiburon studio located in Orlando, Florida.

EA Play Label

The EA Play Label is focused on creating compelling games for a mass audience of core and non-core gamers alike. EA Play games are intended to be easily accessible for people of all ages, requiring a minimal time commitment to learn, play and enjoy. EA Play Label products include (1) wholly-owned franchises such as the life simulation games, The Sims and MySims and (2) games published under licenses such as Harry Potter under license from Warner Bros., and video games based on Hasbro board games and toys, including Littlest Pet Shop™, MONOPOLY, SCRABBLE (North America only), TRIVIAL PURSUIT, NERF, and GI JOE™. Our EA Play Label oversees internal studios and development teams located in Redwood City, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and the United Kingdom and works with third party developers.

Employees

As of March 31, 2009, we had approximately 9,100 regular, full-time employees, of whom over 5,100 were outside the United States. We believe that our ability to attract and retain qualified employees is a critical factor in the successful development of our products and that our future success will depend, in large measure, on our ability to continue to attract and retain qualified employees. Approximately 3 percent of our employees, all of whom work for DICE, our Swedish development studio, are represented by a union, guild or other collective bargaining organization.