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EA 2000 AR
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MD&A
INTERNATIONAL NET REVENUES The increase in international net revenues for fiscal 2000 compared to fiscal 1999 was attrib-
utable to the following:
•Europe’s net revenues increased by 11% primarily due to an increase in sales of PC titles including
Command and Conquer:
Tiberian Sun, Sim City 3000
and
The Sims
as well as an increase in PlayStation revenues due to the success of
FIFA 2000,
Tomorrow Never Dies
and
F1 2000
. These increases were partially offset by an expected decline in sales of N64 products.
Overall European revenues were adversely impacted by a devaluation of the Euro compared to the same period last year.
•Asia Pacific’s net revenues increased 20% due to PC sales of
Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun
and
Sim City 3000.
•Japan’s net revenues were flat compared to the prior year. PC and Affiliated Label revenues increased, offset by a decrease in
PlayStation product sales primarily due to strong sales of
FIFA: Road to World Cup
and
World Cup 98
in the prior year.
Information about our net revenues by product line for fiscal 2000 and 1999 is presented below (in thousands):
Increase/
2000 1999 (Decrease) % change
EA Studio:
PlayStation $ 586,821 $ 519,830 $ 66,991 12.9 %
PC 397,777 270,793 126,984 46.9 %
N64 120,415 152,349 (31,934) (21.0) %
Online Subscriptions 16,771 12,570 4,201 33.4 %
License, OEM and Other 22,894 18,216 4,678 25.7 %
1,144,678 973,758 170,920 17.6 %
Affiliated Label: 275,333 248,105 27,228 11.0 %
Consolidated Net Revenues $ 1,420,011 $ 1,221,863 $ 198,148 16.2 %
PERSONAL COMPUTER PRODUCT NET REVENUES We released 31 PC titles in fiscal 2000 compared to 29 PC titles in fiscal
1999. The worldwide increase in sales of PC revenues was primarily attributable to an increase in sales in North America and
Europe due to the success of
Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun
released in the second quarter of fiscal 2000 and continued
strong catalog sales of
Sim City 3000
released in the fourth quarter of fiscal 1999. Other key titles in the current year include
The Sims
and
FIFA 2000.
We expect revenues from PC products to grow in fiscal 2001, but as revenues for these products increase, they may not grow
at the current rate.
PLAYSTATION PRODUCT NET REVENUES We released 30 new PlayStation titles in fiscal 2000 compared to 21 in fiscal 1999.
The increase in PlayStation product sales was attributable to more titles released in the current fiscal year compared to the
same period last year. Key releases for the year include
FIFA 2000, Tomorrow Never Dies, Madden NFL 2000, NBA 2000
and
Knockout Kings™ 2000.
Sony has announced the release of the PlayStation 2 console in the United States and Europe in the fall of 2000. Although our
PlayStation products will be playable on the PlayStation 2 console, we expect sales of current PlayStation products to decline in
fiscal 2001.