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ELECTRONIC ARTS
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International Net Revenues
The increase in international net revenues for fiscal 2000 compared to fiscal 1999 was
attributable to the following:
• Europe’s net revenues increased by 12% primarily due to an increase in sales of PC titles including Command &
Conquer: Tiberian Sun, SimCity 3000 and The Sims as well as an increase in PlayStation revenues due to the suc-
cess 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 in fiscal 2000 compared to fiscal 1999.
• Asia Pacific’s net revenues increased 14% due to PC sales of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and SimCity 3000.
• Japan’s net revenues were flat compared to fiscal 1999. 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 fiscal 1999.
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 & Conquer: Tiberian Sun released in the second quarter of fis-
cal 2000 and continued strong catalog sales of SimCity 3000 released in the fourth quarter of fiscal 1999. Other
key titles for fiscal 2000 include The Sims and FIFA 2000.
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 fiscal 2000 include FIFA 2000, Tomorrow Never Dies,
Madden NFL 2000, NBA Live 2000 and Knockout Kings
™
2000.
Affiliated Label Product Net Revenues
AL product sales increased due to higher sales in North America. The
increase in Affiliated Label revenues was due to the distribution of titles by Square EA, including Final Fantasy
®
VIII,
partially offset by the termination of our distribution agreement with Accolade, which was acquired by a third party.
N64 Product Net Revenues
The expected decrease in N64 revenues for fiscal 2000 compared to fiscal 1999 was due
to the weak market for N64 products as well as strong comparisons of World Cup 98 in fiscal 1999. We released
eight titles in fiscal 2000, including WCW
™
Mayhem, compared to nine titles in fiscal 1999.