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"It's astounding to me how these articles and videos get passed around without some cursory fact-checking." So lets do some in the article. "In 2012, about 17
by grossprophet 9y ago
"It's astounding to me how these articles and videos get passed around without some cursory fact-checking."
So lets do some in the article.
"In 2012, about 17% of EA’s revenue came from stuff like loot boxes and season passes. This year, about 45% of their revenue did."
That paragraph talks about revenue, while this paragraph discusses profit;
"In 2012, EA made $76 million dollars, and in 2017 they made $976 million. The kicker is that we know $800 million of that comes from FIFA, which means all the rest of their games combined earned the other $197 million."
- swivelmaster 9y agoThe last sentence is just completely wrong though. You can attribute revenue to a source, but not profit. They don't break out p&l for individual business units, let alone games.
- foxyv 9y agoUnless they maintain cost centers and do cross business unit accounting.
- swivelmaster 9y agoPublic companies often report at the minimum level of detail required by regulations. Ever major game publisher knows how much money they spend at every studio and on every service, but they don't have an obligation to report with that level of specificity to the public.