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The traditional gaming sector’s current digital crusader, EA, has reported a stellar digital performance for its fiscal Q1 ending June 30th.
Overall digital revenue for the period jumped 24 per cent year-on-year to $209m.
Revenues for free-to-play and micro-transaction content climbed 32 per cent to $70m. Mobile and handheld content increased nine per cent at 459m.
Most impressively, full-game download revenues increased by 39 per cent, reaching $32m. Subscriptions revenues fell 17 per cent to $48m.
The top digital revenue generators for the period were FIFA 11, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Dragon Age 2, with Mass Effect 2 DLC also getting an honourable mention from CFO and executive VP Eric Brown.
In the social network space EA currently has in the region of 32m monthly active users and 5m daily users. Playfish in particular saw revenue climb 75 per cent year-on-year.
