U2fifa - In acknowledgment to the FUT Acquirement Post

May-30-2017

This column isn't as abundant as adage the antecedent column is amiss but added about just accepting the appropriate advice out there.


As a CPA, it drives me crazy that anyone would column about a company's banking advice with in actuality no citations or links to the facts.


Information like this has been out there for over a year. In above-mentioned year Ultimate aggregation brought in over 650+ million. And this year it was about over 800+ million FIFA 18 Coins.


That is the Ultimate Aggregation bold approach as a whole, not just FUT. It includes both Anger and NHL. And no area in the address do they accommodate a breakdown of that revenue.


Here is a complete adduce from the Earnings Call transcript:


"Extra agreeable was a almanac $1.3 Coinsion, with Ultimate Aggregation accidental $832 million."


Not adage EA doesn't still accomplish a lot of money off of FUT but there is not complete authentic advice out there as to how abundant they in actuality accomplish off of it.


The banking annual comment acknowledgment requirements artlessly do not crave them to do so, so why would they.


To apperceive this advice you would either charge to plan at EA or Audit them. Something tells me the guy who acquaint the aboriginal cilia does not abatement in either of those buckets.


But ut is about all basic content, so the costs they accept for active it, will be complete low, I assumption it's appointment who is creating f.e. fut content. And so they accept 2 pay those advisers And the authorization rights are broadcast with a key to the complete administration at ea.


Servers would be a negligible bureau in overhead. Paying a % of every dollar/euro/pound they accomplish to FIFA, the leagues, and the players are a aloft cost, as would the bulk of all customer marketing.


Development aerial is adequate in the 10's of millions annually, which isn't nothing, but is abundant abate than their licensing and business costs.


Digital agreeable is in actuality profitable, but the overheads can be no joke.


Source: I run the business end of a accepted bold alleged Panda Pop. I aswell formed on two amateur with the NFL authorization (Madden NFL and QuickHit NFL).