TacticScaleWhat Electronic Arts Does & How It Makes Money (EA)
Updated October 2026 · reflects Electronic Arts's latest reported financials
Video game publisher behind EA SPORTS, The Sims, and Battlefield. EA sells games through digital distribution and retail channels.
How Electronic Arts makes money
EA sells games through digital distribution and retail channels. It also earns ongoing revenue from live services such as extra in-game content and subscriptions tied to franchises like its football titles, Madden NFL, The Sims, and Apex Legends.
What Electronic Arts does
Electronic Arts is a long-established video game company, incorporated in 1982 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. It develops, markets, and publishes games for consoles, PCs, and mobile devices worldwide. Its catalog spans sports, racing, first-person shooter, action, role-playing, and simulation genres. Beyond one-time game sales, EA runs live services, including extra content and subscription offerings. These center on its global football and American football franchises, such as EA SPORTS College Football and Madden NFL, and on its own IP like The Sims, Apex Legends, and Battlefield. It sells through digital distribution, retail channels, mass market retailers, specialty stores, and distribution arrangements.
Products & services
- EA SPORTS College Football
- EA SPORTS Madden NFL
- EA SPORTS global football franchise
- The Sims
- Apex Legends
- Battlefield
What is Electronic Arts worth?
A reliable owner-earnings fair value isn't available for this company yet — we'd rather say so than print a number we don't trust.
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