Dev wrote on Jul 26, 2011, 21:59: The GAAP info shows that EA had $221 million profit instead of a loss, wonder why the huge difference.
They're posting a $221 million dollar profit, AND a $123 million dollar loss if you take into account Deferred Revenue.
Deferred Revenue could be anything from pre-sales of games to individual customers, or major sellers committing money early for some reason for products that are yet unfinished (retailer specific pre-sale bonuses come to mind).
Essentially money that has been given them but can be taken back partially or in full if say a game suffers large delays.
Such is my understanding anyways.
So they made a profit, but some of that is counting on future products to perform well.