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EA: Quality comes before ship dates

Loss for financial year reported

Electronic Arts release their full-year financial results yesterday, and while revenue for the year ending March 31st was up to 3.67 billion USD, a loss of 454 million USD was posted.

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The publisher made a profit of 76 million USD last year, CEO John Riccitiello describing the results as a product of the "aggressive change agenda at EA".

The big cheese also told investors that EA will no longer obsess over release dates, quality taking precedence over ship times. "I would say without hesitation that our quality is going to be up this year versus the prior year. I would say without hesitation that our ship timing is going to be improved versus the prior year," Next-Gen.Biz quote him as stating.

"If I had to tell you which will give, ship time will give before quality," he continued. "We’re making big improvements on timeliness, but there’s still more work to do."

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