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Commitments And Contingencies
 6 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments And Contingencies
(11) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Development, Celebrity, League and Content Licenses: Payments and Commitments
The products we produce in our studios are designed and created by our employee designers, artists, software programmers and by non-employee software developers (“independent artists” or “third-party developers”). We typically advance development funds to the independent artists and third-party developers during development of our games, usually in installment payments made upon the completion of specified development milestones. Contractually, these payments are generally considered advances against subsequent royalties on the sales of the products. These terms are set forth in written agreements entered into with the independent artists and third-party developers.
In addition, we have certain celebrity, league and content license contracts that contain minimum guarantee payments and marketing commitments to promote the games we publish that may not be dependent on any deliverables. These developer and content license commitments represent the sum of (1) the cash payments due under non-royalty-bearing licenses and services agreements and (2) the minimum guaranteed payments and advances against royalties due under royalty-bearing licenses and services agreements, the majority of which are conditional upon performance by the counterparty. These minimum guarantee payments and any related marketing commitments are included in the table below.
The following table summarizes our minimum contractual obligations as of September 30, 2022 (in millions):
Fiscal Years Ending March 31,
2023
(Remaining
Totalsix mos.)20242025202620272028Thereafter
Unrecognized commitments
Developer/licensor commitments$1,961 $142 $460 $500 $422 $113 $110 $214 
Marketing commitments929 97 252 214 178 76 63 49 
Senior Notes interest809 22 55 55 54 36 36 551 
Operating lease imputed interest37 4 8 6 5 3 3 8 
Operating leases not yet commenced (a)
152 — 4 10 16 16 14 92 
Other purchase obligations155 32 99 17 5 2 — — 
Total unrecognized commitments4,043 297 878 802 680 246 226 914 
Recognized commitments
Senior Notes principal and interest1,906 6 — — 400 — — 1,500 
Operating leases345 46 64 58 45 31 22 79 
Transition Tax and other taxes17 — 4 6 7 — — — 
Total recognized commitments2,268 52 68 64 452 31 22 1,579 
Total Commitments$6,311 $349 $946 $866 $1,132 $277 $248 $2,493 
(a)As of September 30, 2022, we have entered into office and equipment leases that have not yet commenced with aggregate future lease payments of approximately $152 million. These leases are expected to commence between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2025, and will have lease terms ranging from 5 to 12 years.
The unrecognized amounts represented in the table above reflect our minimum cash obligations for the respective fiscal years, but do not necessarily represent the periods in which they will be recognized and expensed in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In addition, the amounts in the table above are presented based on the dates the amounts are contractually due as of September 30, 2022; however, certain payment obligations may be accelerated depending on the performance of our operating results.
In addition to what is included in the table above, as of September 30, 2022, we had a net liability for unrecognized tax benefits and an accrual for the payment of related interest totaling $466 million, of which we are unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate of when cash settlement with a taxing authority will occur.
Legal Proceedings
We are subject to claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that any liability from any reasonably foreseeable disposition of such claims and litigation, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.