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Description Of Business And Basis Of Presentation | 6 Months Ended
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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Description of Business And Basis Of Presentation | DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION Electronic Arts is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment. We develop, market, publish and deliver games, content and services that can be experienced on game consoles, PCs, and mobile devices. We create innovative games and experiences that deliver high-quality interactive entertainment and drive engagement across our global network of hundreds of millions of players. Through our live services offerings, we offer high-quality experiences designed to provide value to players and extend and enhance gameplay. These live services include extra content, subscription offerings and other revenue generated in addition to the sale of our full games. We are focusing on building games and experiences that grow the global online communities around our key franchises; deepening engagement through connecting interactive storytelling to key intellectual property; and harnessing our communities to grow in, around, and beyond our games. Our fiscal year is reported on a 52- or 53-week period that ends on the Saturday nearest March 31. Our results of operations for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026 contains 52 weeks and ends on March 28, 2026. Our results of operations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 contained 52 weeks and ended on March 29, 2025. Our results of operations for the three and six months ended September 30, 2025 contained 13 weeks and 26 weeks, respectively, and ended on September 27, 2025. Our results of operations for the three and six months ended September 30, 2024 contained 13 weeks and 26 weeks, respectively, and ended on September 28, 2024. For simplicity of disclosure, all fiscal periods are referred to as ending on a calendar month end. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are unaudited and reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals unless otherwise indicated) that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. The preparation of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. The results of operations for the current interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the current year or any other period. These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 13, 2025. Change in Estimated Offering Period The offering period is the period in which we offer to provide the future update rights and/or online hosting for the game and related extra content sold. Because the offering period is not an explicitly defined period, we must make an estimate of the offering period for the service-related performance obligations (i.e., future update rights and/or online hosting). For sales prior to July 1, 2025, revenue for service-related performance obligations related to our mobile free-to-play and PC and console free-to-play games was recognized generally over eight and twelve-month periods, respectively, beginning in the month of sale. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, we completed our annual evaluation of the Estimated Offering Period, and as a result, for sales beginning July 1, 2025, the revenue that we recognize for service-related performance obligation related to our mobile free-to-play and PC and console free-to-play games is recognized generally over an eleven-month period beginning in the month of sale. During the three and six months ended September 30, 2025, this change to our Estimated Offering Period resulted in an estimated decrease in net revenue of $8 million and net income of $6 million, and a decrease of $0.02 diluted earnings per share. Recently Issued Accounting Standard s In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvement to Income Tax Disclosures. The amendments further enhance income tax disclosures, primarily through standardization and disaggregation of rate reconciliation categories and income taxes paid by jurisdiction. This ASU is effective for our annual report for fiscal year 2026 and should be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. We are currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on our disclosures within the Consolidated Financial Statements. In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires additional, disaggregated disclosure about certain income statement line items. This ASU is effective for our annual report for fiscal year 2028 and interim periods thereafter on a retrospective or prospective basis, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the timing of adoption and impact of this ASU on our disclosures within the Consolidated Financial Statements. In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets. This amendment introduces a practical expedient for the application of the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model to current accounts receivable and contract assets. The amendment is effective beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 on a prospective basis, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the timing of adoption and impact of this amendment on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures. In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Improvements to Accounting for Internal-Use Software, which eliminates references to “project stages” and clarifies the criteria for when internal-use software costs should be capitalized. This ASU is effective beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2029 on a prospective, modified-prospective, or retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the timing of adoption and the impact of this ASU on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.

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