{"id":10711,"date":"2020-01-08T15:28:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T20:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=10711"},"modified":"2020-01-08T15:28:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T20:28:08","slug":"the-history-of-ea-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2020\/01\/08\/the-history-of-ea-games\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of EA Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Electronic Arts or EA is famous worldwide as a publisher of video and computer games software. If you are into online casino gaming, you&#8217;ve probably heard about this brand. Nintendo, Sega, Atari, and other games are all under the umbrella of EA. The company has experienced rapid expansion worldwide, and its profits increased as much as 60 percent between 1989 and 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What impresses us is that EA was flexible from the very beginning, producing different versions of programs for various systems. 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It quickly began testing graphics art designers and shifted its production to software development for the masses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/playing_ea.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/playing_ea.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/playing_ea.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/playing_ea.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/playing_ea.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/playing_ea.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This shift turned out to be a great move. The games that EA developed increased the brand&#8217;s chance of success. EA started contacting famous sports players too, some of whom included the basketball player Michael Jordan, the chess player Garry Kasparov, and the star football coach John Madden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By taking a new strategic approach, the game manufacturer started selling more of its software. EA established its salesforce, too, and started talking to big brands such as Walmart and Target. It was clear that EA began tapping into the trends at the time, tracking consumer behavior at its finest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1986, $1.5 million of its $30 million in revenues came from international sales. The company&#8217;s chief executive officer, Hawkins, started spending more time inventing new strategies and growth plans. In 1989 EA went public with a market cap of around $84 million. Their net income increased as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just before online casino gaming became popular, by the end of the &#8217;80s, EA had become one of the major entertainment software manufacturers in the USA. Nintendo became a big trend, as well. The Japanese company accounted for 80 percent of the sales of EA&#8217;s games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EA made a significant move in the &#8217;90s and started to manufacture games for Sega&#8217;s Genesis, with a total investment of $2 million to $2.5 million. EA produced around 35 percent percent of the games running for this console. In the &#8217;90s, EA relocated to Delaware and appointed a new president. It became Electronic Arts Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After significant success and acquiring a lot of companies in the &#8217;90s, EA started a new millennium with profits ranging in hundreds of millions of dollars per year. Their entertainment software manufacturing became the only mission. 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