How much money EA had made wirt BF2 till now?

2006-06-03 07:58:35

#1

someone25: Member; +1|7233

I was just wondering, i would like to know what you are thinking.
If i see how many players have an online account, and lets say every 3rd account is one bought game.
mhhhh... +the booster packs and the servers.

they must swim in money.

2006-06-03 07:59:37

#2

fierce: I love [fiSh]; +167|7053

10 - 100 million$

2006-06-03 08:01:32

#3

spawnofthemist: Banned; +1,128|7127|Burmecia, Land of the Rain

please no.. not another fucking poll

at least its sort of worthwhile though.. so i'll let it live

they've made a lot.. i dont care how much they make.. i care about how much fun i have.. and at the moment.. thats A LOT..

i null voted

2006-06-03 08:01:46

#4

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7247

Not a much as they make from Madden or Tiger Woods.

2006-06-03 08:32:01

#5

Talon: Stop reading this and look at my post; +341|7245

Theres a million accounts, roughly...

2006-06-03 08:37:29

#6

VeNg3nCe^: ¦Tactics Øver Principles¦; +314|7191|Antarctica

$100 per person (if they bought all expansions/boosters), so if 100,000 people bought the game..... hmmmmmmm........................... thats a lot.

2006-06-03 08:40:34

#7

tahadar: Sniper!!; +183|7224|Pakistan/England

1,000,000 accounts. i'd say 20% are double accounts. $50 for the game

800,000 x 50 = $40,000,000

if 100,000 people got SF, thats 30 x 100,000 = $3,000,000

if another 60,000 got EF, thats $600,000

which give a grand total of about $44 million

so the true total is between 40 and 50 million dollars

2006-06-03 08:44:21

#8

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7247

How much did EA have to pay Dice?

2006-06-03 08:45:37

#9

tahadar: Sniper!!; +183|7224|Pakistan/England

usmarine2005 wrote:
How much did EA have to pay Dice?

probably around 10-15 million id say.

2006-06-03 08:52:57

#10

Starfleet1403: ...to bodly spawn where no one has spawned before!; +66|7108|Born in West-Berlin

VeNg3nCe^ wrote:
$100 per person (if they bought all expansions/boosters), so if 100,000 people bought the game..... hmmmmmmm........................... thats a lot.

I agree on 100 $ per Person. Multiply that with 330.566 ranked Player with more than 100 Points and you get

======> 33,056,600 USD <========

Come on EA!!!!!!!!!! Do something for that Money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-06-03 08:53:54

#11

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7247

Starfleet1403 wrote:
VeNg3nCe^ wrote:
$100 per person (if they bought all expansions/boosters), so if 100,000 people bought the game..... hmmmmmmm........................... thats a lot.
I agree on 100 $ per Person. Multiply that with 330.566 ranked Player with more than 100 Points and you get

======> 33,056,600 USD <========

Come on EA!!!!!!!!!! Do something for that Money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They did. They paid Dice to make a game.

2006-06-03 09:23:00

#12

comet241: Member; +164|7250|Normal, IL

tahadar wrote:
1,000,000 accounts. i'd say 20% are double accounts. $50 for the game

800,000 x 50 = $40,000,000

if 100,000 people got SF, thats 30 x 100,000 = $3,000,000

if another 60,000 got EF, thats $600,000

which give a grand total of about $44 million

so the true total is between 40 and 50 million dollars

you forgot to add in that ea and dice get a cut from the server companies for being ranked......

2006-06-03 10:08:43

#13

tahadar: Sniper!!; +183|7224|Pakistan/England

comet241 wrote:
tahadar wrote:
1,000,000 accounts. i'd say 20% are double accounts. $50 for the game

800,000 x 50 = $40,000,000

if 100,000 people got SF, thats 30 x 100,000 = $3,000,000

if another 60,000 got EF, thats $600,000

which give a grand total of about $44 million

so the true total is between 40 and 50 million dollars
you forgot to add in that ea and dice get a cut from the server companies for being ranked......

so that should be about $15 million max. that gives EA a profit of $30 million. damn.

2006-06-03 10:10:52

#14

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7247

"so that should be about $15 million max. that gives EA a profit of $30 million. damn "

How is all of that profit?

2006-06-03 10:13:03

#15

alpinestar: Member; +304|7081|New York City baby.

I would start to listen to customer if I made this kind of money.

2006-06-03 10:16:46

#16

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7247

alpinestar wrote:
I would start to listen to customer if I made this kind of money.

What makes you think someone at EA isn't crawling up Dice's ass about fixing the game.

2006-06-03 10:19:56

#17

fierce: I love [fiSh]; +167|7053

usmarine2005 wrote:
"so that should be about $15 million max. that gives EA a profit of $30 million. damn "

How is all of that profit?

I even wonder how they manage to development/market/distribute/support the game without any costs.

2006-06-03 10:21:11

#18

Agemman: Member; +9|7076

I believe its about 50-100 million $ so i voted for "10 - 100 million$". And that's a LOT of money! Wonder how much they have earned from the entire Battlefield series?

2006-06-03 10:22:24

#19

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7247

fierce wrote:
usmarine2005 wrote:
"so that should be about $15 million max. that gives EA a profit of $30 million. damn "

How is all of that profit?
I even wonder how they manage to development/market/distribute/support the game without any costs.

Ya, I guess there is no overhead in the video game industry.

2006-06-03 10:23:36

#20

Psycho: Member since 2005; +44|7261|Kansas, USA

tahadar wrote:
so that should be about $15 million max. that gives EA a profit of $30 million. damn.

Wow, seems some people don't know the difference between Revenue and Profit. There are many, many other operating expenses that no one is taking into account here.

The #1 expense of just about any company is labor. Even though they paid Dice to make the game, EA still has it's own emplyees as well: marketing, designers, project managers, etc, etc. Then there are other operating costs such as building rent, utilities & advertising.

Those are all pretty much fixed costs - costs that remain the same no matter if you produce one unit of the game or 1 billion. Then there are the variable costs - the costs which are directly proportional to the number of units produced. Such as CD/DVD creation, packaging, shipping.

Lastly, there is the cost of the servers and bandwidth that they must maintain for account logins, rankings, etc. (not a true fixed or variable cost in my opinion)

So, if you can accurately determine those costs, then maybe you can determne the profit. Otherwise, you can't.

Last edited by Psycho (2006-06-03 10:24:47)

2006-06-03 10:30:44

#21

Manxman: Banned; +19|7122

not as much as bill gaites
the robbing bastard
but you lot dont cry about the price of windows do you?

2006-06-03 10:47:06

#22

spawnofthemist: Banned; +1,128|7127|Burmecia, Land of the Rain

Manxman wrote:
not as much as bill gaites
the robbing bastard
but you lot dont cry about the price of windows do you?

i dont use windows.. unless i'm playing bf2
...

even then..

i got it free

2006-06-03 11:44:06

#23

comet241: Member; +164|7250|Normal, IL

ok, well i went ahead and checked it out then, click here:

http://www.hoovers.com/electronic-arts/ … ronic-arts

this shows they have 2006 sales of almost 3 billion dollars..... ummm... wow.....

however: http://www.hoovers.com/electronic-arts/ … cash.xhtml

shows they have some massive negative cashflows..... prolly for cheap booze and expensive hookers... or is it expensive booze and cheap hookers......

however, their balance sheet paints a very pretty picture for the company: http://www.hoovers.com/electronic-arts/ … ance.xhtml

looks like they are making some major money over there at EA with no, i repeat, no long term debt, the future looks very nice for EA games.

soooo...... not knowing how much of that comes from little ol' bf2 considering the scope of the company, we still gotta wonder, with all that money laying around, why can't they hire some quality control people, or maybe a few more beta testers for patches.... or something.

2006-06-03 11:45:53

#24

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7247

That is why they outsource the development to Dice......it saves them money.

less than 10 million$	8%	8% - 5
10 - 100 million$	52%	52% - 31
100-500 million$	18%	18% - 11
500-1000 million$	6%	6% - 4
1000+ million$	13%	13% - 8
Total: 59

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