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Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is still EA's top mobile game with average daily sessions of 155 minutes

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Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is still EA's top mobile game with average daily sessions of 155 minutes

EA (NASDAQ:EA) has released its financials for its Q3 FY17 for the three months ending December 31st 2017.

It posted revenues of $1.15 billion for the quarter, up 7.4% year-on-year. The quarter has also been noted by EA as its first ever billion dollar cashflow quarter.

Breaking this down further, the mobile segment saw net sales of $174, up 7% year-on-year. Net sales for a trailing 12-month period were $626 million, up 14% year-on-year.

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Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes continued to be the company's key mobile game. EA claims that it has set a record of an average daily playtime of 155 minutes in the quarter.

It also pointed to Madden NFL Mobile, SimCity BuildIt!, and The Sims FreePlay as key contributors to sales.

NBA Live Mobile and FIFA Mobile were noted for driving strong downloads and engagement, which EA hopes to monetise better in the future.

Looking ahead to FY18, EA stated that it will continue to grow its mobile portfolio, while also focusing on its live ops to drive revenues from its existing, long-running titles.


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