Jan 29th 2014, 12:14, by Rich McCormick
Sales of Electronic Arts' video games for older consoles have tailed off more quickly than expected, the publishing giant said yesterday. Blake Jorgensen, EA's chief financial officer, said there was a "much sharper decline than anticipated in demand for current-generation software," as third quarter sales for EA games on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 dropped 35 percent against the same period the previous year.
The unexpected dip caused a revenue shortfall for the publisher, but Jorgensen was optimistic about the future. He said that the downward trend on Xbox 360 and PS3 software was "partially offset" by positive next-gen results. Jorgensen confirmed EA was the number one publisher on PS4 and Xbox One in December, with overall software...
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