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    US DS-loving types mostly see mobile games as running on underpowered processors with rubbish buttons, and don't give them the time of day. Yet, shockingly, EA is making more money from mobile games than both the PS3 and PSP.

    In a recent financial report for the third quarter of this year, figures revealed that EA made $37 million (around £18m) from mobile gaming, beating by a large margin PS3 profits of $17 (£8m) million. Even the equally portable PSP couldn't match up to mobiles, making EA $21 million (£10m) in the same period.

    Clearly, the sheer size of the mobile user base has a lot to do with it, but it's surprising nevertheless.

    Xbox 360, meanwhile, has no problems, raking in a massive $218 million (£106m) of EA's total $640 million (£311m) profit. PS2 comes in second ($73m, £35m), Wii third ($59m, £29m), and DS fourth ($47m, $23m).

    These figures, on the not-so-good side of things, only show a 5.7 percent growth for EA, compared to its fast-growing rivals Gameloft (51 percent) and Glu (34.5 percent), according to Pocket Gamer.

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    Perhaps EA should start making some DECENT PS3 games then.

    EA are porting the 360 version to the ps3 which causes lags and jumps. EA is the worst case for this, and everyone knows it.

    That it the reason they arent selling. EA need to improve the quality of porting PS3 games, or make a game DESIGNED for the PS3 hardware from scratch.

    That way im sure if that was ported to 360 the jumps and lags wont be there.

    I believe that will cause sales to raise

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    I agree, more orginals for the Playstation 3 platform would be better than ports.

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    EA doesn't have much motivation to work more on PS3 games. If more people bought PS3s, they would more likely spend more time and money developing games. PS3 sales should rise, seeing as the holiday season is already here and Wiis are still hard to buy.

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    It's official. PS3 sucks.

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    sappo sucks!!!

    back on topic..........

    EA would make more money if they did do original games for PS3 but basically with the PS3 not sellin great they dont give a f*** about it.

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    well to be honest... the ps3 is selling quite well at the moment. I mean, its selling more then the Wii in japan, during this last month i know the ps3 has gained a 300% increase in sales in the UK.

    Not sure about america.... but im sure their recent price cut has caused increased sales.

    The PS3 is gaining a larger market share. So EA have no excuse really.... apart from their laziness when it comes to ports. Other companies are porting games a LOT better then what EA are pulling together.

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    of course the development cost is more cheap on any console/handheld than on PS3


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