Ultimate Team accounted for 29 percent of EA’s total annual revenue

EA generated $ 1.62 billion in revenue with Ultimate Team in the past fiscal year. That game mode is in sports games FIFA, Madden and NHL. FIFA Ultimate Team is the main source of income.

EA in its annual report to the US stock exchange authority SEC cites the total revenue of the Ultimate Team modes in all of its sports games. That turns out to be 29 percent of the annual turnover. In addition, EA says that the majority of Ultimate Team revenue comes from FIFA. The numbers were noted by analyst Daniel Ahmad, which also lists the figures for recent years.

FIFA Ultimate Team

In the Ultimate Team game mode, players build their own team and EA sells lootboxes that give players the chance to acquire good athletes. In recent years, this has become an increasingly important source of income for EA. In the past three years, Ultimate Team accounted for at least 27 percent of annual revenue. EA’s earnings model is being scrutinized by various authorities worldwide.

At the end of last year, code was also found in FIFA that would indicate the possibility to disable Ultimate Team regionally if necessary due to legislation. Until now, EA has not used that possibility in practice.