EA reports $955 M in earnings, 7.3 M decline in MAU and $500 M share buyback

Electronic Arts made $955 million in earnings during Q1 2013, suffered a 7.3 million monthly active user decline and kicked off program to buy back $500 million worth of shares.

The company’s earnings statement reveals it had 41 million MAU playing its social games at the end of the quarter. This is a 15.9 million (27 percent) MAU decrease year-over-year from Q1 2012, and it’s still significant drop from the 48.3 million (15 percent) MAU the company began the quarter with.

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