Exhibit 23.01
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Electronic Arts Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (Nos.
33-66836, 33-55212, 33-53302, 33-41955, 33-82166,
33-61781,
33-61783,
333-09683,
333-09893,
333-32239,
333-32771,
333-60513,
333-60517,
333-84215,
333-39432,
333-44222,
333-67430,
333-99525,
333-107710,
333-117990,
333-120256, 33-127156,
333-131933,
333-138532,
333-145182 and
333-148596)
and the registration statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-102797) of Electronic Arts Inc. and
subsidiaries (
“the Company”) of our reports dated
May 23, 2008, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of Electronic Arts Inc. as of
March 29, 2008 and
March 31, 2007, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income
(loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
March 29, 2008, the
related financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting as of
March 29, 2008, which reports appear in this
March 29, 2008 annual report on Form
10-K of Electronic Arts Inc.
As discussed in notes 10, 12 and 14 to the consolidated financial statements,
the Company adopted
FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48),
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an
interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, effective
April 1, 2007 and the provisions of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004),
Share-Based Payment, and the Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108,
Considering the
Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in the Current Year Financial
Statements, effective
April 2, 2006.
Our report dated
May 23, 2008, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as
of
March 29, 2008, contains an explanatory paragraph that states that, in conducting
the Company’s
evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting, management
excluded the acquisition of VG Holding Corp., which was completed by
the Company in January 2008.
Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of
the Company also excluded an
evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of VG Holding Corp.
