EXHIBIT 23.01
Report on Financial Statement Schedule and Consent of Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors
Electronic Arts Inc.:
The audits referred to in our report dated April 28, 2000, include the related
financial statement schedules as of March 31, 2000, and for each of the years in
the three-year period ended March 31, 2000, included in Electronic Arts Inc.'s
annual report on Form 10-K. This financial statement schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our
opinion, such financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the
basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in
all material respects, the information set forth therein.
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Nos. 33-66836, 33-55212, 33-53302, 33-41955, 33-82166, 33-61781, 33-61783,
333-09683, 333-09893, 333-32239, 333-32771, 333-46937, 333-60513, 333-60517,
333-84215, 333-39430 and 333-39432) on Form S-8 of Electronic Arts Inc. of our
report dated April 28, 2000 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Electronic Arts Inc. and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2000 and 1999, and the
related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2000, and the
related financial statement schedules, which reports appear in the March 31,
2000, annual report on Form 10-K of Electronic Arts Inc.
KPMG LLP
Mountain View, California
June 28, 2000
