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EA targets $6 billion sales by 2011

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Next stop, the moon. EA's just announced plans to hit $6 billion in sales by 2011. CEO John Riccitiello said this was a target, and not guidance, but shares jumped over 5 percent in trading on the news.

Wall Street does not have a forecast that far into the future, but for the fiscal year ending in March 2010 analysts polled by Thomson Financial expect $5.13 billion in sales from EA.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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