"The EA Sports Active franchise has been a money maker for EA Sports. Since it debuted in May of 2009, it has raked in over $125 million and that is just for the Wii. So, it makes sense that EA would bring a sequel to the table and expand to other platforms by announcing Wii, Playstation 3 and even iPhone and iPod versions. What is odd though is the lack of Xbox 360 support."

This week only Best Buy is having a sale on variety of Nintendo Wii games that utilize Wii Balance Board. List of games on sale include EA Sports Active, Gold's Gym Cardio Workout, Jillian Michaelas Fitness Ultimatum 2010 and many more.

Right now EA Sports Active Bundle is on sale at GameStop.com for $29.99. This is the best discount for this game that was ever available and approximately $20 cheaper than in other stores

BestBuy.com is offering several Nintendo Wii video games on sale this week at the best prices online or in stores. Games include Metroid Prime: Trilogy, Collector's Edition for $19.99, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for $29.99, EA Sports Active for $49.99 and more. See complete for details.

"Brutally comparing the EA SPORTS of as little as two years ago to a sinking ship, Moore was not shy in his description of the company and the direction in which it was heading. He based this upon his understanding that the advancements in graphics meant that there was a distinct push within EA SPORTS towards realism and a quest to make TV images and videogames indistinguishable at a glance."

Electronic Arts has released their financial statement for the first quarter of their 2010 fiscal year that ends in March 2010. This corresponds to Nintendo's Q1 FY2009, Sony's Q1 FY2009 and Microsoft's Q4 FY2009. The American videogame publisher posted a net loss of $234 million, although non-GAAP calculations brought the figure down to $6 million. Net revenue totals at $644 million for the quarter, with an operating loss of $245 million.

However, EA could claim multiple highlights for...

The NPD Group has released their hardware and software numbers for the month of June, representing sales for the United States for the five week period of May 31st to July 4th.

Notables this month:

• Good software sales from 360, Wii
• Industry year-on-year decline for fourth straight month

Hardware numbers:
NDS: 766.5k (153.5k per week)
WII: 361.7k (72.34k per week)
360: 240.6k (48.12k per week)
PS3: 164.7k (32.94k per week)
PSP: 163.5k (32.7k per week)
PS2: 152.7k (30.54k per week)...