日前，美国艺电（EA）2011财年第二季度财报显示，EA Mobile在该季度三个月中（截止9月30日）的销售额是4900万美元，同比上一季度首次出现下滑，比上一财年第二季度的5100万美元减少了4%。据悉，EA公司传统的Brew/Java业务陷入了经营困境，即使是EA新兴的智能手机业务也无法抵消这种亏损。

EA-Acquires-Chillingo

这也正是App Store头号发行商EA Mobile，出手收购最多产iOS发行商Chillingo的原因所在。

但目前为止，该收购的具体成交额仍未得到确认，至少在EA分析师的问答会中没有透露这一点。

不过已有消息称，EA已经预付了1700万美元给Chillingo，如果后者未来三年的财务表现能够达标，EA还将再额外追加1200万美元，前后合计2900万美元，这一点对Chillingo的股东来说确实比较划算。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译）

EA-Chillingo deal confirmed at $17 million upfront, with $12 million earnout

EA’s purchase of UK iOS publisher Chillingo has been put into context as the publisher’s mobile business has filed a quarterly loss for the first time.

Obviously its traditional Brew/Java business has dipped harder than the emerging smartphone business can overcome.

That’s why EA Mobile, the #1 publisher on the App Store, decided to buy Chillingo, which is the most volumious publisher on iOS.

Size of a bull

The price of the deal hadn’t been confirmed to-date however, at least until the usual EA analysts’ question and answer session.

This confirmed the ‘circa $20 million upfront deal’ saying that EA had paid $17 million for Chillingo.

The interesting part however is that an additional $12 million is potentially due if Chillingo meets its targets over the next three years, valuing the entire deal at $29 million – something that’s much more healthy for Chillingo shareholders.（source:pocketgamer）