
Electronic Arts Rises 3.8% on Microsoft Deal
Video game developer
Electronic Arts
was up 3.8% in early trading after it agreed to make games for
Microsoft
(MSFT) - Get Microsoft Corporation Report
for the coming
Xbox
Scroll to Continue
TheStreet Recommends
console.
The deal was seen as a boost to Microsoft in its bid to win market share from
Sony's
game system,
PlayStation
. Sony was up 0.1%.