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H A R D W A R E I N T H E I N D U S T R Y ’SH I S T O R Y , A S W E L L A S L E V E R A G E T H E M A N Y O P P O R T U N I T I E S L I K E L Y T O E M E R G E F R O M T H E
L A U N C H O F E X C I T I N G N E X T -G E N E R A T I O N V I D E O G A M E S Y S T E M S .
OU R A B I L I T Y T O M A I N T A I N , G R O W A N D E X T E N D O U R P O R T F O L I O O F B E S T -S E L L I N G F R A N C H I S E S A N D C R E A T E N E W F R A N C H I S E S I S
A N I M P O R T A N T P A R T O F O U R S U C C E S S . W EB E L I E V E T H A T T H E S T R E N G T H O F O U R B R A N D S C O U P L E D W I T H O U R P R O V E N G A M E
D E V E L O P M E N T C A P A B I L I T I E S W I L L A L L O W U S T O M A I N T A I N O U R M A R K E T L E A D E R S H I P F O R Y E A R S T O C O M E .
INF I S C A L 2 0 0 6 , W E E X P E C T T O L A U N C H O U R L A R G E S T S L A T E O F N E W G A M E S A C R O S S M O R E T H A N E I G H T H A R D W A R E P L A T F O R M S .
TH E M A J O R I T Y O F T H E S E T I T L E S A R E N E W I N N O V A T I V E V E R S I O N S O F O U R B E S T -S E L L I N G F R A N C H I S E S —Tony Hawk, Spider-Man, Shrek,
Call of Duty, DOOM, X-Men, QUAKE A N D True Crime. O U R P R O D U C T S L A T E A L S O I N C L U D E S T W O M O V I E -B A S E D G A M E S ,Madagascar A N D
Fantastic 4,A S W E L L A S GUN,A N A L L -N E W W H O L L Y O W N E D P R O P E R T Y B E I N G D E V E L O P E D B Y O U R I N T E R N A L S T U D I O , N E V E R S O F T
EN T E R T A I N M E N T , T H E T E A M B E H I N D T H E B E S T -S E L L I N G Tony Hawk S E R I E S .
INF I S C A L 2 0 0 6 , O U R C A T A L O G L I N E U P W I L L B E O U R S T R O N G E S T E V E R A N D I N C L U D E S O U R T O P -S E L L I N G T I T L E S L A U N C H E D I N
P R I O R F I S C A L Y E A R S I N C L U D I N G G A M E S B A S E D O N Spider-Man, Call of Duty A N D Tony Hawk’s Underground.
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48% NET REVENUES +78% NET INCOME
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FISCAL 2005…ANOTHER RECORD YEAR