And most of that was from FIFA. Updated on 27 May 2021 We know EA makes millions of dollars from Ultimate Team, but now we have a figure: $1.62bn. That's the eye-watering amount EA made during its 2021 financial year from Ultimate Team modes across its sports games. But - and this won't come as a surprise to anyone - FIFA Ultimate Team made the bulk of that money. Or, as EA recently put it in a regulatory financial document, "a substantial portion". Eurogamer news cast: Do we give Nintendo's bad business practices a free pass? The amount of money EA makes from Ultimate Team is growing, too. Net revenue from "extra content sales" for Ultimate Team was $1.491bn during the 2020 financial year, and $1.369bn during the 2019 financial year.