Commitments And Contingencies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

The following table summarizes our minimum contractual obligations as of December 31, 2012 (in millions):



			Fiscal Year Ending March 31,
			2013
			(Remaining
	Total		three mos.)		2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		Thereafter
Unrecognized commitments
Developer/licensor commitments	$	1,166	$	42	$	174	$	166	$	207	$	70	$	54	$	453
Marketing commitments	239		14		54		34		34		20		20		63
Operating leases	177		13		51		42		28		16		11		16
0.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 interest ^(a)	19		2		5		5		5		2		—		—
Other purchase obligations	47		14		23		9		1		—		—		—
Total unrecognized commitments	1,648		85		307		256		275		108		85		532

Recognized commitments
0.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 principal ^(a)	633		—		—		—		—		633		—		—
Licensing and lease obligations ^(b)	84		9		28		20		5		20		1		1
Total recognized commitments	717		9		28		20		5		653		1		1

Total commitments	$	2,365	$	94	$	335	$	276	$	280	$	761	$	86	$	533

(a)

Included in the $19 million coupon interest on the 0.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 is $2 million of accrued interest recognized as of December 31, 2012. We will be obligated to pay the $632.5 million principal amount of the 0.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 in cash and any excess conversion value in shares of our common stock upon redemption of the Notes at maturity on July 15, 2016 or upon earlier redemption. The $632.5 million principal amount excludes $79 million of unamortized discount of the liability component. See Note 12 for additional information regarding our 0.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016.


(b)	See Note 8 for additional information regarding recognized commitments resulting from our restructuring plans. Lease commitments have not been reduced for approximately $5 million due in the future from third parties under non-cancelable sub-leases.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of unconditional purchase obligations that are not recognized as a liability on the balance sheet, including the nature and significant terms of an unconditional purchase obligation; the amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the obligation as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the aggregate and, if determinable, for each of the five succeeding fiscal years; the nature of any variable components of the obligation; the amount purchased under the obligation (for example, the take-or-pay or throughput contract) for the reporting period; and may include the amount of imputed interest necessary to reduce the obligation to present value.

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