EXHIBIT 23.01


                   Consent of KPMG, LLP, Independent Auditors


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Electronic Arts Inc.:

The audits referred to in our report dated May 3, 2002, include the related
financial statement schedule as of March 31, 2002, and for each of the years in
the three-year period ended March 31, 2002, included in Electronic Arts Inc.'s
annual report on Form 10-K. This financial statement schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our
opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the
basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in
all material respects, the information set forth therein.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Nos. 33-66836, 33-55212, 33-53302, 33-41955, 33-82166, 33-61781, 33-61783,
333-09683, 333-09893, 333-32239, 333-32771, 333-46937, 333-60513, 333-60517,
333-84215, 333-39430, 333-39432, 333-44222, 333-60256, 333-67430 and 333-82888)
on Form S-8 of Electronic Arts Inc. of our reports dated May 3, 2002 relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of Electronic Arts Inc. and subsidiaries as of
March 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended March 31, 2002, and the related financial statement schedule, which
reports appear in the March 31, 2002, annual report on Form 10-K of Electronic
Arts Inc.


                                                                        KPMG LLP

Mountain View, California
June 28, 2002