POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Steve Bene, David Leeb, Flora Lee, and Stephanie Kuo,
signing singly, the undersigneds true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds
capacity as an officer and/or director of  Electronic Arts Inc. (EA),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-
in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-facts discretion.
       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any
of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is EA assuming, any of the
undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by EA,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 15th day of June, 2005.



	/s/ Vivek Paul
	Vivek Paul









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