EXHIBIT 23.01

   Report on Financial Statement Schedule and Consent of Independent Auditors


The Board of Directors
Electronic Arts Inc.:

The audits  referred to in our report dated April 28, 2000,  include the related
financial statement schedules as of March 31, 2000, and for each of the years in
the three-year  period ended March 31, 2000,  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 schedules,  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 and 333-39432) on Form S-8 of Electronic  Arts Inc. of our
report  dated April 28,  2000  relating to the  consolidated  balance  sheets of
Electronic  Arts Inc. and  subsidiaries  as of March 31, 2000 and 1999,  and the
related consolidated statements of income,  stockholders' equity, and cash flows
for each of the years in the  three-year  period ended March 31,  2000,  and the
related  financial  statement  schedules,  which reports appear in the March 31,
2000, annual report on Form 10-K of Electronic Arts Inc.


                                                                        KPMG LLP


Mountain View, California
June 28, 2000