EXHIBIT 23.01



                   Consent of KPMG, LLP, Independent Auditors




The Board of Directors
Electronic Arts Inc.:

The audits  referred  to in our report  dated May 4, 2001,  include  the related
financial  statement schedule as of March 31, 2001, and for each of the years in
the three-year  period ended March 31, 2001,  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  and  333-60256)  on  Form  S-8 of
Electronic  Arts  Inc.  of  our  reports  dated  May  4,  2001  relating  to the
consolidated balance sheets of Electronic Arts Inc. and subsidiaries as of March
31,  2001 and 2000,  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, 2001, and the related financial statement schedule, which
reports  appear in the March 31, 2001,  annual report on Form 10-K of Electronic
Arts Inc.




                                                                        KPMG LLP
Mountain View, California
June 28, 2001