Cover - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Cover - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2026	Jul. 25, 2026	Sep. 26, 2025
Cover [Abstract]
Document Type	10-K/A
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	As previously announced, on September 28, 2025, Electronic Arts Inc. (“Electronic Arts” or the “Company”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Oak-Eagle AcquireCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Oak-Eagle MergerCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”) pursuant to which the Company is to be acquired by an investor consortium comprised of The Public Investment Fund (“PIF”), private investment funds affiliated with Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. (“Silver Lake”) and private investment funds affiliated with Affinity Partners (“Affinity,” and, together with PIF and Silver Lake, the “Consortium”). On the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The Company is filing this Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K/A (the “Amendment”), which amends the Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Original Report”) of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2026, which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 11, 2026. This Amendment is being filed to amend Part III to include information required by Items 10 through 14. In addition, Item 15 of Part IV has been amended solely to include new certifications by our principal executive officer and principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The certifications of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer are filed with this Amendment as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 hereto. Additionally, we are not including the certification under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as no financial statements are being filed with this Amendment. Except as described above, this Amendment does not amend, update or change any other items or disclosures in the Original Report and does not purport to reflect any information or events subsequent to the filing thereof. As such, this Amendment speaks only as of the date the Original Report was filed, and we have not undertaken herein to amend, supplement or update any information contained in the Original Report to give effect to any subsequent events. Accordingly, this Form 10-K/A should be read in conjunction with our filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Report, including any amendment to those filings.
Document Annual Report	true
Document Transition Report	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2026
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2026
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--03-31
Entity File Number	000-17948
Entity Registrant Name	ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
Entity Central Index Key	0000712515
Entity Tax Identification Number	94-2838567
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity Address, Address Line One	209 Redwood Shores Parkway
Entity Address, City or Town	Redwood City
Entity Address, State or Province	CA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	94065
City Area Code	650
Local Phone Number	628-1500
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	EA
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Public Float			$ 48,323
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		252,383,840
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag	true
Document Financial Statement Error Correction [Flag]	false
Insider Trading Policies and Procedures Adopted [Flag]	true

ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. 10-K/A