Electronic Arts makes Facebook Credits an exclusive payment option

Electronic Arts has entered into a five-year agreement with Facebook to accept Facebook Credits as the exclusive payment method for EA games on the social networking website.

Under the agreement, EA will receive the same 70 percent revenue share for Facebook Credits as is standard for all developers on Facebook.

Pet Society and Restaurant City from Playfish, a division of EA, are two of the most popular games on Facebook in terms of daily users. EA said its soccer and football games are also popular on Facebook.

“We are pleased to enter into this long-term partnership with EA to make it easier for people to purchase virtual goods across some of the most popular games on Facebook,” said Dan Rose, vice president of partnerships and platform marketing at Facebook.

“Playfish has a great reputation for building high-quality games on Facebook, and we look forward to working even more closely with them and the larger team at EA.”