SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND LICENSES

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2011

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND LICENSES

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND LICENSES

8.     SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND LICENSES

Details of our capitalized software development costs and licenses are as follows:

	March 31, 2011				March 31, 2010				October 31, 2009
	Current		Non-current		Current		Non-current		Current		Non-current
Software development costs, internally developed	$	65,297	$	100,251	$	111,631	$	71,691	$	123,018	$	46,574
Software development costs, externally developed		65,292		38,069		2,237		66,073		42,306		27,202
Licenses		1,087		—		740		1,576		2,017		1,745
Software development costs and licenses	$	131,676	$	138,320	$	114,608	$	139,340	$	167,341	$	75,521

Software development costs and licenses as of March 31, 2011 and 2010 and October 31, 2009 included $263,082, $238,553 and $212,939, respectively, related to titles that have not been released.

Amortization and impairment of software development costs and licenses are as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended March 31,						Five Months Ended March 31,			Fiscal Year Ended October 31,
	2011			2010			2010			2009			2008
				(Unaudited)
Amortization and impairment of software development costs and licenses	$	154,506		$	117,955		$	53,108		$	111,615		$	159,563
Less: Portion representing stock-based compensation		(10,695	)		(5,213	)		(2,152	)		(6,094	)		(13,461	)
Amortization and impairment, net of stock-based compensation	$	143,811		$	112,742		$	50,956		$	105,521		$	146,102