Electronic Arts Inc. develops, markets, publishes and distributes interactive software games that are playable by consumers on platforms, including home videogame machines, such as the Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation consoles; personal computers (PCs); handheld game machines, such as the Game Boy Advance, and online, over the Internet and other online networks. The products designed to play on consoles and handhelds, are published under license from the manufacturers of these platforms, such as Sony for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2, Microsoft for the Xbox and Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance. The Company pays a fee to the console manufacturers for the right to publish products on their platforms. Electronic Arts invests in the creation of software tools that it uses in product development and to convert products from one platform to another.