› Madden is world's biggest-selling game

US football game was a huge success, but only in the states

 
Posted By: David Gibbon
Posted On: 11/11/08 (Viewed 82 times)

The latest title in the popular EA American football franchise Madden NFL was officially the world’s biggest-selling game in the three-month quarter between July and September.

Madden NFL 09 sold just under three million copies overall, reaching 2.99 million in the US, but it sold just 35,000 in the UK and 1,000 in Japan.

The sales data, which was collected from Top Global Markets: an integrated monthly report from leading global providers of consumer and retail information in the games industry, revealed Nintendo's exercise title Wii Fit the second biggest seller, with 2.09 million sales overall.

In the US Wii Fit shifted three million in the US, 460,000 sales in the UK and 346,000 sales in Japan.

The third global best-seller during the quarter was Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, which had 1.74 million sales overall, with 1.4 million in the US and 321,000 in the UK.

Pokemon Platinum – the fourth biggest seller – shifted 1.48 million: all in Japan.

Mario Kart Wii was the fifth best-selling game, selling 856,000 in the US, 394,000 in the UK and 218,000 in Japan.

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