Madden 07 Earns $100 Million in First Week Sales

192939495969798999 writes "CNN reports that Madden 07 grossed over $100 million in the first week, helping to resurrect a sales slump for Electronic Arts. The article states that most people are waiting for the release of PS3 and/or Wii to make game purchases." From the article: "An industry turnaround isn't expected until next year, and EA officials predicted during its quarterly earnings report on August 1 that videogame sales for 2006 across the industry would be flat to down 5 percent."

Re:All that different from Madden 06, 05, ... etc

[Sinryc]

New team stats, new rosters, better graphics... Its released RIGHT at football season... When a game isn't ON, we can play one. Also, you can get a bunch of people that DON'T play other games to play football cause, well, its football.

Almost unbelievable

[the computer guy nex]

I think people see why getting an exclusive NFL license was well worth it. Football is a sport that just seems to be invented for consoles.

On a side note I've owned Madden almost every year since the Sega Genesis. The 360 version is the best one I've played hands-down. Gameplay is very realistic (need to focus on run to open up pass, defensive play calling most important I've ever seen), zoomed-in graphics are breathtaking, and the high-definition photos of each player are a great addition.

I love having a real-life ESPN ticker on the bottom. The UI itself is very smooth and intuitive. The mini games are a blast when you have a few friends over but don't want a longer competition between just 2 people.

Re:All that different from Madden 06, 05, ... etc

[BeeBeard]

And you know, many of the more savvy gamers (who don't like to pay money for stupid add-ons) update the rosters manually anyway. It's 100 percent doable on the PC, and I'm told that you can even do it on the XBOX. There is still a cottage industry in providing recent roster and graphics updates for older NBA Live XX, Madden 'XX, and NHL XX games. Google "NBA Live roster update", for example, and you'll see what I mean.