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Madden 07 Earns $100 Million in First Week Sales

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-yet-it-is-still-broken dept.

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."

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  1. next year by legoburner · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would not bother getting this game. Rumour has it there is a sequel coming out next year!

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  2. Sentence Structure? Cell Structure? by codefrog · · Score: 3, Funny

    Resurrecting a sales slump? Sounds like Sony will be all over THAT action...

  3. You might say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    it's doing Madden-ingly well.

  4. Piracy by Digital+Vomit · · Score: 3, Funny

    One industry insider reports they would've "earned eleventy billion dollars if it hadn't been for widespread video game piracy and used game sales."

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