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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. Interesting by hey! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Compare this to PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST opening weekend box office of 135,634,554.

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