FIFA 10: Fastest Selling Sports Game Ever
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Contrary to the perception of many in the US, the most popular video game sport in the world is soccer. Consistently games like FIFA, PES, and management sim spin-offs do incredibly well. In recent years it has been FIFA with a huge surge not only in sales but also in online adaptation rates. While it won’t release in the US until October 20th FIFA 10 has already broken worldwide records following its European launch.
EA Sports has announced that FIFA 10 has sold 1.7 million copies in its first week. It has also been host to over 10 million online matches with as many as 155,000 users on at any given time. With fantastic reviews and consumer response FIFA 10 is primed to have legs over the coming weeks and months. Sales in the US are never very significant for soccer games, however the sport is seeing more interest build here with the MLS and upcoming World Cup so it should see numbers come in similar to or higher than last year.
October 7, 2009 at 8:45 pm
viva mexico, pinches putos
October 7, 2009 at 8:57 pm
October 7, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Will you be doing impressions on this title?
October 7, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Will you be doing impressions on this title?
October 7, 2009 at 9:12 pm
aint NO-1 CAiR bout no DAM SOCKA
LiVE FTW
October 8, 2009 at 12:14 am
ignorant little boy
October 7, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Mo Diddely hasn't been sleeping on FIFA as they always produce good games without all of the glitches and cheesers that you see in some games *ahem* Madden *ahem* NBA Live*ahem*. The top 3 sports games IMO are #1MLB The Show #2FIFA #3NHL. I like Madden 10 a lot but for whatever reason they just never seemed to add those needed extras. It's 2009 and we still don't have 45 active day rosters, the 8 practice team players & a true IR system.
Mo Diddley the even though I never played soccer before I still find time for FIFA-er!
October 7, 2009 at 9:32 pm
fifa been the shit forever!!!
October 7, 2009 at 10:09 pm
This will be the first year I get FIFA instead of PES. I am looking forward to the online club play part. Especially the part where other clubs can recruit you from your current club. How cool. Pasta – will you be reviewing this game and/or starting a club? If so, for which system?
October 7, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Probably, though I don't expect to get the game early.
October 8, 2009 at 12:16 am
eww PES suckss
October 7, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Been playing FIFA for years and I can't wait for this one! Lookin good and I wish that the US release was the same…
October 7, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Always been a fifa fan hate that we get it later than europe
October 7, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Yeah, NHL and NBA games ruin it for us footy fans. I can't wait for Oct. 20.
October 7, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Got every FIFA since 1998. This years is great ended up with 3 copies! Sold the other 2 though. Plays so realistically.
October 7, 2009 at 11:58 pm
did anybody have trouble when playing fifa 09 when you want to pass or shoot, there's a delay in the action after you press the button, and if so has fifa 10 solved this issue?
October 8, 2009 at 12:34 am
this is because of the global popularity of soccer, nothing more
October 8, 2009 at 1:11 am
Rice is the most popular food in the world. Doesn't make it good.
October 8, 2009 at 2:20 am
in this case though its true, FIFA is the best sports sim ever made and awesome online
October 8, 2009 at 2:21 am
i dont know anyone in the US that has the perception that any sport is bigger than soccer worldwide, thats pretty much common knowledge to anyone that has been alive for the last 10 years, or anyone thats seen a map of Europe.
October 8, 2009 at 2:44 am
Fifa is a great game, truly athentic, and realistic. but the reason its so good is its fairly easy to recreate. Football and Basketball (though im not making excuses for them) are hard sports to recreate to everybodies liking & we are much more picky.
October 8, 2009 at 5:17 am
The beautiful game.
October 8, 2009 at 11:40 am
fifa is great. i have been lloking more forward to fifa this year than any other game. it got alot of great reviews with all the new additions including the great 360 dribbling. if you havent played the demo try it out its a really spot on game. i just wish it came out here the same time europe got it. pasta you should def. give fifa some page time lol, its probably going to win some game of the year awards. everyone who was contemplating getting fifa should absolutly get it, it will be worth your 60 dollars.
October 8, 2009 at 12:16 pm
fifa was not always great.EASPORTS took a chance and created a completely new game for the next-gen consoles and with fifa09 their devotion and hard work paid off.FIFA 09 is still the pinnacle for me as i think plays a more simulation type of game.
PES on the other hand is stale.Gameplay hasn't change a bit.The same problems and the same animations year in,year out….PES fans are content even with one new animation, while fifa10 has dosens of different context sensitive animations for every situation in the game….
PES is like the arcades …FIFA is serious business
October 8, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Fifa is the best game that EA Sports puts out all year. The best in realism, the best with gameplay, and the best soundtrack(not rap heavy like Live, rock/rap heavy like Madden, but a little bit of everything). FIFA is usually the EA Sports game I hold on to the longest because its the best one.
October 8, 2009 at 9:54 pm
FIFA is the best sports game EA has ever made. Madden is sick this year but it doesn't compare to FIFA.
BTW…Live sucks. Bad. I'm shocked to see all the good reviews that game has been getting. I had to take the game out of my Xbox to check if I was really playing Live10. I couldn't care less about both hoop games this year but 2K is way ahead of Live. "Live has made significant progress"….my ass.
October 9, 2009 at 2:30 am
Mr. 925 has not drank the cool aid like all the rest of these pasta suckers