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[XboxGamers]

Read the rest of the Madden report here.

Madden NFL Football 1999: 2.2 million units
Madden NFL Football 2000: 3.1 million units
Madden NFL Football 2001: 4.6 million units
Madden NFL Football 2002: 4.8 million units
Madden NFL Football 2003: 5.4 million units

 

[BeOnEdge]

the industry is booming.

 

[Alcibiades]

so anything under 5 million for Madden 2005 is going to disappoint, huh?

 

[sonycowboy]

Read the rest of the Madden report here.

Madden NFL Football 1999: 2.2 million units
Madden NFL Football 2000: 3.1 million units
Madden NFL Football 2001: 4.6 million units
Madden NFL Football 2002: 4.8 million units
Madden NFL Football 2003: 5.4 million units

It really is truly unbelievable what Madden has become this generation. Those numbers are freaking amazing! There has to be some explanation for how it's come to dominate not only the football genre or the sports genre, but it actually dominates the VG industry. This was not true last generation and certainly not the one before that. I don't think it's a matter of Gameday either. I think the folks from EA must have hired Phillip Morris employees as I'm truly at a loss for the kind of marketshare gains that Madden has been able to achieve.

 

[jarrod]

I take it those Madden numbers are for all versions?

 

[sonycowboy]

I take it those Madden numbers are for all versions?

Yep.

 

[SyNapSe]

Each generation gaming becomes more and more mainstream. There was a stigma involved in the word "gaming" during my childhood years. Now, it's almost "cool" to own a Playstation, and beat up hookers in GTA.

Sports is a huge interest for the mainstream gaming crowd of the US (young males). Football is the biggest sport, and Madden is dominating that genre right now, but yes the sales are incredible.

5 frickin million copies for a game you release every year. OUCH! That has to hurt the companies out there putting their heart and soul into a game they worked 3 years on hoping to eek out 200k sales or something.

 

[AirBrian]

Simply amazing. And what's even more amazing is that the game is solid, yet somehow improves year after year.

 

[element]

well you have to take in consideration that is across 6 SKUs for last year (PC, PS2, GC, Xbox, PSX, GBA), while in '99 it was probably on 3 maybe.

 

[jarrod]

So...

Madden NFL Football 1999: 2.2 million units
-PlayStation
-Nintendo 64
-PC

Madden NFL Football 2000: 3.1 million units
-PlayStation
-Nintendo 64
-PC
-Mac
-GameBoy Color

Madden NFL Football 2001: 4.6 million units
-PlayStation 2
-PlayStation
-Nintendo 64
-PC
-GameBoy Color

Madden NFL Football 2002: 4.8 million units
-PlayStation 2
-GameCube
-XBox
-PlayStation
-Nintendo 64
-PC
-GameBoy Advance
-GameBoy Color

Madden NFL Football 2003: 5.4 million units
-PlayStation 2
-GameCube
-XBox
-PlayStation
-PC
-GameBoy Advance

 

[sonycowboy]

well you have to take in consideration that is across 6 SKUs for last year (PC, PS2, GC, Xbox, PSX, GBA)

But half of those platforms got less than 10% of the sales (GCN, PSX,GBA), so you're really only talking about 3 platforms when it comes down to it. PS2, PC, & Xbox.

 

[SyNapSe]

Yes, but the PS2 version sold 3.5 million on the ps2 (or so I was told earlier), so that's still a very healthy increase.

edit: As SonyCowboy said.. GBA and PSX sales can't amount to much at all. I have no idea how many GC copies sold.. it may be a very small percentage also.

 

[sonycowboy]

Yes, but the PS2 version sold 3.5 million on the ps2 (or so I was told earlier), so that's still a very healthy increase.

US Sales This Gen (up until March 2004)
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PS2 MADDEN NFL 2004 3,370,794
PS2 MADDEN NFL 2003 2,719,667
PS2 MADDEN NFL 2002 2,000,397
PS2 MADDEN NFL 2001 937,252
XBX MADDEN NFL 2004 774,552
XBX MADDEN NFL 2003 522,060
XBX MADDEN NFL 2002 417,718
GCN MADDEN NFL 2002 367,053
GCN MADDEN NFL 2004 292,904
GCN MADDEN NFL 2003 270,569

 

[DMczaf]

GCN MADDEN NFL 2004 292,904

Yesssssss, my prediction came true! Madden 2004 GC outsold ESPN Football PS2 or Xbox!

 

[sonycowboy]

so anything under 5 million for Madden 2005 is going to disappoint, huh?

Clearly it's not going to disappoint a large number of posters here if a decline were to occur

 

[Renegade]

2001 - The year Sega Sports failed to continue to be a big contender :bush

 

[jarrod]

GCN MADDEN NFL 2004 292,904

Yesssssss, my prediction came true! Madden 2004 GC outsold ESPN Football PS2 or Xbox!

What were ESPN's PS2/XBox numbers? Here's Madden for GBA also (as of April 2004)...

MADDEN NFL 2002 $6,081,898 180,093
MADDEN NFL 2003 $4,342,086 348,312
MADDEN NFL 2004 $4,864,109 163,560

 

[Wario64]

EA could have gotten more sales if it was on Dreamcast :|

 

[DMczaf]

What were ESPN's PS2/XBox numbers? Here's Madden for GBA also (as of April 2004)...

MADDEN NFL 2002 $6,081,898 180,093
MADDEN NFL 2003 $4,342,086 348,312
MADDEN NFL 2004 $4,864,109 163,560

ESPN NFL FOOTBALL Xbox 194,604

ESPN NFL FOOTBALL PS2 205,120

 

[jarrod]

So, ESPN seems competitive with Madden on GBA. Way to go Sega!

edit-And do we know all platforms Madden 2005 will show up on? I'm guessing...

-PlayStation 2
-XBox
-GameCube
-PlayStation
-PC
-GameBoy Advance
-Nintendo DS
-PSP (not announced but likely)
-N-Gage (not announced but likely)
-mobile (not announced but likely)

 

[Miburou]

It's true, the more mainstream videogaming becomes, the more sports games benefit. I know a group of 8 guys or so who meet 2 or 3 times a week to play Winning Eleven, and only Winning Eleven. And 6 of them never play any other videogame.