Madden NFL 17 Sells an Estimated 1.06M Units First Week at Retail - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 September 2016 / 40,010 Views
The American Football sports game from electronic Arts - Madden NFL 17 - sold 1,057,035 units first week at retail, according to our estimates. First week sales can be viewed on the VGChartz Global Weekly Chart for the week ending August 27.
Breaking down the sales by platform, the game sold best on the PlayStation 4 with 602,753 units sold (57%), compared to 379,886 units sold on the Xbox One (36%). It also sold 38,055 units on Xbox 360 (4%) and 36,341 units on the PlayStation 3 (3%).
Breaking down the sales by region, the game sold best in the US with 780,317 units sold (74%), compared to 45,476 units sold in Europe (4%). Looking more closely at Europe, the game sold an estimated 10,311 units in the UK, 7840 units in Germany, and 6,986 units in France.
Here is how Madden NFL 17' first week sales compare to other recent games in the franchise:
- Madden NFL 16 - 1.57 million
- Madden NFL 15 - 1.46 million
- Madden NFL 13 - 1.36 million
- Madden NFL 25 - 1.31 million
- Madden NFL 17 - 1.06 million
Madden NFL 17 released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC in North America on August 23 and in Europe on August 25.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Only 74% are from the US? Didn't realize anyone else was even interested.
I have never played a madden game, is it true they are all the same game every year or what things do they change for each yearly iteration?
That's a massive dip from 2004. Maybe the NFL should take notice and put an end to this exclusive rights garbage.
