FIFA 15 Sales Top 5 Million Worldwide at Launch - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 October 2014 / 17,668 Views
Yesterday we looked at FIFA 15 launch sales in the UK where it topped 1 million sold. Worldwide sales have been released and the game has sold more than five million units across all eight platforms in its first week.
FIFA 15 helped push hardware sales. PlayStation 4 sales increased 37 percent to 255,954, while Xbox One sales jumped 73 percent to 157,715. However, the Xbox One also launched in a handful of countries around the world.
Just like in the UK the most copies sold were for the PlayStation 4. The game has sold 2.20 million units for the PlayStation 4 and 1.25 million units for the PlayStation 3. 833,336 units were sold for the Xbox 360 and 610,303 units were sold for the Xbox One.
The other versions of the game lagged behind. The PlayStation Vita version sold 32,765 units, the PC version 30,953, the Wii version 20,799, and the 3DS version 11,218.
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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. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
