FIFA 17 Sells an Estimated 6.91M Units First Week at Retail - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 October 2016 / 59,558 Views
The football sports game from EA Sports and EA Canada - FIFA 17 - sold 6,906,952 units first week at retail on consoles, according to our estimates. First week sales can be viewed on the VGChartz Global Weekly Chart for the week ending October 1.
Breaking down the sales by platform, the game sold best on the PlayStation 4 with 4,772,691 units sold (69%), compared to 1,527,704 units sold on the Xbox One (22%). The game also sold 378,018 units on PlayStation 3 (5%), 175,557 units on the Xbox 360 (3%) and 52,982 units on Windows PC (1%).
Breaking down the sales by region, the game sold best in Europe with 5,481,947 units sold (79%), compared 464,358 units sold in the US (7%). The game also sold 68,281 units in Japan (1%). Looking more closely at Europe, the game sold an estimated 1,112,520 units in the UK, 1,032,187 units in Germany, and 913648 units in France.
Here is how FIFA 17' first week sales compare to other recent games in the franchise:
- FIFA 17 - 6.91M
- FIFA 15 - 5.05M
- FIFA 16 - 4.74M
- FIFA 13 - 4.69M
- FIFA 14 - 4.30M
FIFA 17 released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows PC in North America on September 27 and worldwide on September 29.
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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These games have been selling the same core game with basically 1 "map " for 23 years. EA absolutely found a goldmine when they started this series. It amazes every year.
Good Lord, thought I had misread that for a moment...
4.7m retail only on ps4 first week. Oh lawd!
This game is really a beast
The new Story mode really got people interested!
Of which nearly 5 million units sold in Europe, god Europe loves football. Although I have to admit it´s a great game to play with or against friends.
How come it sold more than usual?
The new Jouney mode!
It is really sad that a game is selling because of having original teams licences/kits/uniforms. While the more superior game this year and past two years is selling way below because it doesn't have EA money to buy teams licences.
