Madden NFL 19 Sells an Estimated 788,006 Units First Week at Retail - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 December 2018 / 16,370 ViewsThe American football sports game from EA Sports - Madden NFL 19 - sold 788,006 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 11.
Breaking down the sales by platform, the game sold best on the PlayStation 4 with 490,485 units sold (62%), compared to 297,521 units sold on the Xbox One (38%).
Breaking down the sales by region, the game sold best in the US with 572,325 units sold (73%), compared to 43,492 units sold in Europe (6%). Looking more closely at Europe, the game sold an estimated 4,941 units in the UK, 15,378 units in Germany, and 2,984 units in France.
Here is how week one sales of Madden NFL 19 compare to previous games in the franchise at retail:
- Madden NFL 15 - 1,619,736
- Madden NFL 16 - 1,565,348
- Madden NFL 17 - 1,054,664
- Madden NFL 18 - 937,450
- Madden NFL 19 - 788,006
Madden NFL 19 released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One worldwide on August 10.
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15-16 is a 3.4% drop, 16-17 is a 32.7% drop, 17-18 is a 11.2% drop and 18-19 comes in at a 16% drop. From 15-19 the drop totals a 51.4% drop.
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Great research dude. Madden 19 had the best launch since 2013.
Source: NPD
Americans are doing their part to not buy EA games. I hope Europe does the same with FIFA.
Downward trend although I'm not sure how digital factors in. I guess the huge digitial discrepancy started with 17 but from there on I don't think that the ratio is that much highter for this game.