FIFA Named 'Biggest-Selling Videogame Franchise In The World'

05 Nov 2010 at 12:49:09 by Dave Gibbon

EA Sports has declared it has the ‘best-selling videogame franchise in the word’ after confirming its FIFA series has now topped 100 million sales.

The football series, which is now in its 18^th year, saw the latest incarnation top the charts with EA revealing sales of the title are up 20 per cent on last year after four weeks on sale.

EA stated: “sales of EA SPORTS FIFA franchise surpassed 100 million units lifetime during the launch of FIFA 11. The best-selling sports videogame franchise in the world, now in its 18th year, sold a record-breaking 2.6 million copies in the first five days after launching FIFA 11 to become the fastest selling sports videogame of all time. FIFA 11 sales are up 20% versus last year on a comparable basis with sell-in approaching 8 million units.”

EA also confirmed that online mode FIFA 11 Ultimate Team is now available for free ‘for the first time ever’. 

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