Soccer Software Game Sales

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I think this is a big topic for soccer growth in the US. The article that I am posting the link to, is about Japan's game sales being influenced positively by soccer software. It also notes that Microsoft does not have games the Japanese are interested in.

Can someone find out which software games are doing well for the various manufacturers. How well are soccer software games doing in the US compared to other sports?

http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2002/10/04/rtr741192.html

[Chicago1871]

One of the most recent is J/K World Cup for PS2 & X-Box. I know so many people who live for this game, and it suppliments as their only soccer knowledge...however I have convinced several to come with me and see some of these players next season.

[Revs miss playoffs again]

I work with the industry and these are #s life to date as of Aug 02 for sales on the Playstation 2 platform from the NPD Group.

As you see from the sales data, soccer is still a ways away from catching the attention of videogame publishers. Besides FIFA nothing else really sells. This has to do with a number of factors(quality of title. license attached, marketing budget, size of publisher, distribution) MLS Extra Time was not a bad game but was not available at many retailers hence the low sales.

Obviously soccer sells considerably better in Europe and Japan. Soccer titles are really the only sports title that can sell over a million units in Europe. That is why EA spends so much making FIFA big in Europe and Japan and very little is spent marketing the title in the US.

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Rank on ps2 Title Publisher Units Dollars
3 MADDEN NFL 2002 ELECTRONIC ARTS 1,989,196 97,076,570

8 MADDEN NFL 2001 ELECTRONIC ARTS 932,532 46,174,970

9 MADDEN NFL 2003 ELECTRONIC ARTS 930,329 46,144,320

18 NBA LIVE 2002 ELECTRONIC ARTS 703,886 34,728,490

20 NCAA FOOTBALL 2002 ELECTRONIC ARTS 623,744 31,445,690

29 NCAA FOOTBALL 2003 ELECTRONIC ARTS 446,639 22,350,580

30 NASCAR THUNDER 2002 ELECTRONIC ARTS 445,552 21,820,260

32 NHL 2002 ELECTRONIC ARTS
442,871 21,895,770

36 NBA LIVE 2001 ELECTRONIC ARTS 399,341 18,890,690

38 NBA 2K2 SEGA OF AMERICA 373,449 18,854,150

41 NHL 2001 ELECTRONIC ARTS 360,564 16,446,220

46 TRIPLE PLAY BASEBALL ELECTRONIC ARTS
306,531 14,886,860

48 TIGER WOODS PGA 2002 ELECTRONIC ARTS 292,918 14,671,510

49 NFL 2K2 SEGA OF AMERICA
291,570 14,208,860

55 NASCAR 2001 ELECTRONIC ARTS 266,639 12,398,870

57 TRIPLE PLAY 2002 ELECTRONIC ARTS 250,412 12,470,030

58 FIFA SOCCER 2002 ELECTRONIC ARTS 248,617 11,254,670

61 ALL STAR BASEBALL2003 ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT 237,384 11,805,260

68 NHL HITZ 2002 MIDWAY 216,114 10,764,590

69 FIFA 2001 ELECTRONIC ARTS 215,934 10,265,200

74 ALL STAR BASEBALL2002 ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT 211,132 9,989,926

77 MLB SLUGFEST 20-03 MIDWAY 205,687 10,438,810

86 NASCAR HEAT 2002 INFOGRAMES 181,189 8,060,028

102 MARCH MADNESS 2002 ELECTRONIC ARTS 142,525 6,573,540

103 NFL GAMEDAY 2001 SONY 141,667 6,148,600

105 NFL GAMEDAY 2002 SONY 138,159 6,461,292

106 2002 FIFA WORLD CUP ELECTRONIC ARTS 134,146 6,820,460

109 HIGH HEAT BSBALL 2003 THE 3DO COMPANY 130,592 6,566,349

129 NFL BLITZ 2002 MIDWAY 103,358 4,949,662

153 NFL QTRBACK CLUB 2002 ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT 78,273 2,540,622

154 NFL 2K3 SEGA OF AMERICA 77,585 3,849,684

175 NHL FACEOFF 2001 SONY 62,954 2,234,887

179 NBA HOOPZ MIDWAY 60,844 2,357,051

184 NCAA GAMEBREAKER 2001 SONY 56,777 2,375,460

193 NBA SHOOTOUT 2001 SONY 52,907 2,061,730

201 HIGH HEAT BSBALL 2002 THE 3DO COMPANY 51,193 2,480,315

220 WORLD TOUR SOCCER 2K2 SONY 43,040 1,613,231

221 SALT LAKE 2002 EIDOS INTERACTIVE 42,802 1,764,982

230 RUGBY ELECTRONIC ARTS 38,164 1,530,455

247 ESPN NBA 2 NIGHT KONAMI OF AMERICA 32,670 1,318,446

255 NFL PRIMETIME 2002 KONAMI OF AMERICA 29,202 1,411,611

273 ESPN NATIONAL HOCKEY KONAMI OF AMERICA 22,270 741,672

280 REDCARD SOCCER 20-03 MIDWAY 18,427 827,446

293 NCAA FOOTBALL 2K3 SEGA OF AMERICA 13,595 675,400

296 NFL GAMEDAY 2003 SONY 12,317 505,925

304 SOCCER AMERICA HOT-B USA 10,218 366,468

305 ESPN NBA 2 NIGHT 2002 KONAMI OF AMERICA 9,989 492,187

306 ESPN MLS EXTRA TIME KONAMI OF AMERICA 9,935 483,145

314 LEGO SOCCER MANIA ELECTRONIC ARTS 6,139 247,416

317 NCAA GAMEBREAKER 2003 SONY 5,267 217,383

[law5guy]

As long as the EA keeps MLS in the title.. they will always have one less unit sold here in Florida. ;-)

[Revs miss playoffs again]

What difference does it make that MLS is in the title?

It is exactly the same game with different box art.