TOUCHDOWN!
It should come as no surprise to anyone, but EA’sMadden NFLseries is massively popular. I guess hype for the latest entry,Madden 19, was at its highest as the game has come out to record-breaking sales. Not only was it the biggest launch inMaddenhistory sinceMadden 13, but it also became the best selling game of August 2018. If that wasn’t enough, it is now the fourth best selling game of 2018.
This shouldn’t be too shocking asMaddenhas historically been the biggest seller of August. NPD Analyst Mit Piscatella recalls, “Since 2000,Madden NFL Footballhas been the best-selling game of August every year, with the exceptions of 2011 and 2012, whenMadden NFLlaunched in the September tracking period.” Guess which games were the best selling ofthosetwoSeptembers? (The answer isMadden)
The odd part isn’t aboutMadden’ssuccess, though. What is truly shocking is thatCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2has shown up in the charts. A game released nine years ago is charting alongside current hits and ahead of some of the biggest games of this year. Have we entered a time warp? This is likely because the game was added on Xbox One backward compatibilitylast month. Piscatella states, “The title was added to the Xbox One Backward Compatible Game Library on August 28, propelling the title up to number 8 on the August best-sellers chart.”
The rest of the list is pretty similar to what we saw last month. Oddly,Octopath TravelerandDestiny 2aren’t in the top 20 anymore, but everything else is similar tolast month’s report.
*No digital sales**No PC digital sales
August 2018 NPD:Madden NFLhas its best kickoff since 2013[Venture Beat]
