Two photos have surfaced on EA’s website promoting FIFA 09. Both images feature Wayne Rooney aka “Shrek”. Wayne currently plays for Manchester United and he’s certainly one of the players you want on your team. He’s spent some time sidelined by injuries in the past couple of years, but he’s still one of the most talented young players in football.
Madden, Madden, Madden. Oh, and that’s not a chant — just the top three selling games in the month of August. Madden NFL 09 blew up on Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 and Wii, respectively in order of sales, in the latest NPD report.
Software Sales:
1. Madden NFL 09 (Xbox 360) - 1,000,000
2. Madden NFL 09 (PS3) - 643,000
3. Madden NFL 09 (PS2) - 424,500
4. Wii Fit (Wii) - 394,900
5. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 328,700
6. Wii Play (Wii) - 200,200
7. Soulcalibur IV (Xbox 360) - 174,000
8. Too Human (Xbox 360) - 168,200
9. Madden NFL 09 (Wii) - 115,800
10. Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) - 111,200
Surprisingly, Soulcalibur IV put in a respectable performance edging, slightly, over Too Human. Hmm…upwards of 900,000 demos were downloaded of the latter game on Xbox Live. We don’t know too much about these things, but a 9:1ish conversation rate doesn’t spell out “success” for us.
Hardware Sales:
1. Nintendo DS - 518,300
2. Wii - 453,000
3. PSP - 253,000
4. Xbox 360 - 195,200
5. PlayStation 3 - 185,400
6. PlayStation 2 - 144,100
Nintendo rules all yet again. We know, we know. More interestingly, the Xbox 360 got itself out of the PS3’s shadow in August after being behind for the last three months. Wonder what the recent price cut will do to next month’s numbers…
EA Sports released a new video trailer for the upcoming NASCAR 09 video game. Jeff Gordon has been selected for the cover of the game. There aren’t really any ground breaking changes to be expected with 09, but they have retooled the handling mode which has made the game a little more realistic to play. Is the game worth picking up if you have 08? It’s still too early to say at this point, but I’d say if you already own 08, this would only be a good buy if you are a hard-core NASCAR fan. The series simply hasn’t made any major advancements in several seasons.
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