FIFA 13 sells 353,000 on North American release day

Sales of FIFA 13 are up 42 percent from last year's soccer title, with 353,000 Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 copies sold on its Tuesday launch in North America. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Electronic Arts also announced fans have played more than 1.4 mill🧸ion online matches so far, with a significant boost expected when the game hits store shelves globally on Friday.

Andrew Wilson, executive vice president of EA Sports, boasted that the game is helping to spre🍒ad the sport's popularity in traditionally disinterested markets. "North Americans appreciate a great-playing game and their level of engagement with our ga🌃me is helping to drive the sport’s popularity in the United States,” Wilson said.

published this week, which attributed soccer's climb to second-most-popular sport among the U.S. 12 to 24 age bracket (based on ESPN polls) largely to games like FIFA.

The iOS ve🏅rsions of FIFA 13 enjoyed an even 𒁃greater climb, with launch-day sales up 62 percent over those of FIFA 12.

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