![Email This](mailto:?Subject=Like it or not, Madden continues to be a cash cow&body=Hi,%0D%0A%0D%0AI just found this:%0D%0A%0D%0A<p>Filed under: <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/category/pc/" rel="tag">PC</a>, <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/category/sony-playstation-2/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/category/psp/" rel="tag">Sony PSP</a>, <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/category/microsoft-xbox/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox</a>, <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/category/microsoft-xbox-360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/category/online/" rel="tag">Online</a>, <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Sports</a>, <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/category/strategy/" rel="tag">Strategy</a>, <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/category/competitive-gaming/" rel="tag">Competitive Gaming</a>, <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/category/business/" rel="tag">Business</a></p><a href="http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3731&Itemid=2"><img width="425" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="351" border="0" align="middle" alt="" id="vimage_1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2006/08/cashcow.jpg" /></a><br />Electronic Arts has <a href="http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3731&Itemid=2">released</a> estimates that show its yearly updated franchise, <em>Madden</em>, has just reached a new high: two million copies sold in the first week. EA says this is a record for a franchise that has been chugging along for 17 years now. A PR mouthpiece had this to say about the results:<br /><em><br />"Consumers are the most meaningful judge of game quality and based on sales and the record-setting online activity, our toughest critics think Madden NFL has delivered another great game experience."</em><br /><br />We guess it pays to be the only NFL game in town. For those of you that bought it, is <em>Madden NFL 07</em> the best <em>Madden</em> ever?<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3731&Itemid=2>Read</a> | <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/2006/08/31/like-it-or-not-madden-continues-to-be-a-cash-cow/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/forward/662181/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://psp.joystiq.com/2006/08/31/like-it-or-not-madden-continues-to-be-a-cash-cow/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking Blogs</a> | <a href="http://psp.joystiq.com/2006/08/31/like-it-or-not-madden-continues-to-be-a-cash-cow/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><p><font size="1"><hr>SPONSORED BY: <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">Age of Empires III - Real-Time Strategy Game</a> Control a European power on a quest to colonize and conquer the New World. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">AOE3</A> introduces new gameplay elements, as well as new civilizations, units, and technologies. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">http://www.ageofempires3.com/</a></font></p>%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp://psp-gamesaves.com/?a=psp%26id=180){kind=link}
Like it or not, Madden continues to be a cash cow
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Electronic Arts has released estimates that show its yearly updated franchise, Madden, has just reached a new high: two million copies sold in the first week. EA says this is a record for a franchise that has been chugging along for 17 years now. A PR mouthpiece had this to say about the results:
"Consumers are the most meaningful judge of game quality and based on sales and the record-setting online activity, our toughest critics think Madden NFL has delivered another great game experience."
We guess it pays to be the only NFL game in town. For those of you that bought it, is Madden NFL 07 the best Madden ever?Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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