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Sales Figures For Sports Games in 2008 Stuck

Posted on December 11, 2008 at 11:44 AM.

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Here are the sales figures across all platforms listed by vgchartz.com through the beginning of December (North America only). The king of all sporting games is still football and Madden leads the pack. What I find interesting is the number of 360 sales versus PS3 sales and how they vary by sport. The 360 still leads the way in every category but it's definitely a higher ratio for 2K games versus EA games. Still a significant number of PS2 sales but they are now less than PS3 sales for every game.

Baseball is next highest after pro football with regards to sales although basketball sales are still going strong and could over take it. I�m not sure. The Show outsold MLB 2K8 even though it was sold only on Sony software.

Hockey sales had the fewest sales but EA dominated 2K9 this year so far. The numbers are still low but certainly skewed towards the 360 more than any other sport. NBA Live showed the most balanced 360 to PS3 sales.

Madden Football 09 � 4.1 million sales. There were 1.46 million games sold on the 360 compared to 960,000 on the PS3. Still had 710,000 sales on the PS2 and 430,000 on the Wii. The PSP had 380,000 sales.

NCAA Football 09 � 1.42 million. The 360 had 570,000 sales to 360,000 on the PS3. The PS2 had 290,000 sales.

The Show MLB 08 � 1.13 million. The PS3 had 560,000, PS2 had 310,000 and the PSP had 260,000.

MLB 2K8 � 1.05 million. The 360 had 670,000 compared to only 230,000 suckers on the PS3 (should have bought the Show!).

NBA 2K9 � 740,000 units. The 360 had 400,000 versus 210,000 on the PS3.

NBA Live 09 � 430,000 units. The 360 had 150,000 versus 120,000 on the PS3. The PS2 still sold 100,000 units.

NHL 09 � 300,000 units. The 360 had 200,000 versus 90,000 on the PS3.

NHL 2K9 � 110,000 units. The 360 had 60,000 versus only 20,000 on the PS3.

NCAA Basketball 09 - Only 60,000 units but a relatively new release. 360 at 30,000, PS3 has 20,000 and the PS2 roughly 10,000.

College Hoops 2K8 - Over it's life span this has sold 390,000 copies. The 360 has 150,000, the PS3 has 80,000 while the PS2 has the most at 160,000!

Nascar 09 - This has sold 340,000 units to date. The 360 leads the way with 150,000 but the PS2 is in second with 100,000. The PS3 finishes last with a still strong 90,000 sales.

I've ignored some smaller sports that have more impact when looking at the world sales figures.

Tiger Woods 09 - 1.42 million world wide! The only game where the Wii is the leader in sales with 490,000. The 360 is next with 400,000, the PS3 has 330,000 and the PS2 has 170,000 still.

Fifa 09 - 3.95 million world wide! The PS3 actually leads the way with 1.36 million, 1.15 million for the 360, 1.04 million for the PS2 and 400,000 on the PSP. Of the nearly 3.95 million sold, 550,000 were from North America.

Comments

# 1 moose1619 @ Dec 11

I love my PS3, but Sony needs to cut the price or the 360 will continue to dominate sales across the board.

# 2 Steve_OS @ Dec 11

Nice blog, just stuck it on the home page. Interesting #'s. PSP and PS2 MLB 08 The Show are pretty close actually.

Nice background btw. You do that?

# 3 rudyjuly2 @ Dec 11

I did do the background using the one banner site posted in the OS Banner Thread along with a little photoshop help.

# 4 RaychelSnr @ Dec 11

Actually, you left out EA's biggest cash cow right now and that's FIFA soccer. It has sold 3.76 million copies so far in just it's first and is going to pass Madden probably by the middle of January. Pro Evolution Soccer will be right up there as well once data for it starts coming in. Good job though, love the stats!

# 5 sportznut02 @ Dec 11

Nothing real shocking, agree with moose that Sony needs to drop the price of the PS3 soon, don`t know what they are waiting on

# 6 matt8204 @ Dec 11

Amazing that Madden still does so well on the PS2. Geez, the PS3 is really getting its *** kicked this gen. If it weren't for the 360's awful hardware reliability issues, I'd get one but I just don't trust it.

# 7 thmst30 @ Dec 11

I'm actually shocked that 2K9 is beating Live that bad. I personally think that 2K9 is the far superior game, but that hasn't stopped Live's sales before.

# 8 rudyjuly2 @ Dec 12

I added the Fifa and Tiger Woods numbers.

# 9 Mikes03 @ Dec 12

Great read. Thanks for the info. Any word on Nascar 09 sales?

# 10 rudyjuly2 @ Dec 12

I just added it for you Mikes03. Nascar 09 had 340,000 overall sales with the PS2 in 2nd at 100,000 copies. The 360 lead the way with 150,000 and the PS3 had 90,000.

# 11 Mikes03 @ Dec 15

Thanks again for the sales numbers. I just wonder what games might get cut, if any, because of the economy and falling stock prices.