EA continues its dominance over the Football genre. Per reports, "FIFA 13," after its launch in the U.S. on Sept. 25, has broken a number of franchise records on the launch day itself.
"FIFA 13" has sold more than 350,000 units, per internal data, in North America on launch day on the Xbox 360 and PS3. This sales figure is a 42 per cent year-on-year increase over the previous "FIFA 12" title. It has been stated that players across North America played an amazing 1.4 million online games on the first day, which was a 35 per cent year-on-year increase.
Moreover, this title has also been the biggest global launch-day performance of any iOS game on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in EA's history. This roll out is also a record-setting opening for "FIFA 13" on iOS around the world, as the game for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad has now achieved the biggest launch-day performance of any EA iOS game in history, with downloads up by 62 percent over last year. "FIFA 13" has also hit No. 1 in Top Paid Games in more than 50 countries and also boasts the No. 1 position in Top Grossing Games in 24 countries on the App Store.
"We're thrilled that fans throughout North America have embraced FIFA Soccer 13 in such a big way," said Andrew Wilson, Executive Vice President of EA SPORTS. "North Americans appreciate a great-playing game and their level of engagement with our game is helping to drive the sport's popularity in the United States."
The game has just arrived and is already garnering laurels from different game sites. Critics are praising "FIFA 13" with 39 review scores of 90 or above. Eurogamer Spain awarded the game a perfect 100 score, while Multiplayer (Italy) called it the "best FIFA ever." JeuxVideo Magazine said "FIFA 13 approaches a form of perfection."
"FIFA 13" captures the unpredictability of the real-world sport with breakthrough features like First Touch Control which ensures no two matches have the same gameplay, and new online services like EA SPORTS Football Club Match Day that completely connect "FIFA 13" to the real-world season for the world's top leagues.
