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Need For Speed Sales Top 100 Million Units, $2.7 Billion

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By Tom Ivan

October 21, 2009

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EA has labelled Need For Speed “the best-selling racing brand in the gaming world” after franchise sales topped 100 million units, according to the publisher’s internal data.

Since debuting in 1994, EA has launched 15 Need For Speed titles across more than 14 platforms in over 60 countries, generating over $2.7 billion in life-to-date sales.

With its 2009 series entries, EA moved to diversify the franchise into core,‭ ‬casual,‭ ‬and free-to-play games that played to the strengths of their respective platforms.



The most recent release was September’s core entry, Need For Speed Shift, for PS3, Xbox 360, PC and PSP.

The publisher will ship Need For Speed Nitro for Wii and DS in November with "a fresh and unique visual style”, and launch a beta for its free-to-play, open world PC title Need for Speed World Online this winter.

"Few videogame franchises ever reach the 100 million units mark, so this is a huge honour. We have millions of fans to thank for driving us to this milestone," said Frank Gibeau, president of the EA Games label.

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On October 24th ReyBrujo said:

From what we know at Wikipedia, only four franchises had sold more (Mario, Pokémon, Tetris and The Sims). Tony Hawk sold around 30 millions, Medal of Honor around 31 million, and Call of Duty 35 million. That would mean NFS sold more than those three franchises combined.

While people claim Wikipedia isn't reliable, this particular article is because we are referencing sales given by journalists, gaming sites or the companies themselves. As reliable as this claim of 100 million, at least!

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On October 21st savagehenry said:

Those numbers are astonishing.

Candidate for greatest franchise of all time? It Would be great to see those numbers in comparison with other franchises like Tony Hawk's, Medal of Honor or Call of Duty.

Need for Speed series hasn't been without problems, Shift has done wonders to rejuvenated the franchise. After Pro-Street and Undercover I thought the NFS series was dead in the water I'm happy to see the veteran back on top once again.