Surprisingly, FIFA 16 sales in the first 5 weeks is just 2% down y-o-y, with a total of 7.67 million unit sales as of October 24, 2015. According to experts, FIFA 16 was expected to be at least 6-7% below last year's performance. Nonetheless, the growth still beats that of FIFA 14 in 2013, as most of the gamers have transitioned to new generation platforms over these two years.ĭespite the absence of any major soccer event this year, the newer edition of the franchise, FIFA 16, is performing better than the expectations.
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On the other hand, there is no major soccer tournament in 2015, and that will be a major factor in the slower volume growth of the franchise.Īccording to sales data by VGChartz, FIFA 16 volume sales in the first week of the release reached 4.944 million units comparable to that of FIFA 15, which sold 4.947 million units in its first week. The noteworthy fact is that FIFA 16 sales growth declined y-o-y in the next 4 weeks. In fact, the company released a special mid-year edition of the franchise just before the event: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, which further boosted the franchise's sales. In 2014, FIFA sales rose approximately 27% year-over-year (y-o-y) driven by the FIFA soccer World Cup held in Brazil. Between these two events, FIFA sales have been seen to increase during those years when there is a World Cup event. One of these two events happens every alternate year, for example, in 2014, Brazil hosted the World Cup and France will be hosting the Euro Cup in 2016. Interestingly, sales of FIFA titles are cyclical, as the sales increase in those years coinciding with the Soccer World Cup (FIFA World Cup), or UEFA EURO Cup.
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(See: Electronic Arts: Why FIFA sales growth will probably slow down this year) According to Trefis estimates, FIFA unit sales have almost tripled from 6.4 million units sold in 2010 to roughly 18.7 million units sold in 2014.
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In our prior article, we discussed the probable reasons for slowing FIFA sales this year.