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Madden NFL 07 scores huge $$ touchdown

Though the numbers were not broken out by platform, EA is claiming a huge touchdown with their recently released Madden NFL 07 football title. The game, in its first week of sales, has apparently been the best launch in the 17-year history of the franchise by selling over two million copies. This is a roughly 12 percent gain from sales over the same period last year and shows the video game publisher’s strength in sports franchises as their NCAA Football 07 title was the number one selling video game on the Xbox 360 and other platforms for July.

In related Madden/Xbox Live news, Microsoft is saying that within five days of the game’s launch, over 600,000 achievements had been unlocked and that more than two million hours of online game play had been logged. If all of this doesn’t convince you to buy Madden NFL 07, a demo of the game is now up on Xbox Live for download.