Most Popular Video Game Franchise

by tom on January 4, 2007

Today’s video game market is bigger and more competitive than ever. With the recent launch of game systems like Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, and the Xbox 360, gamers are able to enjoy their favorite games on a variety of different mediums. With so many different systems to choose from, one might think that it would be hard to dominate the market with just one game. But since it’s release in August of 2006, Electronic Arts’ “Madden NFL 07 Football” has surpassed the competition as 2006’s most popular video game for the major systems.

Madden NFL circa 1990
Madden NFL 90

Based on internal company data, Electronic Arts’ EA Tiburon office in Maitland, California reported selling over 2 million copies of the most popular video game during its first week of retail sales and over 5 million copies of the game since its release. 2006 is the 17th year of production for the Madden NFL Football videogame, which also holds the title of the most popular video game franchise of all time. A recent Orlando Business Journal article reports that the game has had more than $2 billion in retail sales since its first release.

Madden NFL 07 brings back practically every feature that was in Madden 06, but over the years, the game has undergone obvious changes with advances in technology. Some of the changes from the 2006 edition include a new menu presentation, easier to learn moves and excellent new player models, stadiums, and the like that make the game more attractive overall.

Madden NFL 07
Madden NFL 07

One particularly note-able feature of the most popular video game franchise is that you can play “franchise mode” yourself, and create and personalize your NFL team to your liking as you try to achieve the ultimate goal of a Super Bowl victory.

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Jessica February 28, 2007 at 10:41 am

hey hyii

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idris April 28, 2008 at 4:37 pm

i think halo is better then madden no afence but madden has better graphics halooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bra bra

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Ken June 7, 2010 at 10:47 am

lol YEAH! Go Halo! Football games have nothing on the Halo franchise.

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jUMPYm4X October 3, 2008 at 12:48 pm

WHAAAT???? madden sucks! and so does Halo.
the best game franchise ever is obviously:: Half-Life.
Halo sucks balls

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dotKIX October 25, 2010 at 6:09 pm

U r right HL and CS is best of all time.dont forget WOW?

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brian October 17, 2008 at 9:50 am

Im typing this in school lol, and madden all da way!

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Dave November 18, 2008 at 10:54 am

COD 4 is the bomb all the others suck

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Sabina November 24, 2008 at 4:04 pm

Halo is awesome but Madden sucks im also typing this in school lol

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black man December 1, 2008 at 4:49 am

halo

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bigdonkeydick December 23, 2008 at 3:14 pm

PAC-MAN!!!!!!

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chris January 15, 2009 at 10:43 am

madden is the best game ever

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cookie February 5, 2009 at 6:43 am

nor this is soo stupid and the best video game ever is pac-man see you in a bit wakawakawakawakawaka

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Neptel John March 17, 2009 at 12:28 am

hmmmmp nonsense!!!…. Super Mario s d BEst!

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arch April 6, 2009 at 1:08 am

madden would be more popular because it comes from like 10 years before halo or cod4. Halo can be popular NOW, but Madden was popular in the 90’s (as the articles says, it’s been around for 17 years, go find any other game that has been releases every single year. There must be a reason for that) and it’s still popular today, that’s the whole point of the article.
Note: I actually hate Madden, but I can take away it’s credits.

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anonymous April 9, 2009 at 7:45 pm

i though its sims1 and sims 2

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a gamer April 13, 2009 at 6:12 pm

killzone 2 is by far the best game. beat madden in everyway. beats halo by a long shot

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me April 28, 2009 at 11:44 am

How are you going to say COD and HALO is better then Madden when they are two different types of games. That means that different people will be attracted to them for different reasons. I like sport games and Maddens is the best I have played HALO and COD but Shotter games aren’t my type so I think they are ok but not better then madden

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The right anwser June 19, 2009 at 2:16 pm

Fallout 3 is the best everrrrr!!!

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The Truth July 11, 2009 at 6:29 pm

Maddens just a waste of time. All sports games are because you could just go outside and play. While in other games you do things you normally wouldn’t be able to. So don’t waste your time on it.

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anonymous August 9, 2009 at 6:09 pm

everyone should just leave their own comments about their favorite games off this page, because first off this isn’t a favorite game opinion page its about the game that has sold the most over time. Yes i agree other games are better but my opinion doesn’t matter and neither does yours (no offense).

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anon August 21, 2009 at 8:31 am

Madden more popular then the Final Fantasy or the Dragon Quest/Warrior series? Madden is hardly a comparison to the amount of games those franchises have sold over the years… and that’s only including native (Japan only) sales.

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me October 21, 2009 at 8:05 am

halo and madden suck! call of duty ftw! >:)

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martin October 27, 2009 at 3:38 am

TETRIS pwnes all of the games on this list. peroid

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Zacharia-Jumbalia November 17, 2009 at 12:08 pm

Call of Duty Modern Warfare II will soon be most popular.
In my opinion Halo3 is overall the most popular.

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dylan December 2, 2009 at 11:12 am

modernwarfare 2 is the best game ever and it will RULE THE EARTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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:.PEREZ.: December 18, 2009 at 3:15 pm

Super Mario Bros all the way!!!!!!! :)

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David December 19, 2009 at 4:10 pm

You all are wrong. The most popular video game franchise is The Legend of Zelda.

The reasoning for this is that it has made more money since it’s debut in the ’80s then Call of Duty,Halo and the Madden series COMBINED.

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VillageIdoit December 21, 2009 at 11:13 pm

No one gives a rip about “your” favorite game, so for the love of the antichrist QUIT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT GAMES YOU THINK IS BETTER and stick to the main subject of this topic (kids).

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John December 23, 2009 at 7:01 am

What a crock of shit. Those NFL games are boring and suck.

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Biosaber January 4, 2010 at 7:16 pm

The most popular series are halo, final fantasy, kingdom hearts, grand theft auto, metal gear solid, resident evil, god of war, and modern warfare. Half life series is for computer nerds who have no life, mario is for old gamers, and madden is just for sports fans.

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Auston January 9, 2010 at 11:43 am

There all good games but im goin with call of duty modern warfare 2 all the way.

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Natasmai March 10, 2010 at 3:17 am

That's messed up. Madden is the most popular franchise but they don't even try make a good game.

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Jess March 22, 2010 at 9:23 am

Halo and cod 4-6 best games ever

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Max April 25, 2010 at 1:35 am

WTH? Madden sucks. The most popular games are games like mario and halo.

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rox May 18, 2010 at 7:46 pm

i believed the last time i checked the 2 best telling games were super mario world and tetris but based off over all franchize sales I’m gonna have to say the Mario & final fantasy series. as for Madden, to say its the best is ludacrous. the reason they come out every year is because there people out there dumb enough to buy it. it takes a year 2 make and sell a madden game, it takes several for games like cod, final fantasy & halo. its no contest. playing Madden is like watching Lord of the Rings. LOTR was nothing but walking, ALL the sports games ever made is nothing but doing the same thing over & over again. there no plot, its a waste of money. whats the diffirence between Madden 97 & Madden 07? Graphics. what did u do in the 1st madden game? U threw a ball, someone caught it, u do the same thing with the latest Madden. Zelda is aight but it has nuttin on final fantasy. Games with a silent protaganist suck. Why does the land of Hyrule always change? Only thing tht stays the same is the castles location lol wtf.

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Ronnie May 23, 2010 at 1:52 pm

Madden is ok i guess…cood b worse…

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Adam June 22, 2010 at 3:30 pm

ummm i think you forget world of warcraft

11 million player now , so how many copy they sell when new patch released ? o.O

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Marcel August 14, 2010 at 7:31 am

GTA SAn Andreas conquers all

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reneealberts September 16, 2010 at 8:39 pm

The franchise directory on http://www.franchiseexpo.com is very useful in helping you to decide which franchise opportunity is right for you.

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AJAYA October 8, 2010 at 4:20 am

mario 240 million copies

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jakob October 12, 2010 at 10:20 am

Halo sucks and so does Madden. the best game is call of duty and kill zone :P

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JOE November 8, 2010 at 5:12 pm

In fact the most popular (on a money earned basis) video game franchise is Mario, followed by Pokemon and Tetris. Madden is #8. Don't believe me? Check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling...

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Rohit December 14, 2010 at 11:55 am

Killzone 2 has much better graphics than madden. So KZ2 all the way

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Ur lover January 4, 2011 at 7:14 pm

I like big buttz and I can not lie

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rsalan January 27, 2011 at 2:27 am

cooooooooooooool

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