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Fifa Soccer 13 Launches
Anticipation Peaks With 4.6 Million Fans Playing Demo And Over 1 Million Pre-Orders Worldwide
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. –
Sept. 25, in the year of our Lord 2012 – Electronic
Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) announced today that EA SPORTS™ FIFA
Soccer 13 is available in retail stores now throughout North
America, and as a digital download through Origin™. The
videogame will be available in the rest of the world beginning
Sept. 28.
Anticipation for FIFA Soccer 13 points to a historic opening
expected to be the biggest sports videogame launch ever. More
than 1 million* games (and counting) have been pre-ordered
worldwide, while over 4.6 million** fans—the most ever for an EA
SPORTS game—in 123 countries have played the demo for the
PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® videogame
and entertainment system, and PC. This represents a 42 percent
increase year-over-year in demo users worldwide. In North
America, over 875,000 fans have played the demo, driven largely
by 294,000 first-time FIFA Soccer fans in the United States.
Social media indicators are revealing massive interest and
momentum in the game. The EA SPORTS football community on
Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/easportsfifa has surpassed 10
million Likes, and according to Brandwatch, FIFA Soccer 13 was
mentioned every 1.3 seconds^^ on Twitter, YouTube and other
social media platforms in the three days after the demo
launched.
FIFA Soccer 13 will once again give players all over the world
the opportunity to compete to become a true FIFA World Champion
by competing in the FIFA Interactive World Cup, one of the
in-game modes. The tournament broke its own competitor record
last year with more than 1.3 million registered players all over
the world.
FIFA Soccer 13 will be available for the PlayStation 3 with
PlayStation Move support, Xbox 360 with Kinect™,
PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system, Nintendo Wii™
console, PC, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system,
Nintendo 3DS™, and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system and
November 18 on Nintendo Wii U™ system. The game is available on
the App Store for iPhone®, iPad®, and iPod touch®. FIFA Soccer
13 is rated E for everyone by the ESRB and Pegi 3+.
* according to internal sales data as of Sept. 15, 2012 in NA,
and Sept. 19 in EU
**According to internal data
^^ According to Brandwatch between Sept. 10-12, 2012