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Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by dagw on Monday December 14, 2020 @10:27AM (#25418602)
I'm also not entirely convinced that DiRT is more niche than for example Madden

Madden is one of the better selling game franchise of all time with over 130 million copies sold. Despite this years Madden game being by far the worst reviewed Madden game in ages, it's still the 3rd highest selling game this year.

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Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by Hamuko on Monday December 14, 2020 @10:34AM (#25418689)
>it's still the 3rd highest selling game this year

Globally or in the US?

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Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by dagw on Monday December 14, 2020 @10:47AM (#25418836)
Sorry, you're right. Globally It appears to be the 8th best selling console game this year. But more importantly it consistently sells those sort of numbers every single year without fail. Far from a niche game (or at least its a very popular and extremely profitable niche).
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Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by Throwaway1771 on Monday December 14, 2020 @10:50AM (#25418878)
In the total global videogame market.

So, yes, mostly in the US.

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