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Quote: Originally Posted by GiantBlue76

The NBA does not even scratch the surface of the popularity of the NFL in North America. I firmly believe that if it actually met its potential, Madden could sell 15m copies. If the game blew people away, no rational person would even be thinking about another football game, much less games from over 12 years prior.

I agree with this but I think you are really underestimating the worldwide appeal of basketball. Football is almost only North America, basketball is all over. I would think as far as major sports go, it would be soccer, basketball and then football as far as popularity goes. I'm sure there's some metrics out there somewhere that would support this or refute it.