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'Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11' Game Sales Coming in Over Par

by Caleb Johnson on July 20, 2010 at 07:30 AM

Not only is Tiger Woods struggling on the golf course (he hasn't won a major tournament this year), but he's struggling in the video game market, too. According to The New York Times, 'Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11,' which was released in June, experienced a 32-percent drop in first-month sales compared to last year's version of the game. (In case you've been living under a rock for the last year, it should be noted that Tiger's public image took quite the hit when news broke that he cheated on his wife, Elin.) But Electronic Arts, which develops the line of PGA games, says that's not why Tiger's sales aren't up to par. Jeff Brown, an EA spokesman, told the Times that he blamed a slowdown in the number of Wii consoles being sold, and he also said last year's game sold more because it was bundled with Nintendo's console.

We're glad EA cleared that up for us. Turns out, the game just isn't riding the console's coattails this year. Here we were, thinking gamers actually had a moral conscience. Maybe they just realized Tiger just isn't all that interesting unless he's winning golf tournaments. [From: The New York Times]

Tags: EA, EA-Sports, Electronic-Arts, golf, nintendo, NintendoWii, sports, tiger woods, TigerWoods, top, VideoGames, Wii

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