FIFA 13 sells over 14.5million copies, SimCity 1.5million

EA has released sales figures for some of its bigger games over the last year, including FIFA 13 which sold a massive 14.5million units.

That's a healthy 30% increase over FIFA 12 during the same time period last year.

The numbers were recorded during September's launch and the end of EA's financial year on 31 March 2013.

Figures for SimCity were also released, which confirmed that 1.6million copies had been sold since March.

That is "ahead of forecasts", despite SimCity suffering major connection problems at launch.

"[SimCity is] a great game that has recovered from a challenging launch," said EA Labels president Frank Gibeau.

"The short explanation for the launch is that the initial rush of consumers overwhelmed our game service, disrupting the consumer experience."