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EA Sports World Cup simulation predicted Spain’s victory

Vegas handicappers are going to start losing business if people can get results just as good from EA Sports video games. EA’s 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa simulation declared Spain the champions, and that’s exactly what happened.

Amazon discounts 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa for a day

The 2010 FIFA World Cup is going on right now, with the World Cup Final happening July 11, 2010. Sounds like a good time for a 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa sale! Coincidentally, Amazon is running a Deal of the Day sale on the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 versions of that particular game today. If you order right away, you may even have it in time to create your own World Cup Final.

While all three console versions of the game are on sale, they’re all on sale for different prices with varying discounts. Let’s just say they’re all around 30% off. The PS3 version, which normally costs $59.99, is $38.99 today. If you own a Wii, you’ll pay $32.99 instead of $49.95. The Xbox 360 version costs the most, with the normal price being $59.99 and the sale price being $39.99…

FIFA 10 sales second only to Modern Warfare 2 thanks to World Cup publicity

US Soccer team, EA Sports owes you guys some royalties.

In addition to boosting American awareness of and interest in soccer (or football, if you prefer), the team’s surprising World Cup run has helped sales of soccer video games. It’s been so beneficial that EA expects North America to surpass the United Kingdom as its biggest soccer market. Wow, that probably hurts almost as much as the tie heard round the world.

EA Sports simulation says Spain will win 2010 World Cup

According to an EA Sports simulation using the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa game engine, Spain is going to hoist its first World Cup trophy July 11, 2010 with a 3-1 win over Brazil. In the sim Brazil actually took a 1-0 lead before Spain stormed back led by Villa, who EA Sports says will win the coveted Golden Boot award with seven goals in the tournament. Brazil’s Kaka ended up winning the Golden Ball.