"Ticketmaster told us afterwards that they could have sold more than the three-million mark. This kind of cheap mut 24 coins demand- whether for sporting events or concert events -- is usually only seen during the Super Bowl. This advance sale for the Madden NFL 24's German game has beat all expectations."

Steinforth said that the game will possibly go down as one of the biggest in terms ticket requests that Germany has experienced in the last couple of decades.One of those posts, in particular, seems to confirm Steinforth's claim that literally hundreds of thousands of fans were interested in the sport.

Of obviously, the hype led to some pretty long waiting periods for fans who began to post their names and their places in the waiting list on social networks after the sale began earlier this week. 

"Unfortunately we weren't able take action to stop the lengthy virtual lines. This is more an indication of the amount of people looking towards it," Steinforth said about the few but unfulfilled requests.

While a vast majority of fans will not be attending the Buccaneers-Seahawks game, they will get more opportunities in the coming years. The league is planning to play a regular season game in the city of Frankfurt in 2023 and eventually is planning to make international tournaments in Germany to be a regular event.

If those games can be expected to generate similar excitement remains be observed. However, for now it seems that Madden NFL 24 could be quite happy about the early acceptance it's receivedthis is Madden nfl 24 coins something that cannot be said about the roughly 2925.000 people who weren't able to purchase tickets.