The auction of video games that ran for two weeks in the month of March, the game that was "John Madden Football" sold for $480,000. This price, which is a lot higher than what the game's retail price initially Mut 22 coins, set a new world record for the most ever spent for a video sports game, as per Heritage Auctions.

"This specific copy of the auction is remarkable because it is from the office of the famous Madden's namesake," the auction house notes. A portion of the sale of the item will go to Heritage Auctions to a charitable foundation created in Madden's honor.

Madden died in the late December at the age of 85. Spanning three decades, the John Madden Football video game franchise earned an estimated $7 billion revenue, in the words of the New York Times. The first season of the series began in 1988 and later renamed to just "Madden." NFL Network even had a series dedicated to the video game "Madden NFL Live." It's now the second highest-rated sports video game in history, trailing soccer-themed series FIFA.

For those who don't know for those not familiar, a new release of "Madden" is released every year with a new player on the cover. The most recentversion, Madden 22 featured players like quarterbacks Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes. With each new version the ratings of players are released for real-life NFL players buy madden coins, whom can be played as when playing the game.