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EA Sports College Football 25 has set a new sales record in the US, making it a bigger success compared to the Madden NFL series.
College Football 25, released on July 19, 2024, has now become the best-selling football video game in the United States. It is the first game in EA Sports’ College Football series in 11 years, since NCAA Football 14 (2013). As the name indicates, this series is specifically based on college football, unlike the Madden NFL games (also from EA Sports) which are based on mainline American football.
So, the fact that it has outperformed Madden NFL 25, which was launched just a month later (August 16, 2024), is quite surprising. Here’s everything you need to know about it.
EA Sports College Football 25 Becomes Best-Selling Football Game in the US
EA Sports College Football 25 is now the all-time best-selling football video game in US dollar sales.The record was previously held by Madden NFL 07.EA Sports College Football 25 now ranks #2 among all Sports games in US $ sales, trailing only NBA 2K21.Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2024-10-24T15:18:47.062Z
Back in July 2024, EA Sports College Football 25 was already among the best-selling games of the month, though in the Top 20 list. Now, in October 2024, it’s become the best-selling football video game of all time in the USA. It has broken the record of Madden NFL 07 in terms of sales. In terms of USD sales, the latest College Football title is now second only to NBA 2K21.
The information was posted on Bluesky by popular video games analyst Mat Piscatella, who got it from Circana Retail Tracking Service. Here are the rankings of the top 10 best-selling video games in the US, according to this post:
- NBA 2K21
- EA Sports College Football 25
- NBA 2K23
- NBA 2K22
- Madden NFL 07
- NBA 2K20
- NBA 2K18
- Wii Sports Resort (excluding digital sales)
- Madden NFL 08
- NBA 2K17
EA Sports College Football 25 received positive reviews from critics, so the sales record shouldn’t come as a surprise. Their was much hype over the game’s release, considering the fact that the last title from the series was in 2013. The latest College Football title currently has a Metacritic rating of 83/100 for the PS5 version and 81/100 for the Xbox Series X|S version. It managed to draw over 2.8 million players at launch. 2.2 million of them bought the Deluxe Edition, which gave them access to the game three days before others.
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