EA Sports College Football 25 Reaches Jaw-Dropping Milestone

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Summary

  • EA Sports College Football 25 is the best-selling sports game in U.S. history, outselling Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 in 2024 so far.
  • Despite not being on last-gen consoles, College Football 25 sold millions of copies, maintaining popularity in 2024.
  • The game’s success challenges EA Sports to maintain its winning formula in College Football 26.

As someone who has been gaming since the days of the original PlayStation, I can confidently say that EA Sports College Football 25 is a game that will go down in history. In my years of gaming, I’ve seen many popular titles come and go, but none have managed to outsell Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which is no small feat!

According to recent reports, EA Sports College Football 25 has secured its place as the highest-selling sports game in U.S. history. Previously acknowledged for its success, it’s now clear that the popular game maintained strong sales throughout the year.

The video game “EA Sports College Football 25” has proven to be an enormous success across all measurements. Launched in July, “College Football 25” boasted more than 700,000 concurrent players even before its official debut, thanks to gamers playing the Deluxe Edition ahead of time during early access. Remarkably, it didn’t appear on last-gen consoles or PC, yet it sold millions of copies and became one of the most sought-after games in 2021.

Currently, the video game “EA Sports College Football 25” is leading the pack as the top-selling sports game in U.S. history and the best-seller of 2024 in the United States, despite the release of “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6”. When taking into account physical and digital sales for the entire year, “College Football 25” remains in the number one spot, with “Call of Duty” coming in second and “Helldivers 2” in third. The fourth most popular game sold in the U.S. was “Dragon Ball Sparking Zero”, followed by “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3”. Other notable games that made it to the Top 10 include “Elden Ring” and “Dragon’s Dogma 2”.

Most-Sold Games in the USA During 2024 (Up to November)

Year-to-Date Ending November 2024 Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games – U.S. (Dollar Sales, Physical and Digital from digital data sharing publishers, excludes add-on content)— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social)2024-12-18T14:00:21.999Z

  1. EA Sports College Football
  2. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  3. Helldivers 2
  4. Dragon Ball Sparking Zero
  5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  6. Madden NFL 25
  7. EA Sports FC 25
  8. EA Sports MVP Bundle
  9. Elden Ring
  10. Dragon’s Dogma 2
  11. MLB: The Show 24
  12. WWE 2K24
  13. Hogwarts Legacy
  14. Grand Theft Auto 5
  15. Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth
  16. Tekken 8
  17. NBA 2K24
  18. Minecraft
  19. Madden NFL 24
  20. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

For avid fans of College Football 25, the recent news shouldn’t come as a shock. In fact, back in October, it had already broken records as the highest-selling American football game to date, a fact confirmed by Piscatella.

As a dedicated gamer, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for College Football 25 to end up as the best-selling game of the year in America. Although Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 had a successful release, it hasn’t been able to dethrone College Football 25 yet. From 2009 to 2022, either a game from the Call of Duty franchise or one developed by Rockstar took the top spot in sales. However, things changed in 2023 with Hogwarts Legacy, and it looks like College Football 25 could do the same in 2024, but we’re still waiting for December sales data to confirm this. The impact of Black Ops 6 being released on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on its sales numbers is also uncertain.

Mat Piscatella’s findings show that the PlayStation 2 no longer holds the title of the best-selling video game console in the U.S., as it has been surpassed by the Nintendo Switch. The analyst mentioned that since its launch, the Switch has sold approximately 46.6 million units in the country and now ranks second only to the handheld Nintendo DS.

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2024-12-19 01:43