EA Sports Football 25 released in July for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S and quickly became one of the most popular games of the year. And now new data shows that College Football 25 is so far the best-selling game of 2024.

For those who don’t know yet: The release of College Football 25 is a big deal. EA’s last big college football game, NCAA Football 14, debuted in 2013, more than a decade ago. So there was a lot of hype about this new installment. And when it came out, We have seen over 700,000 players to log in to play it within the first 48 hours of release. So it was clear that EA had a big hit on its hands, but thanks to new sales figures we now know for sure that EA College Football is a huge blockbuster.

On August 21, Mat Piscatella, managing director and video game industry advisor at Circana Sales data for July and the year to date published on TwitterAnd the big surprise was that EA Sports Football 25 is already the best-selling game in the United States, overtaking Helldivers 2, Dragon’s Dogma 2, And Elden Ring.

“EA College Football 25 has clearly exceeded my expectations, and they were high,” said Piscatella“It boosted sales of hardware, software and accessories last month.”

We saw this in real time back in July when it was reported that Xbox Series S was selling better than ever in the lead-up to the Xbox Series S release. College Football 25‘s launch. The game is a current-gen only title, which has caused confusion among some Xbox players, as a package containing Madden25which also appears on old consoles. It’s a bit confusing!

Oh, and the bundle with Drive crazy And College Football 25? Well, it’s already the fifth best-selling game of 2024. It seems people were hungry for digital football this year.

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