Electronic Arts’ revival of the college football series has already made an incredibly impressive start. The publisher announced on Friday that EA Sports Football 25which officially launched on Friday, had more than 2.8 million players, 2.2 million of whom paid to play the sports simulation in Early Access.
The 99.99 USD Deluxe Edition of EA Sports Football 25 offered three days of early access, resulting in a massive install base long before the game officially launched. EA said in a press release that another 600,000 players got their hands on College Football 25
In addition to the deluxe standalone version of College Football 25EA also sells an MVP package for $149.99 that includes the deluxe editions of EA Sports Football 25 And Madden NFL 25and other in-game perks such as virtual currencies. This is an attractive offer for football fans who would have spent about $140 if they had bought the games individually.
On Tuesday, when the Early Access period for EA Sports Football 25 When the game began, in-game statistics showed that more than 700,000 players were online at the same time. On Friday, a few hours after the game’s official launch, the number of concurrent players was around 550,000.
According to the research company Circana (formerly NPD) EA Sports Football 25
According to Circana’s Player Engagement Tracker, EA Sports College Football ranked 3rd in US daily active users on Xbox Series (behind only Call of Duty HQ and Fortnite) and 4th on PS5 (COD, Fortnite, and GTAV) as of July 17.
… and it’s still in Early Access.
Phew.
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anticipation about EA Sports Football 25 is of course high, as Electronic Arts has not released a college football game since 2013, when it came onto the market NCAA Football 14.
Fortunately for fans of college football video games, EA’s return to the space was not only commercially successful, but also critically successful. In Polygon’s review, critic Matt Brown states: EA Sports Football 25 was “worth the wait.”
“[EA Sports College Football 25] is also clearly a labor of love from developers who care deeply about college football and college football culture,” Brown wrote. “It’s a testament to what’s possible with sports games when teams have more than a few months to release AAA titles. And if this is the foundation for future college football games, then the series is in a very, very good place.”
EA Sports Football 25 is now available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
