The American players, never satisfied with sports, welcomed as a great event the return of the official game of college football competitions, whose specialists will explain to you, while looking down at you, that no, rules and folklore have nothing to do with each other to do. with the traditional NFL. Which, of course, is also entitled to its annual game, with Madden NFL 25, which was released a few days ago. For now, let’s look back at the rather crazy impact of this College Football 25, which surpassed even the most optimistic expectations, not by ranking as the best seller for the month of July (nothing could be easier), but by ranking as the best seller . in the current year. While we thought that Helldivers 2 would be quiet for quite a while yet, the men named Donovan Edwards, Quinn Ewers and Travis Hunter simply came to beat all the competition. And again, sales of the EA Sports MVP Bundle, which brings together College Football 25 and Madden NFL 25, are counted separately.
” Launch month dollar sales for EA Sports College Football 25 more than tripled the total dollar sales of the previous best-selling college football game, NCAA Football 07 », explains Mat Piscatella from Circana, who as usual shares all his statistics on Twitter, especially the list of the most played titles by platform (the opportunity to note that the free-to-play The First Descendant is also popular on consoles) .
Systems, it’s time
Buoyed by this colossal success, video game industry revenue in the United States reached $4.8 billion in July, a 10% increase compared to the same month last year. Better yet, while console sales have been down since the start of the year, College Football 25 actually was system seller that the market needed. Proof of this is that despite the end-of-life decline of a Switch (- 44%), the PS5 and Xbox series enjoyed a 25% and 48% year-over-year increase respectively. In total, 771,000 consoles were sold in July, compared to 695,000 in July 2023.
The PS5 maintains the lead in sales in volume and value, while the Xbox series takes second place in volume and value, and in the process (barely) achieves the best July in its history. It is simply the first time that console sales have increased since the start of the year. According to the best estimates available, 370,000 PS5s would have been sold, compared to 250,000 Xbox series and 145,000 Switches. Xbox Series S represents 56% of Xbox Series sales, while PS5 Digital Edition represents 44% of PS5 sales.
In the accessories department, which generated revenue of $184 million (up 4%), PlayStation Portal continues to defy predictions. The remote reader remains the best-selling accessory in dollars for the month of July and for the entire year. In terms of number of copies sold, the leading accessory in July and since the beginning of the year remains the PS5 DualSense Midnight Black controller.
” Launch month dollar sales for EA Sports College Football 25 more than tripled the total dollar sales of the previous best-selling college football game, NCAA Football 07 », explains Mat Piscatella from Circana, who as usual shares all his statistics on Twitter, especially the list of the most played titles by platform (the opportunity to note that the free-to-play The First Descendant is also popular on consoles) .