Colorado’s Travis Hunter is not just a Heisman winner — he’s an ambassador for EA Sports College Football 25EA Sports
EA Sports College Football 25 is now the best-selling sports game ever released on the U.S. market, according to Circana video game sales data from November, eclipsing 2K Sports’ NBA 2K21.
“EA Sports College Football 25 was a highly anticipated title prior to launch, but just how big it would be was the question. Once initial sales rolled in, it was clear that it had a shot at becoming the No. 1 seller, then the question became when it would overtake,” said Circana Executive Director/Video Games Mat Piscatella. “I thought it had a shot at doing that in October, but it didn’t quite get there until this month.”
EA Sports College Football 25 launched July 19 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox One and was an immediate hit, filling an 11-year gap in the market created by the Ed O’Bannon lawsuit against the NCAA over name, image and likeness. But NIL helped enable its comeback, as EA sent out over 14,000 offers to players on FBS teams, working with Learfield and OneTeam Partners.
The other top-selling sports video games of all time: NBA 2K23 (No. 3), NBA 2K22 (No. 4) and Madden NFL 07 (No. 5). EA Sports College Football 25 also ranks 43rd on Circana’s best-selling games of all time chart for the U.S. The best-selling game of all time in the U.S.? That’s Grand Theft Auto V — “by a lot,” Piscatella said.
