College Football 25 Only Trails Call Of Duty And Fortnite On Popularity Chart

EA’s College Football 25 hit the ground running this week, it seems, as the game’s early player statistics are proving to be extremely impressive.

Circana analyst Mat Piscatella shared on social media that on July 17, College Football 25 ranked No. 3 in the US for daily active users on Xbox Series X|S, trailing only Call of Duty and Fortnite. On PS4, College Football 25 was No. 4, trailing Call of Duty, Fortnite, and Grand Theft Auto V.

Impressively, College Football 25 is putting up these numbers prior to the game’s official release on July 19. So far, the game is only available to people who bought the $100 deluxe edition or tried the game via the EA Play 10-hour trial. The standard edition arrives on July 19.

The best that EA’s college football games has ever performed was in 2006, when NCAA Football 2007 ranked No. 3 for sales in the US, trailing only Madden NFL 07 and Gears of War. Piscatella has predicted that College Football 25 could land within the top 10 for US video game sales in 2024.

College Football 25 blasted off with more than 700,000 concurrent players earlier this week. It’s the first new entry in the series since 2013’s NCAA Football 14. Since then, EA broke off its partnership with the NCAA and is now making the game through other licensing arrangements. The college athletes featured in the game are being paid for their appearance thanks to NIL deals.

If you’re just getting started with College Football 25, you can check out our guide for how to do all the celebrations and how to succeed in the dynasty mode.