EA Sports College Football 25 boosted all game sales | Circa July 2024

After Helldivers II held the top spot on the 2024 best-selling list for months, EA Sports College Football 25 has stolen its throne, according to industry tracking firm Circana. Not only has the game sold well enough to make it to the top of the July chart, but it’s also apparently responsible for the increase in overall video game sales for the entire month. Unlike in previous months, the figures for each individual game category have increased year-on-year.

“Video game content spending was up 10% year-over-year in July, as 29% growth in console content spending and 8% growth in mobile partially offset a 6% increase in PC, cloud and non-console VR spending. content,” said Mat Piscatella, Executive Producer of Circana Game Reports. “EA Sports College Football 25 debuted as the best-selling game of 2024 to date and was the main driver of both content and hardware growth on console platforms.”

According to Circana’s previous reports, July will be the first month of 2024 to see growth in the device category. Regarding hardware sales, Piscatella added that “increases in hardware spend for PlayStation 5 (+25% over YA) and Xbox Series (+48%) were partially offset by a 44% drop in Switch.” It should be noted that EA Sports College Football 25 is only available for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

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As noted, EA Sports College Football 25 is the best-selling game of the month, but it’s also in second place. The EA Sports MVP Bundle includes both EA Sports College Football 25 Deluxe Edition and Madden NFL 25 Deluxe Edition.

The game’s popularity was already evident upon its release, as EA said in a statement that 2.2 million unique players played the game during its early access, which was available to Deluxe Edition players three days before launch. EA CEO Andrew Wilson praised the game’s performance on an analyst call, saying, “This is a monumental moment for EA Sports.”

The only new release on the bestseller list is the Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. It’s always noteworthy when a new Nintendo hits Circana’s bestseller list, if only because Nintendo doesn’t provide its digital sales data to Circana for analysis.

Tekken 8 and The Crew: Motorfest will benefit from sales

Two of the games that have returned to Circana’s top 20 from lower positions are The Crew: Motorfest and Tekken 8. The two games have moved from 37 to 19 and from 30 to 14 respectively. The reason for the rise of both games seems to be a combination of summer sales and new content updates. Motorfest released Season 4 content, adding new cars and a “Donk vs Lowrider” playlist. The game was also available for free on all platforms from July 4 to 11.

Tekken 8 was featured in several summer sales, including the PlayStation Summer Sale event and the Steam Summer Sale. Walmart and Best Buy also offered deals on console versions of the games. As for content, Bandai Namco released several new features to the game in the July 1.06 update, along with the addition of Lidia Sobieska to the roster.

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Both EA Sports College Football 25 and the EA Sports MVP Bundle have joined the best-selling list of 2024, with the former dethroning Helldivers II for the first time since its release in February. Elden Ring maintains its solid position on the list despite most other games being displaced by two new titles – possibly due to the lingering effects of Shadow of the Erdtree.