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EA College Football 25 is scaling new heights with each passing day since its launch on July 19. The return of an NCAA Football game after 11 years has people across the country buzzing.
In just two weeks, EA made a staggering $500 million in College Football 25 sales—twice what NCAA Football 14 made—and is well on its way to becoming the best-selling NCAA Football video game of all time.
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According to reports, EA offered $600 and a free copy of the game (which costs $69.99 for the standard edition) to CFB players who allowed versions of themselves to be generated into it. 14,000 players reportedly agreed, making EA spend a little over $980,000 for this initiative—a small amount compared to what the company has earned.
The incredible financial success of this game has caused fans to mock EA on social media for the NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) deal that they gave to the athletes involved.
"Thats a joke $600," said @frank29517231.
Meanwhile, others understood why EA decided to give only $600 instead of a larger sum. However, they hoped that a better deal would be given next year.
"Let’s not start this. There’s like 16k football players in D1. You can’t give these kids some large sum. It’s just not possible," said @hothandsports1.
"I'm not going to get on the fact that the amount is low because at least they got paid but for the next game EA definitely need to run them boys at least 5K per player," said @DAndreXMiller.
EA College Football 25 garners over 5 million users
Over 5 million users have played the game since its release and over 500,000 took part in the game's trial, which was only available for those who had an EA Play subscription.
With over 2.5 million copies sold, College Football 25 is arguably one of the strongest returns for an NCAA Football video game. In fact, at this rate, it could challenge some of the highest grossing games of the year, which includes top titles like MLB The Show 24 and Helldivers II.
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