“Insane number and it’s only early access still”: EA Sports College Football 25 a Massive Success as Ridiculous Amount Play on Opening Day
Maybe rebranding an iconic video game series isn't the worst decision.
It has been a while since a sports video game by Electronic Arts has received so much traction, as EA Sports College Football 25 has brought a strong wave of nostalgia with its early access launch. Not only has the series broken the tradition of the developer’s usual annual releases, but the upcoming title also marks its return after more than a decade.
Although Electronic Arts has had to rebrand its game, the departure from the name NCAA Football has not really dampened the community’s excitement to dive into the title, and its early access opening day numbers are enough evidence of that sentiment.
EA Sports College Football 25 Brings in More Than 600K Concurrent Players
Considering the decade-long wait for the next entry in Electronic Arts’ college football series, it is not necessarily surprising to witness the kind of player influx that EA Sports College Football 25 is managing to achieve on the very first day of its existence.
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Earlier today, it was reported that more than 600K players were concurrently online in the sports video game, which is an impressive feat considering that the early access is only available for gamers who preordered the title.
Which means that there were a lot of players just looking forward to the NCAA Football series continuing, as they did not even wait for the game’s official release to get their hands on it.
In fact, there are still a couple of days to go before EA Sports College Football 25 becomes available to everyone all across the globe, and naturally, the player base is only going to grow once the game can be accessed by the rest of the world.
What makes this milestone even more significant is that the game is only hitting Sony and Microsoft’s current-gen consoles, and with no current plans for a PC release, there is a whole other huge community that can’t even jump in on the action.
The NCAA Football Player Base Keeps Growing as the Hours Pass
Just a few hours after 619,581 players were concurrently playing EA Sports College Football 25, it was reported that the number had increased all the way to 697,780, which is likely projected to go even higher in the next couple of days.
That is not to say that the long-awaited video game comes without its own set of issues, as there have been various reports of the Electronic Arts servers shutting down due to a, perhaps expectedly, large player influx.
Despite its problems, the community seems genuinely impressed by what the team has managed to accomplish, as it has not even been a full day since its early access release.
While EA Sports College Football 25’s ability to bring in thousands of players has already been proven, it remains to be seen how Electronic Arts will handle the additional gamers who are excited to join in on the fun on July 19.
The series definitely has the potential to be Electronic Arts’ main focus going forward, considering that the developer is no longer associated with FIFA on the soccer side of things, but how the studio approaches the next few days seems like a crucial factor in the game’s overall longevity and success.
