FC 25 sales numbers: Is it selling well?
EA has sold more than 25 copies of its latest FC.
With the cycle of the latest EA Sports football game nearing the halfway stage, the picture surrounding the FC 25 sales figures continues to grow.
Every year, millions of fans load into Career Mode and Ultimate Team with the goal of building the best squad in existence.
The initial figures are often high as players look to get their hands on the game at the earliest possible moment, but how is the game performing now?
Here, find everything there is to know about the latest FC 25 sales figures and whether it has managed to hit the top corner once again.
FC 25 sales numbers: Is it selling well?
EA hasn't officially confirmed any sales numbers, but it's safe to say that FC 25 sales numbers are high, although it's performing slightly behind FC 24.
GamesIndustry.biz explains that FC 25 was the best-selling game of September 2024 in the UK. No real surprise there. Its report, though, does say that "the game’s sales are slightly lower than last year [FC 24]".
FC 25 sales are 4.6 per cent lower than those of the launch sales of FC 24 last year.
Despite this, sales numbers of FC 25 Ultimate Edition (which gave players early access) "actually performed better year-on-year" when compared to FC 24.
We don’t have actual figures for sales numbers, so the GamesIndustry.biz report will have to do for now.
During the website’s Microcast podcast, the sales performance of FC 25 Ultimate Edition is explained in more detail.
It explains that "in terms of the people who did buy the Ultimate Edition of the game, in the UK, that was six per cent more people bought the Ultimate Edition this year than they did last year".
The podcast continues: "And if you factor that for the whole of Europe and early data suggests that nearly 11 per cent rise over the year before."
You can listen to what they have to say about the FC 25 sales numbers in the YouTube embed of the Microcast below (around the 30-minute mark):
Regarding the overall sales numbers, EA CEO Andrew Wilson says "soft 'top-of-funnel' acquisition" and a "lapsed engagement later in the quarter" were responsible for the lower-than-expected figures.
Wilson also revealed more players chose to play FC 24 for longer rather than moving across to FC 25 when it released.
Following FC 25's lower sales figures, EA's shares declined by over 16 per cent, resulting in a loss of $6 billion.
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Toby Saunders is a freelance writer specialising in Video Game journalism. He has a wealth of experience in the field and is published on many different websites including PCGamesN, Nintendo Life and Pocket Tactics. He has a degree in Film Studies (he gets to write about Film and TV occasionally, too).
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