EA Sports FC 25 is the top sports and racing game by player engagement for 2024, per Newzoo’s Pulse, a market research monitor from SBJ’s sister company that charts play and streaming activity of games.In a year in which EA Sports College Football 25 set an all-time sales record for sports games in the U.S., most of the world focused more on soccer (Pulse tracks 37 countries in North America, Europe and Asia, but not China or India), and it helps that FC 25 set a U.S. sales record for soccer games. College Football 25 didn’t even appear in the top 15, showing that while the NFL is making international gains and Madden NFL is performing well overseas (it’s the No. 3 game based on engagement for 2024), its collegiate counterpart hasn’t broken out of North America.The NBA and MLB also flexed their international muscles. NBA 2K25 was No. 2 in engagement, with MLB: The Show 24 coming in at fourth.The top racing game in Pulse was EA Sports’ F1 24, which finished fifth when it comes to all sports and racing games. The chronically overlooked MotoGP 24 (from Italy’s Milestone) was the No. 2 racing game, coming in eighth overall.In an encouraging performance for 2K Sports, TopSpin 2K25 finished 10th for 2024 in the tennis game’s first year back on the market since 2011.

Newzoo's Pulse shows how the beautiful game trumps football on the world stage

The NBA and MLB also flexed their international muscles. NBA 2K25 was No. 2 in engagement, with MLB: The Show 24 coming in at fourth.EA Sports FC 25 is the top sports and racing game by player engagement for 2024, per Newzoo’s Pulse, a market research monitor from SBJ’s sister company that charts play and […]

The NBA and MLB also flexed their international muscles. NBA 2K25 was No. 2 in engagement, with MLB: The Show 24 coming in at fourth.EA Sports FC 25 is the top sports and racing game by player engagement for 2024, per Newzoo’s Pulse, a market research monitor from SBJ’s sister company that charts play and streaming activity of games.In an encouraging performance for 2K Sports, TopSpin 2K25 finished 10th for 2024 in the tennis game’s first year back on the market since 2011.The top racing game in Pulse was EA Sports’ F1 24, which finished fifth when it comes to all sports and racing games. The chronically overlooked MotoGP 24 (from Italy’s Milestone) was the No. 2 racing game, coming in eighth overall.In a year in which EA Sports College Football 25 set an all-time sales record for sports games in the U.S., most of the world focused more on soccer (Pulse tracks 37 countries in North America, Europe and Asia, but not China or India), and it helps that FC 25 set a U.S. sales record for soccer games. College Football 25 didn’t even appear in the top 15, showing that while the NFL is making international gains and Madden NFL is performing well overseas (it’s the No. 3 game based on engagement for 2024), its collegiate counterpart hasn’t broken out of North America.