Did a video game just beat the craze of the Super Bowl? For RK and Jake of the DNVR Buffs podcast, it sure did. In the latest episode of DVNR Buffs podcast, aired on July 17, the two dissected the massive number of people that the highly awaited EA Sports College Football 25 release amassed. Yesterday, July 16, 700,000 people came online to play the video game. The most baffling part? It has not yet been released worldwide. The gaming giant EA Sports is just teasing fans by dropping some previews, breaking the ceiling on the fever pitch of the anticipation of the game.

Yesterday, all those who pre-ordered got to try out their Ultimate Team mode and the Road to Glory, which lets players put themselves into the game and compete for the Heisman Trophy. While the game is out now for everyone who pre-ordered, it is yet to be released. All the 700,000 players had to pay $100 for it, making EA Sports about $70 million in a day. And that is just when it is released partially. On July 19, when the game is set to release globally, the DNVR hosts predict that “they’re going to sell over a million copies of this. This game is taking over the world. “

The Guardian even thinks it may be “the most anticipated sports video game release ever in the US.” For the DNVR hosts, for now, the EA Sports College Football 25 might have taken center stage, diverting the spotlight from the Super Bowl. However, making it as big as the Super Bowl in terms of numbers would be a serious task.

The highest-ever recorded viewership of the Super Bowl was 123.4 million, per NFL. To beat that, plus the massive revenue of around $545 million, per Reuters, would be too tough to compete with. The hype? Well, EA Sports has managed to create just fine.

Stars ditch the real gridiron to try EA Sports College Football 25

It was a massive moment that would probably leave its footprint on the football world. Several NCAA and NFL stars ditched their grounds for a day to try out themselves in a virtual gridiron. Colorado stars Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter live-streamed their first trial of the EA Sports College Football 25 on Twitch.

Even NFL star Sauce Gardner tried his hand at the 2022 Cotton Bowl game between Cincinnati and Alabama once more but had no luck. Gardner, like Hunter and Sanders, also live-streamed his game on Twitch. These live streams only built up the hype surrounding the release of the complete game on July 19 as they gave their followers a sneak peek into the intricate graphics of the game.