EA has enjoyed its most successful second quarter in history, largely thanks to the performance of the company's sports games portfolio.
According to the company's latest financial results presentation, the $2.1 billion in net bookings EA raked in this year sets a record for Q2, with live service games like EA Sports College Football 25 and EA Sports FC 25 driving 74% of those bookings.
The studio notes that its American football offerings are "on track to exceed $1 billion in net bookings" for this fiscal year, demonstrating just how savvy a decision it was for EA to get back into the college football gaming space.
It's not just sports games, though; The Sims 4 is also part of what's made the year so successful for EA so far.
The free-to-play life sim has apparently drawn in more than 15 million players over the past year, although EA doesn't go into detail about how many of those players stuck around or bought anything within the game with real-world cash.
Still, those numbers will likely give EA a good reason to be proud of its decision not to pursue The Sims 5 and to focus on development on The Sims...
