One of the biggest games in the world right now isn't on PC, and it's not clear why

Something cool happened in the world of American sports this year: the NCAA, the organization that puts on college sports at the highest level and rakes in over a billion dollars a year doing it, settled on a deal that allows college athletes to be paid for their services—something that should've been happening all along. The deal is a huge win for student-athletes who previously destroyed their bodies for free, but it's also a big deal for publisher EA, as it means it can finally go back to making college football games.

EA's first college football game in over a decade, now simply called EA Sports College Football 25, is already one of the biggest games of the year. During CF25's early access period last week, which you could only get into by pre-ordering the $100 edition of the game, players noticed that over 600,000 people were online at once. Before it was even officially out, College Football 25 was putting up Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 numbers.

Unfortunately, you won't find College Football 25 anywhere on PC. As far as we know, EA isn't making a PC version this time around, and it's not really clear why.

The PC snub is somewhat surprising, but not unbelievable given EA's track record. Madden and the PC haven't always gotten along: EA dropped Windows support entirely from 2008 — 2017, finally bringing it back to PC in 2018. Then for a stretch, up until last year's Madden 24, the series had developed a habit of releasing the last-gen versions of its yearly games on PC. These are the versions that EA develops specifically for older consoles that often lack the new features introduced that year, and the decision to make them the only versions on PC understandably gave fans the impression that we were an afterthought for EA.

Madden 24 PC snapped that streak and Madden 25 PC will keep us current next month, which makes it all the more disappointing that College Football 25 is completely absent on the largest gaming platform.

Some fans have theorized that,