In EA FC 25, the Team of the Year (TOTY) ended last Friday (January 31). For many streamers and players, the TOTY is the biggest highlight of the year. Two well-known content creators for Ultimate Team have now openly discussed their expenses, but especially their earnings during the event.
Who are these streamers? Timo Schulz and Simon Bechtold form the duo Tisi Schubech. The two streamers have been creating content for over 10 years, initially for FIFA, now for EA FC.
The Tisi Schubech channels on Twitch and YouTube are also known for their multi-hour pack openings, where thousands of euros are often invested in packs from the shop during events to pull the best players in Ultimate Team. For the event of the year, they targeted a very special streaming project.
What was this stream about? For the Team of the Year, the two content creators, along with colleague and business partner Simon “GamerBrother” Schildgen, planned a 6-day stream. From January 21 to January 26, 2025, they alternated streaming on their respective Twitch channels. During this time, they competed to see who could pull the most TOTYs and TOTY Icons after the 6 days, opening packs at a rapid pace.
At the end of the streaming marathon, Tisi Schubech talked about the expenses and earnings during the past days. A special focus was on the revenue from their Twitch streams.
Important: The streamers emphasize that their handling of money during the streams should not be taken as an example and advise against buying shop packs.
6 Days of Opening Packs for the TOTY: Streamers Take Stock
How much did the streamers spend on the TOTY? In FC 25, Tisi Schubech estimate their TOTY expenses to be around 20,000 euros. This amount mainly consists of investment in FC Points (the currency used to open shop packs) and the catering (food and drinks) during the streams.
Numerous special offers appear in the shop specifically for the TOTY, offering the chance to get strong players. A single pack can cost up to 4,000 FC Points, worth 36 euros. In one hour, they can easily go through several hundred thousand FC Points, equivalent to several thousand euros.
For comparison, their financial report on YouTube indicated that the expenses for the TOTY in FC 24 were around 25,000 euros. (via YouTube).
A Stream for the TOTY Generates up to 10,000 Dollars in Revenue
How much revenue did the streamers make for the TOTY? The substantial expenses are matched by the significant revenues, according to Tisi Schubech. On Twitch, revenue comes from the number of viewers, the duration of the streams, and the subscriptions received from viewers (short: Subs).
Tisi Schubech explain their earnings with an example: With a 24-hour stream, an average viewership of 15,000 (with a maximum of 40,000), and around 2,100 earned subs, the duo could earn about 10,000 dollars (equivalent to 9,750 euros) in one day.
After 6 of these all-day streams, they made roughly 33,000 dollars (approximately 32,150 euros) in revenue. (via YouTube)
You can watch the 10-minute video about the earnings during the TOTY yourself here.
Placed advertisements/partners (placements) were not included in this total. According to Tisi Schubech, these would represent the biggest source of income. Additionally, there are produced highlight videos from the streams and edited best-ofs from the pack openings, which can be viewed on their YouTube channels a day later.
100,000 Euros After Just 6 Days of Streaming for the TOTY
In the end, the sum from streams, videos, and advertising partners amounts to around 100,000 euros in revenue over one week of streaming for the TOTY.
This is how much money they earned at the end of the streaming marathon: Since this is just the gross revenue, various deductions must still be considered:
- 20,000 euros would go towards packs and catering (profit: still 80,000 euros)
- from the 80,000 euros, after tax (around 50%), around 40,000 euros would remain
The 40,000 euros are shared by the two streamers. This amounts to an earnings of 20,000 euros for each streamer. One concludes by explaining what he spends the money on.
How do the streamers live off their revenue? At the end of the month, both take a payout of 15,000 euros from their GmbH, leaving around 12,000 euros after tax deductions.
Timo Schulz also mentions that he has 4,000 euros in fixed expenses each month. Timo lives with his wife and two children in a house. Accordingly, he must pay property tax, energy, water, waste disposal, insurance, and loans, finance school and daycare for his children, buy groceries, etc. Just like many other people.
He can understand that families of four with a net income of 4,000 euros or less often have little left to live on, and he is also thankful for his financial situation. His colleague Simon accidentally burned through a large amount of money at the start of EA FC 25: Large Twitch streamer for EA FC 25 wants to beautify one of the best cards, losing several thousand euros
