One of the biggest German streamers about EA FC 25 has openly discussed his expenditures and earnings as a content creator on Twitch. Even though he occasionally invests over 20,000 euros in the game in a month, he ultimately sees a hefty annual profit of 1.5 million euros.
What kind of streamer is he? Simon “GamerBrother” Schildgen is one of the most successful content creators of EA FC both nationally and internationally. His streams average around 10,000 viewers (via sullygnome).
In a live stream on Twitch, GamerBrother spoke openly about his financial situation. He discussed the following topics:
- Expenditures (employees, packs for Ultimate Team, tax deductions)
- Earnings from his channels and businesses (monthly and annually)
- Comparisons with the biggest German streamers (EliasN97 and MontanaBlack)
- Investments (past, present, future)
The streamer published his statements in a video on his stream highlights channel on YouTube. After about 3 minutes, he shows his viewers a table that displays the monthly earnings and expenditures of the content creator:
This is how much GamerBrother spends on packs: To illustrate his monthly expenditures in EA FC, he shows his viewers how much money he has invested in packs for Ultimate Team, for example, in January 2024.
According to the table, he spent over 23,000 euros on PSN cards to acquire FC Points in FC 24. This in-game currency is used by the content creator to open packs from the shop in the hope of obtaining strong cards.
It should be mentioned that in January, the Team of the Year appears in EA FC. This means that the strongest cards in Ultimate Team make their debut. These special cards provide many streamers with a particular incentive to invest money in the game, also because many viewers closely follow the Team of the Year.
This is how GamerBrother earns 1.5 million euros with packs
In the same table where the expenditures are listed, there is a listing of all earnings from January 2024. GamerBrother generates his income as follows (rounded numbers):
- Earnings from a total of 6 YouTube channels (Athletia Sports): 60,000 euros
- Earnings from Twitch: 28,000 euros
- Earnings from TNO GmbH (fashion brand that he runs together with EA FC content creators TisiSchubech): 15,000 euros
- Earnings from product placements (Athletia Sports): 11,000 euros
- Earnings from other merchandise: 13 euros
This brings him to a total of about 115,000 euros per month. A large part of his income comes from the sheer viewer numbers on YouTube and Twitch (about 88,000 euros).
How do expensive pack openings impact GamerBrother’s income? Especially during the Team of the Year, when the strongest cards appear in EA FC, many viewers get excited about the big pack openings because many players don’t want to spend real money themselves. They get the thrill of pulling a Team of the Year card from streamers who not only pull pack after pack in live streams on Twitch every day but also re-upload the best drawn cards as highlight videos on YouTube the next day.
The viewer numbers of GamerBrother on Twitch and YouTube during the Team of the Year 2024 prove this:
- On Twitch, according to Sullygnome, the average viewer count increased to over 22,000 on the January 19, 2024 launch of the Team of the Year (double the normal average)
- On YouTube, similarly, the highlight video for the first TOTY pack opening with over 230,000 views also reached double the clicks compared to the videos before the TOTY pack opening
This way, GamerBrother can reach as many viewers as possible from a single expensive pack opening across two channels. This in turn brings him many views and reach, and therefore more money from the streaming platforms.
The reach can then be leveraged by the streamer to attract large advertising partners, who also generously support the content creator financially (see above under earnings from product placements).
GamerBrother claims to generate an annual revenue of about 1.5 million euros, of which he still has around 750,000 euros available after all deductions.
A significant portion is undoubtedly provided by the streams and videos related to the expensive pack openings. GamerBrother and many other streamers point out in their videos that their viewers should not invest real money in packs. On MeinMMO, you can read how your chances of the best players in EA FC 25 are.
