Probably depends mostly on your connection. I want to say it took me a couple hours to download Madden last year and probably less for NCAA. I downloaded the demo in about 5 minutes at my new place, so hoping no more than 20 minutes on my new connection. I do have a question since I just moved west, does the game just release at 6 pm est, or will I have to wait until 6 pm in my time zone?