UK Charts: Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Can't Quite Beat The Might Of EA Sports FC 25

Well it is FIFA…I mean FC. So to be expected really. Zelda always has longevity. I doubt Nintendo is losing sleep.

I actually picked up Astro Bot yesterday.

It's unreal, I genuinely don't have the words to explain how much I'm loving it

Zelda is spot 2? How unfortunate, disappointing, disheartening, upsetting, dreading, grievous, lamentable, and calamitous.

Zelda fans will never recover.

FC25 will have sold gangbusters so second place is good. It would be nice to know the actual number of units sold though

Of course a game with personality and was made with care by the developers is going to be beat by a generic yearly soccer game filled with the same slop as last year

Yeah, hard to beat out a new FC game that's literally on everything. I'm sure Echoes of Wisdom will turn out to be a sales success overall.

Well, it's a football game in the UK. Bound to happen.

I'm pretty sure GTA & Football games are more popular than Orange Juice in the UK

There was never a chance in hell Zelda was going to top EA Sports FC in the UK. In fact, there’s no chance ANY game is going to top EA Sports FC

Slightly disappointing it sold 14% less at launch than Link’s Awakening 2019. Although with digital I expect it’ll be a lot closer

The only game that could ever have a chance of beating EAFC in its launch week in the UK would be GTA. This isn’t a shock at all

It should have been Link

Ugh. I hate that these games sell so impossibly well when they’re only relevant for a year at most. Disgusting

sony completely dominates in the uk..and the rest of europe as well..

Zelda, Astro Bot and Epic Mickey in the top ten is all I could ask for.

BLUEY is back on number 25. 😊

@Bonggon5 : So that's why their teeth are notoriously bad... they keep sinking their teeth into rubbish games. 😅

Sport game that is Soccer (for us Americans) debuting #1 in UK is expected. That Zelda game would have to be another BoTW scope level game to have a chance to be #1in same week and even then I doubt because you have to keep in mind UK is heavy Sony land.

These are also just the UK numbers.

I'm so happy to see 3rd party games sell on the Switch. They don't have to sell the most, just as long as they sell good and they are.

Glad to see Epic Mickey made the top 5!

I want to point out, that you didn't mention that, Echoes of Wisdom is an exclusive title, and FC25 is a multiplatform release. So, Zelda making it to 2nd place is quite impressive.

Nice that Epic Mickey made it to the top 5.

@Jiggies Me too. I hope it stays in the chart for a while yet. It's seems to be a solid remaster. I'm picking it up shortly. 👍

@Member_the_game astrobot is prob my GOTY! Glad to see it’s holding high in the charts

@Bonggon5 yes because Zelda, astrobot, warhammer etc are terrible games.

What prompted you to make that conclusion? Just because FIFA’s number one? What do you expect to see in a sales chart loads of arty, left field Indy games? Is that what the charts look like wherever you’re from?

There was a physical copy of Micky for the PC!? Or was that a typo?🤔

Of course it wouldn't outsell FIFA... In any cade, Zelda is utterly BRILLIANT, it deserves all the sales it can posibly get.
I know it's not going to happen, but I'd love it to become as succesful as BotW and TotK... Yes, it's THAT good.

Glad to see also Epic Mickey so high up!

@johnedwin

Suggest you have another look at the chart and see the breakdown of sales and which company has the most first party titles in there.

I count 2 for Sony.

@Dringo

Link's Awakening was also a highly desired remake sought after for years and Echos is a new title announced just a few months ago.

Also sales possibly affected by people not being happy with the framerate issues that plagued Link's Awakening so holding off on Echo's til Switch 2 arrives.

That's what I'm doing.

It's wild how bad FC25 is and it still sells... well, maybe not that wild.

None of the games I play are on that list and I sleep just fine.

EoW is a joy. I hope everyone gets to play it.

@rta yeah that's usually how it lands for me, with such a huge back log.

@BANJO It's pretty good. I loved the original, but I'm enjoying Rebrushed a lot more. The new camera is a blessing.

@SillyG Britain has the 4th best dental hygiene in the world......

@johnedwin No it doesn’t

@johnedwin you’re only attempting to fool yourself. It’s really not that important, don’t let it upset you.

@Rambler @Scrubchub : Thanks for teaching me the error of my ways. I shall henceforth hate jokes too.

cue sanctimonious fanfare

Hush, angels. A sinner is repenting. 😇

@SillyG sorry mate, absolutely no idea what you're talking about. It's English, but I don't get it.

Astro only dropped to 3rd? Oh that thing will have leeeeeeeeeeeeeegs!