UK Charts: FC 26 Scores An Early Winner And Keeps Sonic Racing From The Podium

I'm importing my Pac-Man copy, which should arrive on my birthday on Saturday.
Zero surprise FC is no.1, though I wonder what % Switch 2 is. I'm gonna get it eventually.
I did think Crossworlds was gonna be 2nd. Maybe the strong word of mouth will put it higher next week.

Anyways, I've got a week of gaming ahead with a week off work. I've treated myself to a 4K Oled Monitor that arrives tomorrow I can't wait.

FC26 will be number 1 until Legends Z-A comes out.

Funny seeing Mario Kart above Sonic Crossworlds given the online discourse (I think both are fantastic). Though I suspect Sonic Crossworlds will likely sell more digitally than MKW.

Nice to see Donkey Kong hanging around in the top 10 as well

Setting up camp for the Bluey comment...

Why isn't the Switch 2 version of EA Sports FC 26 represented in the sales breakdown?

Mario Kart beat Sonic Crossworlds even in Sonic's launch week lol

LITERALLY ZERO PERCENT BOUGHT THE SWITCH 2 GAME KEY-CARD VERSION OF PAC-MAN 😂

@PikminMarioKirby And with the advantage of it being available for different consoles with a far bigger install basis too! Still, they are clearly fairing better than when they launched Sonic Superstars against Mario Bros Wonder!

@Wewewi Because it doesn't exist in the UK. It's digital only.

@thenikdavies Blimey; can't imagine why the UK wouldn't want top quality GKCs with souvenir plastic boxes for game collectors; what's wrong them? Their loss.

@JimNorman Hi, I'm pretty sure Mortal Kombat X is a typo of some sort.

@PikminMarioKirby That is absolutely brutal. And who the heck is still buying Mario Kart 8 in 2025?! I could understand the odd copy, but this is crazy.
And btw I can imagine GTA V is living on banned players and whatnot, but what is going on with Minecraft, why is it so high!?

@Wewewi Well I did, so I've imported it and oddly spent less money doing that then if I purchased it digitally. Just had to wait a week longer.

I don't suppose Nintendo Life have the split of EA Sports FC on Switch vs. Switch 2? Given it's a Day 1 third party release, I'm curious to see the split. It just seems to be a combined figure above.

Was there a sale on EA Sports FC 25 or something? Why is it so high on the same chart FC 26 is on top?

BLUEY is back on number 38 this week. 😊

Fc26 is leading the charts because it is much cheaper than digital and people can sell it on if sucks, which most reports say it does. My copy arrives tomorrow and was already discounted £10. The early bad press probably made them want to dump the abundance they created early.

My expectations (and i play handheld where it should be better) are very low. And i fully anticipate losing £20 on this experiment when I get annoyed and sell it in the first week. Hopefully I'm surprised.

@Anti-Matter thank you! I’ll be on my way. 😀

@Folkloner

I was wondering the same thing

My friend got FC 26 and sonic crosswords Xbox series X fc 26 is totally different play to fc 25 so I will be picking this up when I get my switch 2 I don't my 30 bah bah lol sonic crossworlds it's not bad it's good but I don't see it out doing Maria kart anytime soon but I haven't played Marii kart world yet but I will be getting it for my switch 2 in November happy gaming everyone from Sydney Australia 💚💚💚🕹️🎮🕹️

MK World still outsold Sonic Crossworlds week 1 in the UK. Wonder what this means for other kart racers and Kirby Air Riders?

Sonic not being higher might also be due to some consumers (like myself) waiting for the Switch 2 full-on-cart edition that's coming out next year.

The gameplay of Sonic Racing CrossWorlds looks fun. I hope everyone who got it enjoys it.

@BaldB3lper78 @Rob3008 On a different site I saw that the Switch 2 version is at 4%, so 11% combined.

@deecas True plus alot of people like myself know the game will be discounted during black Friday, so well wait for that.

@BaldB3lper78 I bought it on ps5 for that very reason. I figure I can double dip when it goes on a deep discount on Switch 2 version

Huh, after all the bickering and hollering, I expected Sonic Racing to out perform Mario Kart, at least upon launch day.

And sure, SEGA screwed up the Switch version, but after watching the PS5 version, it’s nothing to really brag about.

It’s kinda sad that Sonic hasn’t done better. In some ways it’s better than MKW. Love both but Sonic hasn’t done far more depth and better game play. Oddly, I think Mario Kart is far better graphically.

As a sports fan it’s very interesting, but also slightly worrying, to see the platform splits when comparing most sports games with e.g. Sonic racing. FC 26, NBA, WWE are all in the single digits on Switch, while doing quite well with Sonic. Guess it reflects the install base demographic but doesn’t help me feel confident we’ll get top support and potentially also NHL, F1 etc in the future

How on earth is a retro game like GTA V still in the list. If Sonic Racing launched on Switch 2 if would likely have been 2nd.

Mario Kart World is likely only so high as it comes with the Switch 2 when the bundle is fazed out for the Pokémon edition expect to see it drop possibly even below Mario Kart 8 which is a much better game.

@RupeeClock I think the Switch Crossworlds will do better than the PS5. The Sonic games tend to do better on Nintendo due to the wider audience age range.

But for a £60 game, it's very likely the younger audience will be slower to buy it (Whether from saving up, asking for it for Christmas, Birthdays,etc>0. Whereas day 1/week 1 sales is skewed to older players who have control of their own income. The same happened with Sonic x Shadow Generations, high PS5 sales upfront and then a shift to Switch.

Though it launching below a single week of Mario Kart World is a bit funny. Like even with the bundle that's not very good at all considering MKW already has a near 100% attach rate to the system so there isn't many people who own a Switch 2 who don't already have the game.