EA Sports FC 26 and Silent Hill F top European charts, but sales are down
Sonic Racing Crossworlds is slow off the starting line
EA Sports FC 26 is No.1 for a second consecutive week across Europe (digital + physical), with sales down just 14% over the week before.
This is because of a staggered launch for EA’s hit football game, which saw the Ultimate Edition launch a week ahead of the Standard Edition. This is why the second week revenue drop is a heavier 35%.
It’s tough to make accurate comparisons for EA Sports FC 26 as a result of this launch strategy. After two weeks, The Game Business estimates that sales are down over 20% across Europe year-on-year. We should expect that gap to tighten after week three.
Behind EA Sports FC 26 is Konami’s new horror game Silent Hill F. The latest entry in the series was well reviewed, but its opening week is roughly a third lower than what last year’s title achieved (based on our estimates).
The final new game in the Top 20 is at No.3 and it is Sonic Racing Crossworlds from Sega. It’s not an especially big launch for the kart racer, which managed launch sales lower than last year’s Sonic X Shadows Generations, and well below the launch of Mario Kart World (which was bundled with Switch 2 hardware, of course). However, it’s worth noting Sonic games typically sell well over time, and tend to perform strongly around Black Friday and through to Christmas.
Elsewhere, Borderlands 4 drops two places to No.4 after a 60% sales drop, while promotional activity around Assassin’s Creed Shadows sees that game rise three places to No.10.
European Top Ten Unit Sales (week ending September 28)
1. EA Sports FC 26 (-14%)
2. Silent Hill F (New)
3. Sonic Racing Crossworlds (New)
4. Borderlands 4 (-60%)
5. Grand Theft Auto 5 (-16%)
6. NBA 2K26 (-20%)
7. Assassin’s Creed Shadows (+46%)
8. Hogwarts Legacy (-31%)
9. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (+889%)
10. Mario Kart World (+4%)*
European Top Ten Revenue (week ending September 28)
1. EA Sports FC 26 (-35%)
2. Silent Hill F (New)
3. Sonic Racing Crossworlds (New)
4. Borderlands 4 (-60%)
5. NBA 2K26 (-25%)
6. Mario Kart World (+3%)*
7. Assassin’s Creed Shadows (+45%)
8. Grand Theft Auto 5 (-6%)
9. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (-5%)
10. Mafia: The Old Country (+4%)
*Digital data unavailable
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These charts cover physical and digital game sales across Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Germany, Guadeloupe, Italy, Martinique, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Reunion, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.
It covers all physical game sales, but digital game sales from these companies: Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, CI Games, Crystal Dynamics, Disney Interactive, Eidos, Electronic Arts, Gameforge, IO Interactive, Konami, Marvelous, Microsoft, Milestone, MyGames, Nacon, Plaion, Saber Interactive, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Supermassive Games, Take-Two, Tencent, Ubisoft, UsTwo. Warner Bros, Wizards of the Coast and Zenimax Media.
I do think the price of Sonic Racing: Crossworlds may have had something to do with it. £50+ for a Kart Racer (ignoring the anomaly of Mario Kart) is a hell of a lot to pay.
Sonic games used to embrace a mid-tier price point to maximize uptake, but that seems to have changed in recent years. Both this and Sonic Superstars were arguably too high on release day. As you've pointed out, maybe this is just to make Sonic's naturally long tail give the appearance of greater value in the near future.