Year in, year out, FIFA is one of the best and most consistent sellers in the UK charts, and so it proved once more as FIFA 16 hit the top spot in its first week on sale.
However, it might not all be quite so rosy as another chart topping launch would suggest, as first week sales have dropped 7% compared to last year and overall revenue by 4%. On the other hand, we don’t know how digital sales have fared, so it’s entirely plausible that those have risen to fill the gap. We do at least know that the last generation sales have dropped from 45% to 19% this year, as the latest console hardware takes an ever tighter grip on the market.
Behind FIFA, Destiny: The Taken King is in second place and Forza 6 in third, with fourth place going to the freshly launched Toys to Life game, Skylanders SuperChargers, and fifth place in Metal Gear Solid V’s hands.
| LW | TW | Title | Publisher |
| 1 | FIFA 16 | EA SPORTS | |
| 1 | 2 | DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING | ACTIVISION |
| 2 | 3 | FORZA MOTORSPORT 6 | MICROSOFT |
| 4 | SKYLANDERS SUPERCHARGERS | SKYLANDERS | |
| 4 | 5 | METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN | KONAMI |
| 3 | 6 | PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2016 | KONAMI |
| 5 | 7 | MAD MAX | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
| 7 | 8 | GRAND THEFT AUTO V | ROCKSTAR |
| 14 | 9 | CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS | ACTIVISION |
| 10 | 10 | LEGO JURASSIC WORLD | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
| 6 | 11 | SUPER MARIO MAKER | NINTENDO |
| 8 | 12 | DISNEY INFINITY 3.0 | DISNEY INFINITY |
| 12 | 13 | MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION | MICROSOFT |
| 16 | 14 | MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION | SONY COMPUTER ENT. |
| 15 | BLOOD BOWL II | FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE | |
| 11 | 16 | GEARS OF WAR: ULTIMATE EDITION | MICROSOFT |
| 32 | 17 | DISNEY INFINITY 2.0 | DISNEY INFINITY |
| 30 | 18 | RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 | BIG BEN |
| 25 | 19 | TITANFALL | EA GAMES |
| 13 | 20 | UNTIL DAWN | SONY COMPUTER ENT. |
Source:Â GfK Chart-Track via Ukie
spacedelete
alot of people love their fifa. love seeing them with their adidas trackies and Nike trainers rushing to the shop for their yearly addiction.
Starman
Some of them wear jeans instead. I’ve seen them.
Dazbobaby
I love the fact that national ladies teams have finally been included.
That being said, we need a videogame based on the Lingerie Football League :)
Crazy_Del
I am loving Fifa 16 mainly the FUT Draft which is new and much better as you have the opportunity to player players that you cannot afford such as Messi, Ronaldo, Bale etc…
I have played over 100 matches (offline) and got a decent squad ready to play Online tonight!
matthangzhou
I thought you could only play with that team for a maximum of 4 games? Or is that online only? Or am I making it all up?! Ha.
Crazy_Del
You only play 4 games either offline against AI with your own choosing difficulty or against players online. To entry is 15,000 coins/300 Fifa Points and/or a Token which can be found in a pack I’d you are lucky!
dave87fez
OK, I admit it. I’m the reason FIFA sales are 7% down on last year.
I jumped ship to PES this year after a strong demo from Konami