The latest UK Charts data is in and Nintendo's latest flagship title, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, has debuted at number 3, coming in behind Mario Kart World and EA SPORTS FC 26. The game performed considerably better on the Switch 2, making up 83% of the platform split with the original Switch.
O'Dell Harmon Jr. writes: "Before we say goodbye to 2025, let’s take a look back and see what were the most downloaded games of the year. It was a great time for sports, shooters, and some new PlayStation VR2 games. Sports favorites topped the charts in US/Canada and EU, with NBA 2K26 and EA Sports FC26, respectively.
Juggernaut GTA V found a home in the top three for both regions, with new 2025 release Battlefield 6 claiming second place in the US. Fortnite took top place for free-to-play games, and Beat Saber continues its PS VR2 success."
I think it shows how shortsighted it was for Sony to let go of Evolution and not get them to make some sort of competitor (open world Driveclub?) 10 years ago.
After Driveclub's reception, hard to say it would have done well enough to compete. It's easy to dream of such a thing, but to make it happen? It's taken how long for CoD to be dethroned? And it was dethroned by Hogwart's Legacy and has gained it right back just the next year.
It’s funny to watch the only games EU and USA agree on was Minecraft and back ops 7 both regions on 6 and 7 spot respectively other than that FIFA rules EU
Replies(3)
I would like to see a list that has both free to play and paid games together, but at least we have this.
To this day GTA5 is a top downloaded game and it makes me wonder if the industry is really ready for GTA6. I imagine almost nothing else will sell during that game's release window.
VGChartz's Evan Norris: "Unlike RPG and Action-Adventure, two genres that deliver multiple GotY candidates year after year, Racing is something of a feast or famine situation. Luckily, 2025 was a feast year, due primarily to Nintendo's latest hybrid console. All four games on the shortlist appeared on Switch 2; heck, three of them are exclusives. Shin'en, no stranger to Nintendo hardware, once again punched above its weight class with the slick futuristic racer Fast Fusion. Masahiro Sakurai reconfirmed his auteur status with Kirby Air Riders, an unexpectedly deep and content-rich racer with more than a little fighting game DNA in it. Nintendo EPD made a big splash at the launch of Switch 2 with Mario Kart World, which obliterated the spatial boundaries of the franchise. And Sonic Team raised the stakes with Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, thanks to an inventive travel ring mechanic."
PlayStation 5 ended the year by dominating the Christmas season, consolidating its position as the best-selling console of the year.
"while Microsoft had another dismal year with the Xbox Series X|S, which only sold 24,000 units throughout 2025 ."
Got damn...💀 we are gonna need an alt in here stat.
What I personally find to be "fascinating" about every Xbox die-hard I ever spotted:
In their rhetoric, Xbox is basically king. While Playstation is utter crap.
Right?
Yet since 2013, Xbox is the only console brand that has lost ~50 million people buying it.
Notice that most of them if not all, brag about how much money momma windows is making instead of how great their games are or the quantity of GOTY games xbox is releasing on a yearly basis. Apparently they're not gamers anymore and don't really care about them but as long as scum MS is making profit they're happy as f. LMAO!
i mean none of the ps fans cared when sony fired 8% of their workforce 2 years ago,everytime ms released a game on ps they only post how great it is that sony is making money, they didnt care when they tried to steal games with helldivers, they don't care that the customers are now paying for the concord, bungie and all their other cancelled live service games, they don't care that ND has very bad overtime/crunch practices so the ignorance is definitely not one sided.
@aloy apparently you're now a gamer if you're into the politics of the industry....right
I mean if not for the Switch 2 releasing in June, clearly it would have sold more. But keep on winning..
@cojoni - I mean let's see if that holds when Mario & Zelda come along. This is with Nintendo releasing only a handful of first party titles and only a couple of notable 3rd party titles releasing.
At the end of the day, I own both though. I don't pledge allegiance to one gaming system. I'm a gamer, so I want to play all the games. Not just ones that only release on my PS5.
Its not like PS5 doesn't release its own bangers. GTA is incoming. Interstellar (my most anticipated personally)
neo
first you said switch coming out in june and when elda proved you wrong that in last 5 months ps5 still has outsold it now you are talking about mario and zelda. it's almost a 6 year old system going again a console that just came out and is cheaper. You mentioned mario and zelda what about PS5 exclusives that will be coming in 2026 and another small game which will play/run better on PS5 and Pro and won't be coming to switch 2 GTA6
I dislike sony because they have slacked off so much this gen with their live service failures but still what PS5 has done is impressive(i don't even own a PS5 the first sony console in a while at that)
@Neonridr
Excuses and more excuses from the "faSt SeLlInG cOnsOle" fandom LMAO! Keep it up!
" I mean let's see if that holds when Mario & Zelda come along. This is with Nintendo releasing only a handful of first party titles and only a couple of notable 3rd party titles releasing."
I'd say let's see how PS5 GTA 6 Bundle would perform soon. It's easily gonna smoke Nintendo's whatever Zelda and mario game bundle they come up with. LMAO!
@cojoni Switch 2 sales divided by 2? XD
Global sales
June 2025 - NS2 launch(5M+) PS5(916k)
July 2025 - NS2(1,594K) PS5(787k)
August 2025 - NS2(1,127K) PS5(875.8K)
September 2025 - NS2(1,079K) PS5(1,157K)
October 2025 - NS2(1,373K) PS5(1,310K)
November 2025 - NS2(1,816K) PS5(3,591K)
If you included whole month december, Switch 2 is in 15M+ range.
"I mean let's see if that holds when Mario & Zelda come along. This is with Nintendo releasing only a handful of first party titles and only a couple of notable 3rd party titles releasing."
Want to bet? GTA 6 bundle for Playstation will absolutely destroy in sales. There's NOTHING on Nintendo that will come close to GTA sales
You love the Switch 2 just like I like my PS5 Pro. I own a XBSX & a Switch 2 but so far PS5 has not slowed down in sales is all I'm saying. There's no need in denying that fact.
Replies(3)
Good thing MP4 make it to the top 10.