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Quick answer : EA Sports FC 27's most expensive edition is currently ranked above GTA VI's top edition on PlayStation Store "best selling" charts in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Turkey. That's a chart position, not a confirmed sales figure, and it doesn't hold up the same way on every platform. On Steam, FC 27 was barely inside the top 100 the same weekend it was topping PlayStation charts in Europe.

Still, for a series that gets called "the same game every year" by its own fanbase, that headline stopped a lot of people mid scroll.

What Actually Happened

Screenshots of PlayStation Store rankings started circulating in late July, showing the EA Sports FC 27 Ultimate Plus Edition sitting ahead of the GTA VI Ultimate Edition on the best selling lists in a long stretch of European countries. Gaming accounts and outlets picked it up fast, and within days it had turned into one of the bigger gaming stories of the summer. NBA 2K27's top edition showed a similar pattern on the US store, also edging out GTA VI.

None of this comes from an official EA, Sony, or Rockstar sales report. It's based on public store rankings and social posts, which is worth keeping in mind before treating it as a settled fact.

The Price Angle Makes It Weirder

Here's the part that made people do a double take. The FC 27 Ultimate Plus Edition costs $149.99 (about £139.99), making it the most expensive edition EA has ever released for the franchise. GTA VI's Ultimate Edition, by comparison, is $99.99. So the game people expected to dominate every conversation this year is currently being outranked by a football title that costs fifty dollars more.

NBA 2K27 followed the same playbook with its own $149.99 Ultra Edition, and it's seeing a similar bump against GTA VI on the US store charts.

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What makes this land differently is that FC's premium editions got roasted online the moment they were announced. Fans called the $150 price tag excessive. Apparently a lot of them complained and preordered anyway.

So Is GTA VI Actually Losing?

Not in any meaningful sense, no. A couple of things are doing a lot of work here.

First, "best selling" on a storefront is a ranking, not a number. It tells you relative order, not how many units either game has actually moved. Neither EA nor Take Two publishes pre order totals, so there's no way to confirm the size of the gap or even whether there is one once totals are eventually shared.

Second, timing matters. GTA VI now launches on November 19, 2026, after two delays pushed it from its original 2025 target, then from a planned May 2026 date. Pre order momentum tends to build closer to release, and GTA VI's real surge is likely still ahead of it. FC 27 launches sooner, so its pre order window is already in full swing.

Third, this is really a FUT story more than a football story. EA Sports FC's Ultimate Team mode has trained a huge, loyal base of players to pay upfront for early access, player packs, and in game currency bundled into premium editions. That's a different kind of purchase than a one time open world game people are waiting years for. Comparing the two head to head flattens a lot of context.

What This Actually Tells Us

The more interesting story here isn't "football beats crime drama." It's that $150 premium editions, once considered a shock when GTA VI announced its own pricing, are quietly becoming normal for annual sports franchises. Take Two's own financial filings show a huge share of its recent revenue coming from recurring, in game spending rather than one time purchases. EA and 2K are leaning on that same behavior, and right now, it's working well enough to outrank one of the most anticipated games ever made, at least on a store leaderboard.

The Bottom Line

FC 27 topping a few PlayStation Store charts is a genuinely fun headline, and it says something real about how well FUT loyalty converts into upfront spending. But it's not evidence that people care less about GTA VI. Once GTA VI actually launches in November, expect the sales conversation to look completely different.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Did FC 27 really outsell GTA VI?

Not in terms of confirmed total sales. EA Sports FC 27's Ultimate Plus Edition currently ranks above GTA VI's Ultimate Edition on PlayStation Store best selling charts in several European countries. Neither EA nor Take Two has released official pre order numbers for either game.

Q. Why is FC 27 more expensive than GTA VI?

The FC 27 Ultimate Plus Edition costs $149.99, about 50 percent more than GTA VI's $99.99 Ultimate Edition. It's the first time EA has priced a top tier FC bundle that high, adding extra Ultimate Team content, early access, and pre order player bonuses.

Q. When does GTA VI come out?

Rockstar has set GTA VI to launch on November 19, 2026, after two delays pushed it back from its original 2025 target and a planned May 2026 release.

Q. Does this ranking hold up on other platforms?

No. The trend is specific to PlayStation Store charts. On Steam, FC 27 was ranked far outside the top selling titles the same weekend it was leading PlayStation rankings across Europe.