Marvel's Wolverine Tops PS5 Downloads, EA FC 27 Wins Europe
PlayStation's September download charts split an ocean apart, and the PS4 list proves the old guard still outsells most of what passes for new.
Marvel's Wolverine took the top spot on the US PS5 chart in September, while EA Sports FC 27 claimed it in Europe, the two swapping places on either side of the Atlantic like a transfer deadline nobody asked for. That is the sort of detail PlayStation's own monthly rundown delivers without comment, and I find I have plenty to add.
Start with what the split actually says: a story-driven, single-studio exclusive going toe to toe with an annual sports license and losing only by region is not a defeat, it is a compliment paid through gritted teeth. Onimusha: Way of the Sword charted in both territories, as did a Halloween re-release and the perpetually undying Call of Duty: Black Ops II, which suggests the PS5 owner in 2026 is still perfectly content to revisit a decade-old map pack between prestige releases.
The PS4 Chart Nobody Retired
What the PS4 list reveals is less a ranking than a confession: Red Dead Redemption 2 led the US chart outright, with Batman: Arkham Knight close behind, two games old enough to vote, still outselling most of whatever counted as new that month. God of War and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare made their usual cameo appearances too. You were promised that last generation's hardware would feel obsolete by now; instead it is apparently still the better storefront.
A Cat Beats the Flagship
The PS VR2 chart is where the month gets genuinely instructive, because I Am Cat led both the US and European rankings, ahead of Horizon Call of the Mountain, the very title Sony built the headset's launch around. One does not need to relitigate the merits of a prestige showcase piece to notice that it has been quietly outsold, on its own storefront, by a simulator whose entire premise is knocking things off shelves. Beat Saber and Job Simulator rounded out the regulars, proof that VR2 owners remain, charmingly, more interested in play than in spectacle.
Free to Play, Same as Ever
Call of Duty: Warzone led the US free-to-play chart, with Aniimo topping Europe ahead of Fortnite, Roblox, and Rocket League. Nothing here surprises; the free-to-play tier has become the one genuinely stable neighborhood on the whole storefront, immune to whichever exclusive or license happens to be dominating headlines that week.
That a digital cat can out-earn PlayStation's own flagship virtual reality showcase is not an embarrassment anyone at Sony needs to explain away. It is simply what the chart looks like when players vote with downloads rather than marketing decks, and the marketing deck, as ever, is the last to find out.