Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "EA SPORTS FC 26 HAS REPORTEDLY HIT 10 MILLION COPIES"

Episode Date: October 16, 2025

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Ladies and gentlemen, the major sports leagues have officially kicked off. And by kicked off, of course, for my MLB fans out there, you're already saying to yourself, hold up now. Technically, MLB has been continuing for quite some time as far as in the year of 2025, to the point where it is in the playoffs currently with the NLCS game two, which is certain teams that I have no idea who they are or what they're about. But anyways, they're playing tonight. So the MLB playoffs is currently still going on. NFL week six is going on right now. And then we have the NBA that tips off later this month, October 21st. And then of course you have the NHL, which is already underway in week one action.

And the reason why I say that is the lead up into EA FC26. As with the major leagues in real life already starting, you already know the VAL video game attachments to the real life league is set to take off as well as you look at the sales as far as on every single console i will there's only xbox and playstation but you get the point every single console steam and you come to realize sports games are notoriously infect affecting the masses year after year to the point where it's very interesting how in the world call of duty always has the most popular game every single year as far as objective metrics but in totality sports games are always in the top five and that's no different as 2k FC and then of course you have

madden towards the top of the sports games as far as leading that specific metric because as far as the ball and gun gamers out there those are the games they're currently playing two K battle battlefield six call of duty FC you get the point so what this is specific segment breaking down fc 26 after you realize that they put out these games year after year we got to focus on a specific statistical accomplishments of EAFC 26 so with that being said when it comes to the review and sales round up over here at notorious mass effect we have to start off with fc 26 accomplishing a very impressive metric such as nine million plus units and of course when it comes to that It was 5.5 million on PlayStation, which made it the fastest selling sports title of 20, 25.

And that's not it. As when you look at the units in Europe, it's accumulated over 158,000, which, to be fair, as far as people over there who think I'm glazing these sports games, I do believe when it comes to the objective metrics, now I do, as far as the sources that I use. is 8% down as far as compared to FC25. So yes, it's putting up monumental numbers because like I said earlier, ball and gun games are notoriously affecting the masses. But when it comes to their counterparts released last year, they're not performing at the same rate

that their 24 counterparts did. So when it comes to that, there's a lot of different things we can get into as to why that is. I just believe that we're in a certain economy to where you look at the landscape of gaming and Xbox game pass used to be emphasis on used to used to be the most effective way to play a plethora of games as a gamer but now as far as cost

effectiveness it has went out the window because Xbox raised the game pass by 50 percent now they did say they're gonna delay the actual developments of that price increase but at some point it's gonna happen as already dove into it as far as i broke down black ops and how much money they lost off of accumulating or not accumulating acquiring activision and the amount that they thought they was going to make via the game pass and ultimately didn't make so when it comes to these ball and sports games it's not just a automatic hit out of the park because of them topping the charts year after year so when it comes to eafc 26 yes it's doing phenomenal on the charts yes it accumulated nine point a nine million plus units as far as global

But when it comes to comparing it to last year, it's down by 8% as far as this specific tracking of EAFC-25 and EAFC-26. Now, it could pick up, but usually when it comes out the gate and a week or two later, which, you know, technically this would be a week or two later because I believe E-A-F-C-26 release date. EAFC 26 came out September 26th of 2025 so safe to say in October 14th which is when I'm recording this safe to say now when it comes to that specific game

we have enough of a snapshot and enough of a sample size to garner whether it's going to be on pace or surpass EASC 25 and safe to say it's doing neither. It's actually underperforming when it comes to

EASC 25 because obviously any other game development company putting out a game will love these type of numbers out the gate. But ball and gun games have a way different expectations. And speaking of those expectations, safe to say, when it comes to platforms, EAFC26 is the six most played game on PlayStation. And when it comes to Steam, it technically wasn't in the top 15. But when you look at the numbers, it's gracious. It did have 100,000 people playing the game.

But that was 16 days ago. So now you look at the 20. 24 hour peak as of today, October 14th, as of me recording this. And it's 79,000. And then the players concurrently playing right now is 57,000. So now when you look at the reason for that, a lot of people are praising it for its realism and depth like they always do. But one of the interesting things with EAFC26 is not only the rise in people

understanding how corporations are trying to monetize them for every single thing. But then you come to realize not only are consumers getting smarter, but when it comes to technical errors via these releases, they're also facing more backlash from consumers. Now, you probably tell you're probably asking yourself. What do I mean about that? Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm glad you asked. As when it comes to EAFC 26 in this launch, it was a decimal error in Indonesia's store, which priced it at 18,500 FC points, which is normally $120.

dollars but when it comes to PC players using VPNs to spoof IPs and exploit this building overpowered ultimate teams cheaply flooding matches with super teams and crashing the transfer market safe to say this is a very unique issue as far as in the franchise so EA had to come out with the quickness they came out like TI himself and said we need to fix this expeditiously so anyways EA patched the click the glitch quickly but it's used to suspensions slash permanent bans for violators, citing the TOS breaches on regional pricing and unfair advantages. So when it comes to consumers being smarter, that's basically what I'm saying. Like they're finding a lot of different ways to make things more cost effective. And on the flip side,

whether it's legally or illegally, these gamers are finding cheaper measures to play these games by any means necessary. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? So when it comes to the state of gaming, let's get back in the EA FC26. As when it comes to the gameplay,

y'all already know, it's developed by EA Vancouver and EA Romania as far as the live services. And then you have platforms for this game, such as PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X and S,

Xbox 1, PC, Switch, Switch, Switch 2, and even, I don't even know what I says that. What is the, What's the Amazon Luna? What is the Amazon Luna? No, let me see this.

Amazon Luna. What is this? What is cloud gaming? Oh, let me find out. Let me find out that what Xbox is doing, Amazon Bin tried to get through as far as the cloud gaming, but just didn't break through because of the overall market share of Xbox and PlayStation. That's interesting.

Amazon Luna is a real thing. I saw that. I'm sticking to myself, hold on now. You know, we don't do fake news over here, but hey, if somebody out there who's watching this, shout out to you for having an Amazon Luna, and I'm glad I can help you out by letting you know the EAFC game is on there. So anyways, getting back in the crossplay, that's one of the main things for every single sports game.

I was completely flabbergasted when, um, what was that soccer? The arcade soccer game. Arcade, I forgot his name. Soccer game. I think it was rematch. Yeah, it was rematch. When rematch came out and it was a whole sports game that didn't have crossplay, I was thinking to myself, hold up now. You guys.

See, that's the problem. In no world, especially in the big year of 2025, should a sports game come out without crossplay? What rematch did out the gate without having crossplay, I think it was very tone deaf as far as what the sports landscape was requiring. And of course they put crossplay in shortly after its launch, but every sports game should come out with crossplay at the beginning. I don't care what type of sports game you are. If you want to compete with other sports games, you should have crossplay at launch. So anyways, that was just a slight critique because they did fix it. So shout out to the rematch developers for fixing that.

But when it comes to EAFC, obviously is a little more realistic. There's an 1111 simulation. there's competitive mode for faster for faster gameplay and an authentic mode for realistic fatigue, physics, and AI. And of course, you have a lot of modes such as FUT clubs,

player career, and manager career, which you come to expect as a sports gamer. And then, of course, the match lengths are anywhere between six minutes. Oh, yes, basically. It estimates to six minutes three per half. So and that's also adjustable. But then you come to the live challenges.

There's dynamic weekly manager scenarios. And then of course, as far as improved AI, you already know on today's age. You definitely been working on that. So they improved that to the point where positioning, off ball runs, and goalkeeping realism was one of the main focus as far as improvements in AI. And then you look at the server slash connectivity. And a lot of people are saying that it's running well as far as. as these sports games i don't think there's ever an EA that comes out and then people just be like this is the worst ran uh all-lod system that i played in quite some time like eafc usually has

pretty solid and and serviceable online as far as um as far as people's connection connection and overall frame race so now when you look at the lack of lag in all-line modes you come to realize that this game definitely has a certain pattern and of course year after year when i get into this specific game i try to figure out what specifically to focus on to differentiate these EAFC games from one another so now speaking of that let's get into some of the review roundups as i already talked about the sales when it comes to xbox i didn't see a EAFC on any of the top five top 10 list so when it comes to playstation it's the most popular it seems it seems like EAFC 26 is the most popular on PlayStation and it's the six most play game on PlayStation currently on

Steam is not in the top 15 but it does have a 24 hour peak of 79,000 to 57,000 people playing right now which is pretty solid numbers especially for a sports game and then you come to the switch and you come to realize the EAFC is the 21st most play game on switch which may be surprising to some but of course when you look at the switch I'm not going to say it's more niche gamers because of course you have your marials of the world, but a lot of people are enjoying Final Fantasy tactics. A lot of people are enjoying Donkey Kong Bonanza, Minecraft, Mario Kart once again, Pokemon, animal, you get the point.

It's not really a ball and sports type of platform like a Steam PlayStation or Xbox. So with that out the way, let's get into some of the review roundups now that we've dove into the sales a little bit, as when it comes to the review roundups, IGN gave this an 8 out of 10, basically saying EAFC's 26 on pitch gameplay is the best as been in the long time. Dribbling is sticky and responsive.

Pause. Hey, yo. You guys. See, that's the problem. All right, my fault. Passing is crisp, but despite the positive improvements, an increased focus on monetization is more than distracting.

I know that ain't who I think it is. EA back at it again. But anyways, game spot gave this 8 out of 10 saying EA Sports FC26 suffers from a few growing pains with this shift to two distinct playstouts. But there are enough improvements throughout to consider, there enough improvements throughout to consider it a positive step forward for the long running series. PC Gamer gave it an 8 out of 10 saying truly a beautiful game. But it makes plenty of unforced errors. FC26 is a football game for better or for worse,

and there's a good chance you already know whether you want to buy it. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? So run to the press is breaking news. Tell everybody that, hey, EAFC is exactly like all of the EASC's out there. So it's like every single 2K, every single Madden,

every single year, we come to realize that even though there might be minor adjustments there's never been that sizable leap to where we're like this is a completely new and improved game time and time again i leave away with these reviews for ball and gun games saying that is exactly like last year's with minor improvements so with that be it said click my link in my bio let me know one of my social media is what do you think about EA sports fc 26 so far have you played the game do you plan on playing it are you a huge sports gamer a ball game and at the end of the day what is your favorite sports franchise in the gaming industry