EA’s Northern Europe boss Keith Ramsdale has revealed that FIFA 12 outsold PES 2012 25:1 on each game’s respective launch weekends.

Ramsdale was keen to talk about just how big a turn-around compared to last gen this is:

When you look at Pro Evolution Soccer versus FIFA, only five years ago in the UK PES was outselling FIFA. On its first weekend like-for-like we’ve just outsold PES by 25 times.

That’s a sign of the momentum and the fan base and community behind FIFA, and let’s be clear, an absolutely kick-arse game. It’s unbelievable.

FIFA 12 sold over 3.2 million copies worldwide in its first week of release, so its no surprise to see it outsell PES, but 25:1? Wow.

Of course, FIFA 12 deserves all its sales, it’s a brilliant game. Our editor David Howard thought so too.