EA Sports FC 26 Returns to No.1 in UK Boxed Charts as Tomodachi Life Holds at No.2

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The latest UK boxed charts compiled by market analyst GfK show EA Sports FC 26 climbing back to number one this week, while Nintendo's Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream continues to register strong boxed sales following its launch on 16th April.

The weekly physical-sales snapshot provides a clear view of how mainstream sports releases, Nintendo catalogue strength and new IPs are performing across platforms including PS5, Nintendo Switch and Xbox.

EA Sports FC 26 reclaimed the top position with a cross-platform performance—GfK's platform breakdown lists the title at 36% PS5, 27% Switch, 14% PS4 and 12% Xbox—suggesting a broad, multi-platform audience.

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream sits at number two, maintaining solid boxed sales in the weeks after its mid-April release.

A notable chart movement this week is the plunge for Pragmata, which fell from number 10 to number 28.

While the boxed ranking dropped sharply, Pragmata has already achieved a verified milestone of 2 million sales worldwide, a significant result for a new intellectual property.

Paraphrasing the context around that performance: although Pragmata's UK boxed rank dropped notably, its global sales figures demonstrate the title's broader commercial reach beyond weekly chart position.

PS5-exclusive Saros also fell considerably, moving from number 3 to number 16 in the latest chart.

The data suggests Saros's boxed-sales momentum cooled faster than some multi-platform releases, which is consistent with niche, platform-specific titles generally having a narrower physical market.

Beyond those headline moves, the top 40 features a mix of enduring Nintendo catalogue entries and major third-party releases.

Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, Mario Kart World, Tekken 8 and Resident Evil Requiem remain in the upper tiers, and several Nintendo properties show split sales across Switch and Switch 2 where applicable.

GfK's weekly boxed charts provide the platform share breakdowns for physical editions, offering granular insight into where boxed demand is concentrated across consoles.

For publishers and developers monitoring physical retail performance, this week's GfK data highlights the continued strength of sports and Nintendo-branded releases, the volatility newer IPs can face in weekly boxed rankings, and the divergent trajectories between multi-platform and platform-exclusive titles.

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