Resident Evil 2 Debuts at the Top of the UK Charts - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 28 January 2019 / 3,114 Views

The remake for Resident Evil 2 has debuted at the top of the UK charts, according to according to GfK/UKIE for the week ending January 26. Sales for the game were about 18 percent lower than 2017's Resident Evil 7. 74 percent of the sales were on the PlayStation 4.

New Super Mario Bros U drops three spots to fourth as sales slip 44 percent. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown drops to sixth as sales decline 51 percent.

Here are the top 10 best-selling titles (combined sales) for the week:

Resident Evil 2
Red Dead Redemption 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
New Super Mario Bros U
FIFA 19
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
Grand Theft Auto 5
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

8 Comments

Areym (on 28 January 2019)

Hope it outsells RE7 overall. RE7 is great in its own right but RE2R is, imo, the ideal resident evil formula.

Ayla (on 28 January 2019)

Game of the decade. I hope it sells enough to convince Capcom to remake RE3.

StreaK Ayla (on 30 January 2019)

I gotta say, I think it's actually superior to God of War. You know what I love about this game??? It's just back to the basics. Just a straight up awesome survival horror....not too much action. And not a whole lot of upgrading armour, strength and various other stats that I get sooo tired of doing in games like Horizon or God of War. Nothing against it, I'm just saying RE2's game style is more up my alley. Don't have to grind....it's all about whether or not you have the right items on you (and enough bullets hehe.)

StreaK (on 28 January 2019)

Wow, considerably less than RE7??? Now that's surprising considering the complaints RE7 had initially and the fact RE2 is the game all the RE fans were demanding for the longest time. RE2 is pretty much the culmination of everything that is great about an RE game folded up nicely into one.