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UK Charts: Resident Evil 2 debuts on top; 18% less than RE7 (with less days tracked), 74% of sales on PS4.
- Thread starter Saty
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Because the decline in uk retail proved time and time again last year to be more damaging than the fact 20-35% went to digital
Even with digital accounted games dropped significantly because guess what ... uk retail is fucked
That's a two year old article and since the splits in some instances shrank , fifa was at 25 yoy digital in 2018 , and some titles equal split with 2016 , 2017 was a high year
Yeah, it's the same song and dance, doom and gloom in almost every UK launch thread. Soon Capcom will release the press release that for sure will be bigger than the RE7 2.5m launch (3 days) shipment announcement. Then these people, who mostly are the same every time, will again look stupid.
Exactly!
And that is why I still haven't played RDR2 and Spider-Man, 2 of the biggest games from last year. Big 40+ hours, open world games just doesn't appeal to me much these days no matter how good they are.
Why the fascination with topping RE7 sales, I don't get the validation required. Their both part of the same series.
People clamoured for RE2 remake since the dawn of time, It was obviously going to do well.
I live in the UK and can honestly say this whole gen, I haven't bought a physical disk based game, I went all digital at the start, But that's only because of the wonder that is account sharing, Otherwise id probably be buying disk based games online, Or renting them.
People clamoured for RE2 remake since the dawn of time, It was obviously going to do well.
I live in the UK and can honestly say this whole gen, I haven't bought a physical disk based game, I went all digital at the start, But that's only because of the wonder that is account sharing, Otherwise id probably be buying disk based games online, Or renting them.
SteamSpy reporting 500K - 1M which already puts it in the same range as RE7 which has been out for 2 years and with discounts.
And RE2make is still the 2 top selling games on Steam with the Standard and Deluxe versions.
I'd say the Steam version is doing quite well :)
And RE2make is still the 2 top selling games on Steam with the Standard and Deluxe versions.
I'd say the Steam version is doing quite well :)
I don't think they shrank. But as we see in 2017 digital splits, the article is just not really accurate. My only guess this article is mainly talking about week 1 sales. As the gifting season begins, the digital ratio is going down as retail increases.
I feel you , what I mean is this digital messiah complex people have, when the games are getting digital splits of 25-30 percent , and its hailed as the be all and end all
SteamSpy reporting 500K - 1M which already puts it in the same range as RE7 which has been out for 2 years and with discounts.
And RE2make is still the 2 top selling games on Steam with the Standard and Deluxe versions.
I'd say the Steam version is doing quite well :)
It's doing amazing on Steam no doubt about that. It will do a much bigger FW than RE7. I still expected it to do better in the UK.
The Resident Evil fanbase has been splintered off to many factions. You got the old guards pining for the good old days of classic RE, you got the action crowd that wants the action-horror games from RE4, and now you have people that wants the first person perspective introduced in 7. Every time a game fails or succeeds it gets pushed to the narrative of whichever version of the "True" Resident Evil.
Yeah. You're absolutely right. It's about 25-30% now. Maybe a bit higher week 1 and also higher for multiplayer focused games.
Yeah i get it, Sad reality i suppose. Each one comes with it's own caveats, The old style got stale, The action style nearly killed the series, And the FP mode didnt even allow PC owners to use the VR aspect.
Capcom are caught between a rock and a hard place. Cant please everyone.
How much do you guys think the budget was for this game?
I think they're going to do their darnedest to try. REmakes for the old school, FP RE8 for fans of the in your face horror, and Spinoff Revelations for the action gamers.
If they get their teams working at a good cadence (which they seem to be) then they can be releasing good stuff every year.. and making bank!
I think they're going to do their darnedest to try. REmakes for the old school, FP RE8 for fans of the in your face horror, and Spinoff Revelations for the action gamers.
If they get their teams working at a good cadence (which they seem to be) then they can be releasing good stuff every year.. and making bank!
Quite big for a remake I'd say. It's been in development for around a little under 4 years and I believe there was talk about it having up to 800 people working on it.
I'd much prefer a 12-15 hour masterpiece to spending 30-50 hours in a game like Anthem. As I get older, I can buy whatever games I like, but don't have the time to play them all, so quality > quantity for me.
Having said that, when I was at school/university, I would massively value a game that took forever to play.
This was big for me too. A lot of publishers have raised prices up to £59.99 which is crazy. It's why I hate UK pricing so much. In the US, everything is $60.
Yeah I wouldn't be surprised at all if it's around 80-100 million $.