Japanese games generally sell best on the PlayStation 4 but Resident Evil is one of those rare Eastern franchises that commands just as much interest in the West as it does in the East. However, that's not stopped Capcom's latest survival horror from selling best on Sony's system in the UK, with the PS4 accounting for a whopping 73 per cent of the retail sales.
The critically acclaimed sequel did rather well for itself overall, securing the third best week one tally in the series' history. Resident Evil 5 commands the best ever debut, while it's probably safe to assume that the rotten Resident Evil 6 is second in that list. However, it's perhaps worth pointing out that January is a slow time for sales, so this is a huge win for the latest game.
It was a really good week for new releases actually – especially on the PS4. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue debuted all the way up in third position, while Yakuza 0 simply must have set a series best in eighth – the title actually sold out at some stores. Tales of Berseria didn't do quite as well, but still entered in 14th position, which is not to be sniffed at.
So all in all it was a decent seven days for the PS4, and a particularly good week for Japanese software. Hopefully this is going to increase Eastern confidence in the Western market, and we'll see more localisations moving forward. We reckon that as long as publishers have modest expectations, there's money to be made from these more niche releases.
UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 28th January, 2016
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
- FIFA 17
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Rocket League
- Battlefield 1
- Yakuza 0
- Watch Dogs 2
- Steep
[source chart-track.co.uk]
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Could be because it is V.R. exclusive good to see Yakuza 0 in the top ten not surprised by Resi 7 and K.H.s
In pc news, re7 denuvo have been cracked, yeah ps4 is the safer choice for japan games, sold best + no piracy.
Whoa, with GTAV at second place it makes me wonder what the actual sales numbers for the top5 are.
@BertoFlyingFox GTA5 is always near the top. It's a cash cow.
Currently resisting buying Yakuza will be my first one but have enough games to play and coming atm.
Good to see it doing well though
In other news Yakuza sold all the copies to PS4!
@Melucine Well, yes.
@Bhattiboy that will have contributed but I doubt there are that many in the wild to make this much difference. Playstation gamers seem much more receptive to different experiences in general with the excellent Yakuza 0 proving so, speaking of which my local Game sold out on launch day and some supermarkets didn't even stock it so I wonder if it could have been higher. As for Resident Evil, this is the most I've enjoyed one since Nemesis and it really feels like the original in so many ways. Thinking about it why not remake the remake of the original in this game engine? I'd buy VR for that alone
Hopefully this will mean the other yakuza games will come west. Tales bersia is awesome much better than zesteria . getting a good chunk of RPGs this year can't wait for the new persona
Good to see a strong debut for Resident Evil VII, it's the most I've enjoyed a mainline RE game since Code Veronica and I'd rather the series continue in this direction (even if it has to be in first person) for a couple more games than return to the RE 4/5/6 style. I did like 4 and 5 for what they are, but 6 was meh and frankly the action did need to be dialed back a lot. Hopefully VII will have some legs as far as sales and top 5 and eventually. 4 is probably out of reach.
Also great to see Yakuza 0 debut in the top 10. I'd like to think it will hang around for a while but probably not, still, I just hope it sells well (in terms of the series) in North America and Europe so we can continue to look forward to games in the series if they plan to continue making them beyond Yakuza 6.
@johnny30 Kiwami and Y6 are already announced, so looks like we're safe for now.
@johnny30 @get2sammyb
Two Yakuza games in the same year. What a time we are living in.
Yakuza 0 certainly deserves the strong sales, very good game hopefully this is the start of the series gaining popularity over here.
@Gamer83 Indeed!
Resi's back bit*hes!
@Gamer83 Yeah same here. Though I actually preferred 6 to 4 and 5 because if you're going to turn it into a silly action series, at least make it play like an action game. Tank controls in full 3D are awful and I find RE4 the hardest RE to return to now.
But yeah, 7 is the first proper RE game since 0, it feels like.
@kyleforrester87 Yep. It's good to see. I'd got over my disappointment with the new direction 4 put the series on, another reason I could probably enjoy 6 more, and had given up on it ever being true to its origins. Nice to be wrong about that.
With the sales difference between Xbone and PS4, the PS4 should have 66% of the sales if it was equal in terms of purchases per 1000 people. So there's an extra 7% on top of that which is good but it is mainly down to the hugely different ownership levels of the consoles, accounting for 33% of the difference potentially (as that would be the difference between the sales if it had done equally well on both platforms, 66% on PS4 vs 33% on Xbone).
You should have all bought Deus Ex games.
@carlos82 Same here Yakuza 0 sold out every chain makes you wonder how much more they could of sold good news for Yakuza 6 coming to P.S.4
THE HORROR, THE HORROR...for Microsoft that is
@Bhattiboy I hope they remake yakuza 2-5 like yakuza 0 & kiwami
Rotten ?
I'm actually one of those weirdo's that likes Resident Evil 6,
mostly because of the callbacks to older better, Resi Evils, ie anything before 4, in Leon's scenario.
but still.
Good for RE7, and Yakuza 0.
I would argue that a lot of those PSVR sales were digital-as was the case with me.
Too much effort changing discs with the headset on.
@Matroska Remember that PS4 and Xbox One sales are much closer in the UK than they are globally.
Can't believe people diden't stop buying GTA V ! Hay please stop giving your money to R$
why FFXV is not in list so people buy what? :/ ( I know that: GTA)
Good to see Yakuza 0
I just ordered this game...but now I see that the amount of video time pewdiepie has is like 5 hours
How much did it take you guys to finish this game? How much replayability does it have?
Yakuza and Kingdom Hearts
Good for Yakuza and Kingdom Hearts! Shame Final Fantasy 15 is out of the Top Ten. And Ill never understand how GTA5 can still sell so many copies - guess RS buys them all themselves to Keep it in the Charts and relevant (lol just kidding).
Resi7 - well deserved, especially the VR exclusivity Shows now (isnt this the first actual "real game" for VR? lol just kidding).
It's awesome to see Yakuza and Kingdom Hearts break into the top ten.
And of course it's great for Resi to be in that position. I wonder if the association with PlayStation in the past has brought back returning players onto the PS4 platform. Either way it's the first time I've been pleased with the series direction since the Remake and Zero.
@kyleforrester87 Damn f*cking right!
Gta5 continues to be a big seller because teens keep turning 17 so their parents will let them buy it, or they finally get money and all their friends pressure them into getting it
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