UK Sales Charts: Red Dead Redemption 2 Retains Retail Dominance for Third Week

More than a fistful of dollars

by Stephen Tailby
Mon 12th Nov 2018

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Red Dead Redemption 2 remains at the top of the UK retail chart for the third week in a row. Apparently holding 30 per cent of the market to itself, the smash hit Western continues to be a resounding success, despite selling about half as well as last week. A lack of major new releases means the top 10 has seen almost no changes.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and FIFA 19 are still second and third respectively, while Marvel's Spider-Man also holds steady in fifth place. LEGO DC Super-Villains just about scrapes into the top 10. Next week's chart should prove to be a little more interesting as we see the release of games like Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, Fallout 76, and Hitman 2.

UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 10th November, 2018

Red Dead Redemption 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
FIFA 19
Forza Horizon 4
Marvel's Spider-Man
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
LEGO Harry Potter Collection
LEGO DC Super-Villains

[source gamesindustry.biz]

Stephen has been part of the Push Square team for over six years, bringing boundless enthusiasm and a deep knowledge of video games to his role as Assistant Editor. Having grown up playing every PlayStation console to date, he's developed an eclectic taste, with particular passion for indie games, arcade racers, and puzzlers. He's also our go-to guy for Sonic-related matters, much to his delight/chagrin.

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MessyWolf
Mon 12th Nov 2018

Good to see spider-man still in there

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ApostateMage
Mon 12th Nov 2018

Up there with The Witcher 3 for the best game of this generation, for me. I'm on chapter 4 but it's just getting better and better.

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Quintumply
Mon 12th Nov 2018

@ApostateMage I'm on chapter 4 as well. Really enjoying it

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jdv95
Mon 12th Nov 2018

@Quintumply just about at the end of chapter 3 here

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BearsEatBeets
Mon 12th Nov 2018

@ApostateMage They’re probably my 2 favourite games of all time. And I still have one mission left of chapter 2. Just love exploring and doing the challenges

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JJ2
Mon 12th Nov 2018

@BearsEatBeets
Same. Sort of making my own story.

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zekepliskin
Mon 12th Nov 2018

Yep, control niggles aside RDR2 really is a genre and console generation defining game. Other than how much I enjoyed The Witcher 3, Bloodborne or several Switch titles nothing has really come close. I even upgraded my MacBook Air to Mojave having never taken it off the default Mavericks so I could use PS4 Remote Play so I wasn't tying up the main TV for hours at a time, that's how much I enjoy it. About halfway through Chapter 3 with 70+ hours gameplay.

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ApostateMage
Mon 12th Nov 2018

@JJ2 @zekepliskin @BearsEatBeets @jdv95 @Quintumply I reckon I've put well over 100 hours into this and I still haven't uncovered the whole map!

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BAMozzy
Mon 12th Nov 2018

And this is before RDR2's online mode is added...

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TheArt
Mon 12th Nov 2018

I think it's even more surprising Black Ops 4 is destroying almighty FIFA 😮. Like I said GTAV just passed the baton to RDR2 so it's going to be in that Top 10 for a looooooong time.

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Nifty
Mon 12th Nov 2018

RDR2 is over hyped. The story is ropey & the epilogue is tedious. Weapons resetting when getting on your horse, not being able to switch between buy & sell without having to back out, the need to hold a button to select & the dreadful wheel menu system and doing chores.I enjoyed it up until Chapter 4 & it just went downhill from there. It just wasn't fun.