The Resident Evil collection is by far Capcom’s greatest, with the practically 30-year-old franchise persevering with to see new entries launched at a daily cadence to nice fanfare and business success. As a part of the writer’s most up-to-date fiscal report, Capcom revealed that whole gross sales for the Resident Evil franchise has now surpassed 150 million whole copies bought.
Capcom just lately launched their monetary outcomes for the 2nd Quarter of FY2023, revealing that the long-anticipated Resident Evil 4 Remake has bought 5.45 million copies since its launch on the twenty fourth of March. This has helped push the entire franchise gross sales for Resident Evil to over 150 million, additional cementing it because the best-selling collection in Capcom’s repertoire (with Monster Hunter coming in second at practically 100 million whole models bought).
Additionally, Capcom’s different main launch for the yr – Street Fighter 6 – has been performing effectively, having bought simply shy of two.5 million copies since its launch again in June. Considering the truth that the writer is hoping to promote 10 million copies all through SF6’s total lifecycle, these early gross sales figures characterize a robust begin for the combating sport.
The unique Resident Evil 4 has bought a complete of 12.3 million copies throughout its many releases and re-releases and so whereas the remake has fairly a methods to go to succeed in equal figures, the recently-released Separate Ways DLC and upcoming PSVR2 replace will hopefully make sure that the title has legs. It will likely be fascinating to see how lengthy it takes RE4 Remake to surpass the unique.
KitGuru says: What is your favorite Capcom franchise? How does RE4 Remake examine to the unique? Will it outsell the 2005 basic? Let us know down under.
