2023's Resident Evil 4 Remake had a lot of hype to deliver, but quickly became one of that year's best games and a huge seller. It sold so much that, in fact, that Capcom officially announced that it reached 10 million copies sold. Making it the fastest to reach that milestone than any other entry in the entire Resident Evil Franchise within just two years.
Capcom also compared the number of sales with the last few games of the series, starting with 2017's Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Both Biohazard and the Resident Evil 2 Remake, released in 2019, have achieved over 15 million cumulative units sold. 2021's Resident Evil: Village has reached over 11 million cumulative units, while 2020's Resident Evil 3 Remake sold 10 million cumulative units.
Since the series launched in 1996, the company has sold 167 million units across almost 30 years of the franchise.
Resident Evil 4 was already touted as one of the greatest games of all time. Capcom raised the bar for what a good remake could be, all the while keeping the game's original legacy as a genre-defining experience intact. Of course, the memes of Ashley certainly didn't hurt, either.
It should be noted that Capcom didn't elaborate upon how the sales were broken down by platform, physical, digital, or any of that. Initial reports when the game was released had the game selling three million in the first two days, eventually reaching four million in the first two weeks. Those sales alone cemented it as one of the fastest-selling Resident Evil games ever.
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Capcom also compared the number of sales with the last few games of the series, starting with 2017's Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Both Biohazard and the Resident Evil 2 Remake, released in 2019, have achieved over 15 million cumulative units sold. 2021's Resident Evil: Village has reached over 11 million cumulative units, while 2020's Resident Evil 3 Remake sold 10 million cumulative units.
Since the series launched in 1996, the company has sold 167 million units across almost 30 years of the franchise.
Resident Evil 4 was already touted as one of the greatest games of all time. Capcom raised the bar for what a good remake could be, all the while keeping the game's original legacy as a genre-defining experience intact. Of course, the memes of Ashley certainly didn't hurt, either.
It should be noted that Capcom didn't elaborate upon how the sales were broken down by platform, physical, digital, or any of that. Initial reports when the game was released had the game selling three million in the first two days, eventually reaching four million in the first two weeks. Those sales alone cemented it as one of the fastest-selling Resident Evil games ever.
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