Most of the sales of the Resident Evil franchise were after the release of Resident Evil 7
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RE7 was amazing and I didn't even consider myself an RE fan when I first played it. That's how pivotal it was.
Hard to believe but you have a new generation who didn't dive into the series cause of RE6 and then jumped on after reviews of 7. Also, how many people bought RE4 20x?I mean its probably accurate but still
Pretty sure that isn't true anymore. Even if you add up the original release of RE5 and it's re-release (12 million), RE7 (13 million) and RE2 Remake (13.6 million) have both outsold it.
I know people like to shit on him but a huge reason I enjoyed RE7 and Village is because Ethan is just some guy in a stupid and crazy situation. He's not some super soldier Chris Redfield or Leon S Kennedy or Jill Valentine secret agent stuff. That's why I'm a little worried about RE9 maybe going back to those old characters and just pumping up the action again like RE5 or RE6, instead of keeping things more low key like RE7 and 8.
But RE7 was pretty amazing- its actually a great entry point into RE since you're starting off with a new protagonist who knows none of the convoluted RE lore and the game itself doesn't really get bogged down in that stuff until the very end, which I appreciated, since I always find the RE lore interesting when it stays at the periphery of things. Once you start thinking about any of it too much it gets way too stupid for its own good.
one of the most memorable video game characters. instantly recognizable with his iconic brown hair, brown eyes and brown pants.
Thank you, Resident Evil 2!
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that's exactly it.
Capcom has yet to prove they can handle a modern, non-remake entry with the OG cast without going completely off the rails.
they're untouchable superheroes.
I'd like RE9 to have another average joe/plain jane protagonist like Ethan Winters.
It brought back the franchise to it's solid ground again.. a true survivor horror series.
Still can't believe we got RE2R and RE3R and RE4R and if course RE8 and they were all fantastic and amazing.
Makes me beyond excited for the next Remake and RE9.
Still can't believe we got RE2R and RE3R and RE4R and if course RE8 and they were all fantastic and amazing.
Makes me beyond excited for the next Remake and RE9.
It's still true.
RE5 is at 14.4 Million without even counting the sales on Switch.
Based on amount of output/releases in a comparable time frame its hard to think of another AAA dev that's been as consistent as Capcom's RE teams since RE7. They're really in a league of their own.
Unless the Switch port gets added in and RE5 gets a neat 1 Million sales more lol.
RE7 saved resident evil
This is very true. Speaking for me personally, I'm kind of tired of RE revolving around the same rotating cast of characters who keep falling off cliffs and then reappearing a couple entries later. I know it's dumb action movie stuff to keep bringing them back, it's not really the logic that bothers me more just that I don't think we can wring anything more outta the redfields or kennedy/wesker.
Hard to believe but accurate. Their 2017 annual report pegs the RE franchise at 77m units sold. The current product data page on their website has RE at 154m, across 170 titles. You can track the total sales in each of their annual reports. Looks like 2023 was a bumper year for the franchise, adding 17m in sales in that year alone.
I didn't like playing resident evil until the release of 7 so that makes sense to me. 7 and 8 were great, and with how many times I've replayed it, 2 Remake is probably one of my favorite games period. Still need to get around to 3 Remake and finish 4 Remake but I'm sure I'll love them the same.
Here's the whole series:
Resident Evil
Resident Evil, known as Biohazard in Japan, is a series of survival horror video games developed by Capcom. Since the introduction of the series in 1996, the series has sold 150 million units as of 2023, making it Capcom's best-selling franchise in terms of software sales. The series has spawned...
RE7 is one of the best, if not just the best, Resident Evil game. It alone deserves like half of those 83 mil. copies sold.
And then they followed it up with REmake 2, which is another contender for the title of the best Resident Evil game.
Capcom's pretty much on a winning streak.
And then they followed it up with REmake 2, which is another contender for the title of the best Resident Evil game.
Capcom's pretty much on a winning streak.
I know "modern" and all, but Revelations 2 is less than ten years old and does this excellently. It's super underrated and is better than most of the RE Engine games easily.
Bought most of the new ones on sale, but double dipped since I wanted to play them on Steam Deck. I have a lot of em still unplayed though. Gotta get to it.
Here's the whole series:
Resident Evil
Resident Evil, known as Biohazard in Japan, is a series of survival horror video games developed by Capcom. Since the introduction of the series in 1996, the series has sold 150 million units as of 2023, making it Capcom's best-selling franchise in terms of software sales. The series has spawned...vgsales.fandom.com
Thanks. Guess I wasn't keeping up with those sales numbers, stuff like RE2R is double what I thought
