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Updated Resident Evil Franchise sales
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I think it'll also depends on Marketing. The marketing for MvsC: I was almos non-existent and RE 7 definitely had a lower budge one than the other main entries.
Oh ok, so it could be anywhere from 1 million to 2.5 million to break even. Either way they've made decent profit from it, which is good. Too bad the rest of their offerings underperformed this year.
I hope this means we still get an action RE game that expands on the mechanics of RE6.
RE5 and RE6 are objectively better games than RE4. No annoying frail NPC to babysit, better controls, larger enemy variety...
RE5 and RE6 are objectively better games than RE4. No annoying frail NPC to babysit, better controls, larger enemy variety...
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Who the hell is buying RE5/6 but not RE4? And how do people not have like 3-5 different copies of RE4?
RE7 doing alright, they should still go back to third person though.
RE7 doing alright, they should still go back to third person though.
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RE6 has such good shooting mechanics. Countering, diving, rolling, all came together to create a really good experience mechanically. Honestly, it's too good a system to just abandon. Improve the level design and narrative and you're good to go.
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Yup.
Revelations - 1.7 million (3DS not counted)
Revelations 2 - 2.2 million.
How do you think the numbers would look though for games like REmake and 0 if the same amount of people actually playing video games now were back then when both were released? Because with that in mind, RE7 actually looks comparatively bad. I also wonder how RE5 would have looked without the co-op crap.
Look at all that survival horror
I wish I could figure out how to play RE6 so that my gameplay looked like the GIFs people always post.
Me playing RE6 is like a drummer trying to jam while submerged neck-deep in Vaseline. Nothing moves, works, or sounds the way it's supposed to. Even trying is pointless. I don't understand how high-level play in RE6 is accomplished. It never looks like that when I play. It's awful.
It's apparently me who is awful. I am the problem. Somebody fix me, please. I can't live like this.
Me playing RE6 is like a drummer trying to jam while submerged neck-deep in Vaseline. Nothing moves, works, or sounds the way it's supposed to. Even trying is pointless. I don't understand how high-level play in RE6 is accomplished. It never looks like that when I play. It's awful.
It's apparently me who is awful. I am the problem. Somebody fix me, please. I can't live like this.
Then why not just make a new action IP...something like where it's tons of non-stop action fighting hordes of zombies. You could even have a mall as the setting.
Well they are shooting horrific things to survive ;)
They are just doing with style.
I wonder how many people truly want another RE5... I know I don't.
Don't even try to compare Action RE to Dead Rising. That's like the furthest thing form each other.
They share zombies and absolutely nothing else. Outside small things like "you can use guns".
As for a new IP that's always a big gamble. Part of the action RE appeal is from the universe its tied to.
Which just goes back to needing to blame Mikami and co for the shift RE4 brought. You can only do so much when even the daddy of Survival horror thought action would be a good move for the series.
Enough of that though. I will say. If capcom gave me a Dino Crisis that gameplay wise played like RE6 i'd leave RE alone when it comes to requesting action.
DC was a multi-million sellers that's been dormant for awhile. So it coming back in such a sense would be safer than a new IP while also still getting some of the perks tied to that.
RE5 regardless of certain fans opinion was not only a great campaign it was one of the best co-op experiences ever.
RE6 was riding off that.
it had amazing mechanics(particularly in Chris' campaign that used them), the two faces of the franchise and was absolutely a jampacked title with loads of value and 4 separate campaigns.
Also had an amazing marketing push like 5.
Dam 5 did so dam well. I hope they don't abandon 7's style just because it hasn't had the same impact previous titles did. Hopefully they can reduce costs and make the next game better/sell better
Resident Evil 5 is still on the top. Easily one of the best Co-op games of all time. Singleplayer not so much.
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I mean, RE 6 especially never tried to sell itself as survival horror because it's not.
They reduced costs plenty with RE7, any more and the mainline series will start heading in Revelations territory.
That's because the negative reception of 6 had nothing to do with the direction they took with 7, as much as certain fans like to claim the contrary and pat themselves on the back thinking their complaining is what birthed 7. Capcom stated several times that they're proud of 6, but they had to do a soft reboot with 7 because they directed themselves into a corner with 6. They went global with RE6, there was no where left to escalate (unless they went to space probably lol) so they accepted they had to go back to a small scale situation with the next game so that they could start the escalation all over again.
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Why? PC software sales is already included in their report.
and for RE0, i see only 2.95M:
I can only hope Capcom opts to go back down the RE4/5 path. Those two games have such stellar gunplay and it was a shame to see it go away in 6. Unfortunately for me, I think Capcom will continue with the RE7 path. At least the longtime fans seemed to like that one.
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Could have gone outer planetary... or at the very least space station territory.
I just want to see Chris punch a space station, okay?
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Going to space is the classic horror series jumping the shark moment. Or "son of/next generation." Somehow going to space worked for Mario though, but that might be the only time.
Oh yes, I'm pretty sure the game is mechanically "perfect". Japan needs to make more shooters.
Seems to me they need a side series kind of just being a sci-fi shooter based in a cool location. Maybe furuee Revelaitons will be more action oriented.
Well, your data is already incorrect. See RE0 shipment data, for example. It's 2.95M (original + remaster) – not 3.3.
I'd like to see Revelations continue the action RE trend going forward. The numbered titles could follow RE7's footsteps. There's potential for both types of Resident Evil.
Nah.
7 style should be the lower budget side games.
Action deserves the higher budget and bigger stories.
Revelations 2 was the true RE7.
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That's with the Steamspy data.
As stated in the OP
"As of September 30, 2017
Resident Evil 0 = 2.95 million copies sold ( 1.25 million GC, 1.7 million HD)
Resident Evil (2003) = 3.45 million copies sold (1.35 million GC, 2.1 million HD)
Resident Evil 4 = 6.9 million copies sold (1.6 million GC, 2.3 million PS2, 2.0 million Wii, 1.0 million HD)
Resident Evil 5 = 10.5 million copies sold (7.2 million 360/PS3, 2.3 million Gold, 1 million HD)
Resident Evil 6 = 8.2 million copies sold (7 million 360/PS3, 1.2 million HD)
Resident Evil 7 = 4.1 million copies sold
Source: http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/finance/million.html
Note: Steamspy sales are not included as it is unknown which games Capcom counts Steam sales with and which ones they don't."
again, software sales on PC are always included in that report.
