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Capcom’sResident Evil 4is “the fastest-selling Resident Evil game in history”, topping nine million sales since its release in March 2023.
Capcom officially announced the nine million sales figure earlier today, which has since been compared to previous games in the series.
According to business development manager Alex Aniel and author of Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil, by their eighth quarter,Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 7, and Resident Evil 3 had sold 500,000, 400,000 and 300,000 units, respectively, whilst Resident Evil 4 has topped over a million across the same time period.
Admittedly, these numbers likely don’t include the latest sales figures from its Platinum range -official data only extends to 30th September 2024- but if correct, they intimate that Resident Evil 4 has sold at least a million copies over the last quarter alone.
Resident Evil 4 (2023) has sold 9 million copies as of December 19, 2024 That would mean RE4 sold at least 1 million copies last quarter (October 1 through December 31), which would be the game’s 8th quarter overall.This makes RE4, by far, the fastest selling RE ever.https://t.co/S7q7afU8aV
RE4 is by far the fastest selling RE in history.
It’s not a competition at all.Previous RE games sold in their 8th quarter (LTD in parenthesis):RE4: 1m+ (9m+)Village: 500k (7.9m)RE7: 400k (6.1m)RE3: 300k (5.2m)RE2: 300k (7.8m)RE6: 100k (5.9m)https://t.co/slE4DwMycO
Resident Evil 4 Remakewas released in March 2023, followed by PS VR2 and iOS releases in December that year.
Uncork’d Entertainment recently acquired distribution rights to’George A. Romero’s Resident Evil' - an investigative documentarywhich looks into the filmmaker’s unrealised film adaptation of the video game series in the US and Canada.
As for the the games themselves,Resident Evil 2 Remake just recently released on iPhone and Macon 31st December, whilst Resi 7 director Koshi Nakanishi recently confirmedCapcom is developing a new Resident Evilback in July.
