With Resident Evil 3 Remake already on sale around the world, the Capcom saga is in a moment of commercial grace.
Resident Evil 3 Remake is now for sale worldwide and judging by the sales reported by Capcom regarding its first five days, things are going really well for those from Osaka, who revitalized their quintessential survival horror saga in 2017 with the successful Resident Evil 7. Today, we review the 10 best-selling games in the franchise according to official figures.
Capcom, through its official portal, frequently updates the accumulated sales of both its licenses and specific deliveries; Normally, of the so-called platinum games, those that have sold more than a million units and therefore fall into this category. In Resident Evil this is normal, since the sales of its main deliveries are counted in the millions; with these last two decades full of games and remakes that have even surpassed their original installments.
This Monday we knew that Resident Evil 3 Remake has sold more than 2 million units in just five days for sale, figures that remain close to the 3 million copies that Resident Evil 2 Remake sold on the same platforms (PS4, Xbox One and PC) a year ago, in 2019. All in all, the company's report has been updated reflecting the latter's total sales, which are now at 6.5 million units; last December the figure was 5.8 million copies, always counting both the physical and digital formats.
The Resident Evil saga has already sold 95 million units
This makes the saga on the verge of 100 million units sold, a commercial milestone that will be made to beg for just a few months. Let us know then which are the deliveries that most participate in these 95 million copies registered by Capcom from 1996 until last December 31, 2019. We include the sum of all the versions collected by Capcom (reissues, full versions …).
Top-10 best-selling Resident Evil installments
References | Capcom – Platinum Titles
