The report provides a snapshot of the most popular games from both licenses in the United States. In both cases, controversial winners.
On the occasion of the launch of Final Fantasy VII Remake and Resident Evil 3 Remake, two of the most important games of the first semester of 2020, from the NDP Group agency, in charge of monitoring the sales of video games and consoles in the United States since 1995, have revealed What are the best-selling deliveries in said territory since data is collected.
Both rankings, which include both physical and digital sales (if there are any), leave two titles as winners that generate a certain discrepancy among fans, since neither of them are the best valued by specialized critics or the community of players. . We are talking about Final Fantasy XV, the latest numbered installment in the Square Enix series, and Resident Evil 5, the installment that consolidated the change of trend towards action over traditional survival horror.
Final Fantasy XIII was a commercial success with 7.7 million units worldwide; only the first part.
Thus, on the podium of the JRPG license of the Japanese company we have Final Fantasy XV, released in 2016 for PS4, Xbox One and PC, just ahead of the original Final Fantasy VII; in that case, only for the first PlayStation. Finally, Final Fantasy XIII, another of the most controversial but equally cross-platform, which gives the title a certain advantage over others from the past that, for different circumstances, only saw the light on a home console.
- 1. Final Fantasy XV
- 2. Final Fantasy VII
- 3. Final Fantasy XIII
- 4. Final Fantasy X
- 5. Final Fantasy VIII
- 6. Final Fantasy XII
- 7. Final Fantasy X-2
- 8. Final Fantasy IX
- 9. Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster
- 10. Final Fantasy XI
In the case of the Capcom saga there is a particular fact, because although Resident Evil 6 is officially recognized as the second best-selling video game in the saga on the entire planet – only below Resident Evil 5, and for very little, its impact in the United States was not such. In North America, it is in fifth place, behind the celebrated Resident Evil 4, original Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 7, the latest numbered installment. Regarding Resident Evil 2 Remake, published last year 2019, has managed to position itself just behind the Top-5 to date.
- 1. Resident Evil 5
- 2. Resident Evil 4
- 3. Resident Evil 2
- 4. Resident Evil 7
- 5. Resident Evil 6
- 6. Resident Evil 2 Remake
- 7. Resident Evil
- 8. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
- 9. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
- 10. Resident Evil: Director’s Cut
The future of both licenses is unknown or not concrete. On the one hand, Final Fantasy is at the expense of receiving the second part of Final Fantasy VII Remake after the departure of the first part on PS4 this April. On the other, Capcom has asked Resident Evil fans if they would be interested in a new remake soon. We do not know what they are up to; a possible Resident Evil 8 is, as of today, unknown. So is the hypothetical upcoming remake of the saga after Resident Evil 3 Remake.
Source | NPD Group (2)
