There'll be high-fives all around Capcom headquarters today, as the company has announced that its recent Resident Evil remake – which launched on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, among other platforms – is the company's fastest-selling digital title of all time. It also smashed PlayStation Network records, scoring the largest day one launch in the history of Sony's online service. Impressive stuff.
"It's been great to see so many positive comments from fans that have enjoyed this new release," said a confused producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, forgetting that the title originally deployed over ten years ago. "The team here at Capcom Japan have worked hard to bring the game to the latest generation of consoles and we are thrilled at this news on its performance."
There are rumours that the firm has Resident Evil Zero in the pipeline next, which seems almost certain after the success of this outing. Of course, the one that everyone wants is Resident Evil 2, but seeing as that would require a full makeover at this point, we don't recommend holding your breath just yet. Still, if one person can do it as a learning exercise, then surely the Japanese publisher can pull it off. Right?
[source vg247.com]
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I didn't, but you know this game is old, not too many people played the remake in the gamecube, even less the original on PSone so it's understandable that's selling very well.
I'm quite surprised at those statistics. Best selling day one for a PSN launch? That's mental. You'd think Journey would hold that crown.
RE Zero Remastered? I always thought Nintendo had some kind of hold on it.
Well, if that's what we're doing, I'll take Dragon's Dogma Remastered please, Capcom.
We'll, if that's the route they are going for they should remaster the 1st Dead Rising game. Fix those awful AI survivors.
I'll gladly take a Dino Crisis remaster or new entry, thanks.
@Gamer83 Not that I know of. An icon for Resident Evil Zero was included in a promotional image they released of a Resident Evil PS4 theme. Will find it for you now...
Here it is:
Most likely a mock up, but porting RE0 would be easy given they already moved the REmake to PS/Xbox.
Capcom makes some really goofy business decisions so I don't know if anyone should jump to any conclusions on this.
@get2sammyb
Well, guess this could happen, then. It'd be awesome if it does since it's the only RE I need to complete the collection on PlayStation.
The whole reason I bought this despite beating it 5 times on GC was to tell Capcom "Look! There's a market for this, now go and remake Resident Evil 2"
I don't expect it to work but I'm a big believer in voting with ones wallet
@ferrers405 actually, while the GC remake only sold 1.35m, the PSone original sold 2.75m, which is more than even Resi 4 did, so it's not really accurate to imply that not many people played it first time round! (http://gearnuke.com/capcom-releases-updated-resident-evil-series-sales-figure/)
Either way though, I am glad to see this has done well. Unlikely though it is, a remake of 2 would be awesome
People hate on remasters & buy remasters. What a twist
@SteveButler2210 I meant in the sense that not many young people played the original plus a lot of people who didn't played it in a long time, that helped the sales a lot and I would love see a RE 2 remake too.
Really wanted to play RE:Zero so hopefully it will come to the PS4 Wouldn't mind RE2 & 3 & RE:CV for the PS4 to but not just the PS1 versions want them looking as good as the RE:HD Remake really.
I would have preferred a physical release but hopefully it encourages them to remaster some old classics and hopefully start to make some new instant classics because it seems like a long time since capcom have delivered the goods
I'm very pleased to hear this news honestly. As a huge fan (and owner of the original GC remake), I hope Capcom sees this as a testament to how a Resident Evil game is done and should return as. While Resident Evil 4 is my favorite game of all-time, I feel like once Shinji Mikami left, the developers at Capcom decided to capitalize on taking the superb formula of RE4 and going full-blown action. And let's not even talk about the travesty RE6 was...cause nothing screams Resident Evil more than tanks, helicopters and an insane amount of non-sensical QTEs.
Hearing that this sold as successfully as it has so far, maybe Capcom should take notes as how to bring back the RE franchise with the inevitable RE7. That aside, I would love to see RE0 HD soon (another inevitability), but would truly love to see RE2 and RE3 given the same remake treatment RE1 received back in 2002.
Cachink.
But then these are the same people who expected Tomb Raider and Hitman (which sold well) to do even better, and were disappointed in their sales.
All hail Resident Evil! My nostalgia is high with this one I still have memories playing this on Sega Saturn! Was so intriguing then and is the same now.
Yeah, Onimusha Remaster Please!
@Glacier928
Though I usually prefer a new entry in a series, in regards to RE if the choice is a full remake of RE 2 in the same vein as RE 1 or RE 7... I'm going with REmake 2 every time.
Nintendo never had a hold on Zero, it wasnt like Bayonetta 2 were all the assests & stuff were funded by Nintendo.
This was a exclusive game because nintendo paid for it, once the deal was off Capcom could port those games... Except that i guess since neither of those games sold well enough (more than 1 millions) to warrant a port they didnt bother... Untill now thats its been 13 years and theres obviously a demand for these kind of games
Oh yeah, they gave you a rea$on, Capcom.
Now, if Ducktales Remastered sold as well as you said, where is the next one of the Disney remakes?
@ShogunRok - Agreed. Dragon's Dogma would be amazing. I logged well over 100 hours with that game and got the Platinum and would gladly do it again.
Actually, we've given Capcom reason to bring RE back to its roots, but hey, if REmaster-hatred is your thing, go for it.
@Gamer83 I certainly hope not, I'd love to play RE Zero since I've never had a GameCube.
@shonenjump86 I'd love to see Dead Rising remastered, especially if it was allowed on PS4/PS3.
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