Resident Evil 2’s excellent PlayStation 4 remake has shipped three million units worldwide, meaning that it’s already closing in on the 1998 original’s cumulative sales of 4.96 million units. Shipment figures aren’t necessarily representative of stock sold through to consumers, but given the survival horror’s performance in the UK so far, it’s safe to assume that the discs aren’t simply sitting in stock rooms.
The publisher said: “With Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (released in January 2017) having now gone on to sell a cumulative six million units, Capcom looks to achieve similar, long-term sales for Resident Evil 2 as well.” With a batch of free DLC already on the horizon, and seriously strong word of mouth surrounding it, we reckon that the company will have no problem keeping this title in the charts all year long.
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There will definitely be a RE3 remake now with those figures
This isnt the same engine 5 and 6 use?
Very happy this is doing well.
"Survival horror is dead" - Capcom, probably
@eltomo No it's the new RE Engine. Used in RE7 and DMC5 as well.
Very good. I'll be getting a copy of it myself soon.
Only good news for potential remakes, I'm eager to see if RE8 is gonna be
Capcom be killing it recently with the RE reboot and Monster Hunter World🔥
Wow that is impressive. Never been a fan of the series but that's a great first week for a remake of 20 year old game. No Capcom please remake the Dino Crisis games!
Loving the game
The game definitely deserves it, it's a lot of fun.
they shipped 3 millions copies to stores is pretty great. wondering how many copies does it sold from people who bought it in store
Nice, I didn't buy this day one but I plan to buy it after I play kingdom hearts 3.
Great start hopefully it can best RE VII sales because that could help shape how 8 gets made. I prefer third person over first.
resident evil 3 nemesis is next. I can see it now s.t.a.r.s.😇.and capcom give me dragon dogma 2.word up son
So happy this is doing so well. RE7 was my first full play-through of a Resident Evil game, and I loved it. RE2 Remake exceeded my expectations. Now, I am hungry for even more survival horror. I would not mind at all if they remade the classic games like they did with RE2, while simultaneously continuing the FPS perspective and story they started with RE7.
Good, but I'll only buy it if it comes with a box of clean underwear!
@get2sammyb was curious because of how badly they were received.
Perhaps we'll see an entire reboot with this success.
@Doctor_BK you should check the ps store for the remastered copy of resident evil 1 and resident evil zero they based on the GameCube games so the graphics won't be as good but they give you the same claustrophobic feel I could never bring myself to play the collection even though I brought it on ps4 years ago lol
Will be a bit before I pick this one up, not for lack of interest, simply because of my backlog
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