It may not be receiving quite as much love as its predecessor, but Resident Evil 3 is still doing well when it comes to sales. Capcom has announced that the remake topped two million sales worldwide across physical shipments and digital purchases within its first five days of availability. Nearly 50% of that total came from digital storefronts, aided by retail store closures as a result of the Coronavirus.
It hasn't done as well as Resident Evil 2, which managed to shift three million copies in its first week, but this is still another successful launch for Capcom. The Japanese publisher also revealed that last year's remake has now reached 6.5 million units when you combine the same two parameters. For further comparison's sake, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis on PSone managed to sell 3.5 million copies in total, which the remake is surely going to surpass before too long.
With these updated stats, four of Capcom's top five selling titles are now all Resident Evil games. Monster Hunter: World continues to reign supreme, however, with a whopping 14.9 million copies to its name. Did you buy Resident Evil 3? Share your thoughts on the remake in the comments below.
[source gematsu.com]
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Really enjoyed it. Although I wish they expanded the first area of the game significantly.
The later areas were fine, but wish the first section had more - took me longer to get under the RPD then it did to beat all of RE3 haha.
Was really disappointed in this game. The original is better imo.
Great game wish there was more content instead of the online thing still playing resistance it's fun when u play mastermind.
It was very good. Jill and Carlos were great.
Only part way through it but i like it alot more than 2. Not really one for spooky games so the more action orientated gameplay suits me better.
I'll probably buy it when it's on sale. No point in getting it when it's going to sit on the shelf until I'm finished with FF7 Remake.
@Arugula
Digitally ? UGH! I prefer physical version for collection. Digitally takes too much memory for HDD. And it is not called collection at all. Physical versions are awesome if you are huge fan.
I bought the CE for my dad who's a long time RE fan. i haven't had the chance to play it yet since he's been hogging it all day.
Based off what he's said, it seems like it's a great game. The only issue he had with it was the length of the game but that's not stopping him from having multiple playthroughs.
At least I got Persona 5R keeping me busy for now
Bought it digitally due to you know what and really loved it. I've completed it three times and, while it is short, that makes it far more replayable for a massive Resi fan like myself.
I was hoping for some DLC, so hearing that that's unlikely is disappointing. I agree with some fans who suggested adding the Clock Tower would have solved many of the criticisms - mainly that the game is too short, lacks meaningful puzzles and removed several key locations. Ah well!
Just reached the hospital and loving it. I pre-ordered physical ages ago which did lead to me getting it a few days after release but I didn't mind. The lenticular sleeve it came with is pretty cool.
It was so long ago I played the original I couldn't tell you what was cut. It would be nice if there was more to it but that's because what is there is so good. I think the Nemesis 'events' are really cinematic and heighten the atmosphere. Also Jill is badass
Loved every second of the game! Just as I did with the RE2 remake. I haven’t played much with Resistance yet, but I’ve never been big on multiplayer games in the first place.
@BearsEatBeets imo jill and Carlos in remake might be the best written characters in Resident evil game. I might prefer 2 but 3 nailed everything with the characters.
The demo really got me. I was willing to go digital over physical with the current covid 19 situation. Pay full price too. Then reality dropped by and now i am going to wait for a price drop and on a disc.
The game is short and i am not much interested in the online Resistance. I can wait for a lower price.
Don't see why so much disappointment, it's a great game!!
More action oriented then RE2, but a great blast!
@azoreseuropa Unless your console is not connected to the internet to download any updates, the size of the game will be the same regardless of whether it is the digital or physical version.
I love the way Jill talks real cocky to stage 3 Nemesis at the end. Totally reminded me of Femshep. Badass!
I hope capcom didn't have astronomical projections as it did for 7 that just were not reasonably attainable. Seriously capcom resident evil seven sold 3.5 million copies across 2 months and you guys go "oh dang we wanted 4 million"
im glad i have the will power to not buy horrible remakes when fangirls hype it as "best game ever".
@JohnnyShoulder It doesn't matter. I prefer physical and that's it. The digital is a waste of the future technology.
@Arugula Waste money, indeed.
@azoreseuropa the corona crisis actually makes it more dificult for people to get the game on disc.
So digital is a good way to get the game on time.
I like discs too but i can understand why digital sales are now increasing because of the crisis.
@azoreseuropa I prefer physical too but there's no difference in size. The disc is copied onto the HDD and read from there. It's a digital version "downloaded" off a disc rather than the internet, basically.
@azoreseuropa And more power to ya, there is nothing wrong with preferring one format. Care to explain why you think 'digital is a waste of the future technology.'? I'm not baiting you or anything, just genuinely interested to know why you think this.
@JohnnyShoulder
Well.. For me, the main reason that I prefer physical over digital copies of a game though is because of hard drive space, there's only so much storage space on a console.
And you can show off your collection. Sure, going digital saves you shelf space, but for some people like me, collecting physical game boxes is half the fun.
You got to understand that they must drop the price to increase demand, so the copies will sell. Hence, the digital copies will start to be more expensive in comparison to the physical copies over time, because the price of the physical copies will drop.
Finally, digital games take much longer to download and install, but once it's installed it takes roughly the same amount of time as a disk, if not slightly less. These days, consoles aren't able to get the information out of the disk fast enough while running the game.
^_^
@Arugula Read my number 29, will you ?
@jdv95 I understand but read my number 29, will you ?
@Arugula they didn't cut nothing out
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