It's been a three-horse race for quite some time now, but Capcom can now finally claim it has an overall victor in the pursuit for the title of best-selling Resident Evil game. It is Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, which has now pulled away from the last-gen version of Resident Evil 5 by 200,000 units. The twosome had been battling it out alongside Resident Evil 6, but the latest and greatest from the Japanese publisher has now come out on top.
This is reflected in Capcom's Platinum Titles chart, where Ethan Winters' initial descent into horrific madness sits on 7.9 million copies sold. The protagonist will be returning to the franchise next year with Resident Evil Village, where he'll surely hope to set another record on PlayStation 5. The series recently celebrated surpassing 100 million units sold worldwide, indicating that the thirst for all things Resident Evil isn't over just yet. There's much more to come, with a Resident Evil 4 Remake heavily rumoured to be currently in production.
[source capcom.co.jp]
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Probably an unpopular opinion but RE7 is my personal favorite. VR took it to a whole new level. Really hoping RE8 gets the VR treatment as well! Now if Alien Isolation could just get that VR patch, I can dream right?
I still don't understand how RE4 isn't the best selling title in the series. Not only is it a great game, but it also feels like it gets released again every other year.
@OMG_Waffles God I hated the VR in re7, it physically hurt.
The pop in, the draw distance, the blur, the movement, everything just physically hurt my eyes. I'm on an og ps4 which might make all the difference, but I couldn't get past about the first half hour or so in vr and had to play the rest pancake. Odd because Arkham VR, Playroom, Astrobot etc all were fine and caused no problems.
@nookie_egg
The OG PS4 could be why. I played through it on my Pro. No issues other than some funky draw distance from time to time.
@OMG_Waffles Yeah it's a shame because I heard many people praise it for it's vr use, but I just couldn't do with the headache and eye strain.
Great news, hopefully Capcom now see the value in the more survival horror aspects of the series, especially as RE2 performed better than 3 also
@OMG_Waffles I don't see why that would be unpopular, its definitely one of the very best at least, though I'd probably just put RE2 ahead of it as 7 loses a bit of steam towards the end. Its incredible in VR though
@carlos82
There's a lot of OG RE fans that hate the any of the none fixed camera games. I get it I grew up playing RE1, RE2 and RE3 on the PS1 but RE7 was like a breath of fresh air and the Soft Reboot that the series desperately needed.
Yeah RE2 is a great one! The RE2 remake was outstanding!
@roe you're right RE 4 has been on every platform since it's release, but so has 0-6. The exception being zero as that didn't make it to the PS2/Xbox.
Not sure why 6 is so popular but 5 was the return of Chris and 7 is completely different.
@nookie_egg
Definitely is!
If your getting a PS5 hopefully RE7 is backwards compatible and you can play it in all it's VR goodness!
@OMG_Waffles I'm from that era as well, I was about 14 when the first game came out and its been one of my favourite series since, apart from 6. I do wish they'd bring those PS1 originals to new platforms for us to play
I played this a couple of months ago in VR. My first VR game, first resident evil game (first horror game full stop actually!) and I was going in completely blind. I completely fell in love with this game. The VR was so immersive, I was absolutely terrified, but even then I just found this game to be an absolute joy to play, and is my favourite game I've played this year! I'm now considering getting a few more resident evil games and trying them out!
@OMG_Waffles Will be eventually, but probably not at launch. I'm done with re7 I think, but I'll hope that VIIIage has the rumoured vr and will give that a whirl in the hopes it doesn't try to kill me 🤞
@carlos82
100% agree with this! I still play RE1 -3 on my PS Vita from time to time.
Love the subtitle for this article! 😃
@BranJ0
Try the RE 2 remake. Absolutely fantastic game! Dripping with all the right atmosphere, puzzle solving, zombie blasting an RE game should have. I'd stay away from the RE 3 remake though till it's deeply discounted.
Well deserved this game saved the franchise and it's one of the best entries
Fantastic game, although I was absolutely terrible at it. Can't wait for RE8 / Village so I can attempt (fail) to complete that one as well 😂
@OMG_Waffles I think I might go for it, I've heard nothing but amazing things about it! I'm tossing between it and Resident Evil 4 though, I've always wanted to try 4 just because it's been a classic for so long!
Shame about RE 3 remake, but I've got enough resident evil games to keep me preoccupied before the price goes down!
@nookie_egg @OMG_Waffles I just couldn't do with the pant-sh*thing VR experience of playing a heightened terror simulator after a day in work. I think this was the day where I had to acknowledge I'm getting old.
Well deserved. A classic and a stunning experience on PSVR!
Congrats to RE7 although I still haven’t played it. The 1st person view has kinda put me off.
RE7 was such a great return to its roots so it's great seeing it being successful! Also can't wait for RE8, after that trailer it's probably looking to be my favorite RE game after RE2RE and RE4.
Good. I enjoyed it. Nice new direction for the series to take and only slightly terrifying. Hoping Village is more of the same
@OMG_Waffles @carlos82 Sadly there's still a lot of RE fans who write it off as an "Outlast clone" because of the first person perspective. Some of the fans of the RE4 era games don't like 7 either because it's not as action focused.
@roe it technically is if you count all the seprerate releases. Capcom's list has re-releases count seperately. If you combine them together, RE4 has sold about 10.2 million units, not counting the original non Switch version, which isn't listed yet due to not selling at least 1 million.
@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L I'm with you, I won't and don't play first person perspective anything.
I hate it in fact.
I abandoned the RE series ages ago for this reason.
@OMG_Waffles You are so right i like my RE in 3rd person can i. 😆
Playing RE7 in VR is one of the best gaming experiences I have ever had in over 35 years.
@Woogy ages ago? They've only had one title in first person?
@OMG_Waffles alien isolation in VR droool
@veryhoudini11 haha yeah my thoughts too. These types of comments are good comedy.
@Arnna
Alien Isolation is the most underrated survival horror game this gen. It was one of the first games I platinumed on the PS4. I'd kill to replay it in VR!
This was amazing in vr played the entire game on my ps4 pro with no issues can not wait for the next gen of vr
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