
To the surprise of absolutely no one, it looks like Capcom has yet another hit on its hands. As reported earlier in the week, the Japanese publisher is sitting extremely pretty right now, with its stock value soaring and its games continuing to sell well over long periods.
Released just two weeks ago today, Resident Evil 4 (the remake, just to be clear) has surpassed 4 million sales worldwide, adding yet another win to Capcom's long list of recent success stories. The revival was always going to be a blockbuster as long as the developer got it right, and that's clearly been the case. Capcom notes in its press release: "Positive reception among game players drives healthy sales growth." In other words, good game sells good.
Resident Evil 4 is already packed with content thanks to its implementation of New Game Plus and all of its little secrets, but with the release of a dedicated Mercenaries mode as free DLC today, Capcom hopes to keep players engaged for a while.
Did you add to these impressive sales figures? Save the president's daughter in the comments section below.
[source capcom.co.jp]
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Good, it's brilliant.
With Monster Hunter and Resident Evil Capcom have become my favourite developer/publisher over the last few years.
Incredible when you think about where they were a few years ago
If this was Square Enix they’d be disappointed 😂
I’ve certainly added to this number since I knew that despite what else I was playing I’d immediately want to jump in and experience the only Resident Evil game I hadn’t played from the mainline series (6 of course doesn’t exist so we can’t count what doesn’t exist!).
Capcom has been on a roll (to me) since RE 7 Biohazard, releasing hit after hit consistently. RE 4 Remake continues that. Definitely my game of the year. I'm looking forward to the Mega Man Battle Network collection and Street Fighter 6. Bring on RE Code Veronica next, please.
They need to do Code Veronica in this same vein. It’s the only one really left. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they go back to 1 again.
Capcom has been absolutely crushing it as of late.
The game is utterly fantastic. Definitely my GotY so far.
Don't forget you can kill the Verdugo with the rocket launcher immediately after freezing him for the first time. Its expensive the first time round with no infinite rocket launcher but it can save you a ton of ammo and can get the trophy out the way. Your welcome
They still have SF6 coming up in June, they about to be rich rich this year. Good for them they listen to the players and are showing Japanese dev’s aren’t dead and can’t not compete with the west. I loved Capcom as a kid and when they weren’t on their A game, the industry felt less fun without them, i am happy for Capcom and hope they keep it up. All this money should help them to continue to improve in any area’s they need to.
N.i.c.e. thats good to know.resident evil 4 was a classic back then.and now resident evil 4 remake is a instant classic.word up son
Fingers crossed for a Code Veronica Remake!
It is a total hit, well deserving of all the praise it is getting. I'd be very pleased if they remade RE1 and Code Veronica in this same vein.
A complete reimagining of resi 1 would be epic.
Anyone else get the impression that five is going to be the next remake? Seems odd to put a certain character in the final end scenes and then leave it at that. If it was to happen I really could not put myself through that campaign again despite the new graphics and a few level alterations. I hope Capcom tread carefully with listening to what their customers want because five being more action heavy led to the catastrophic sixth game.
Lose all the multiplayer nonsense and focus on the singleplayer it clearly sells.
@BusyOlf It would be shocking if Capcom didn't remake 5. It's clear that Capcom is trying to "reimagine" the entire series since it seems like they want to have a more consistent and connected story.
@DTfeartheBEARD umm handsome re5 remake might be next instead or for all we know re1 remake again for this generation and might be released in 2026 which will be it's 30 year anniversary
@RatmCky umm you forgot re1 remake and don't say they did already cause that was 20 years ago on Nintendo GameCube and re5 remake might be next
@Splat they been crushing it since 2017
@Undeadchris umm did you get past the first few words in my comment?
@RatmCky actually yes and it has been 2 month's since I messaged you
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