Capcom ships 4.4 Million copies of Resident Evil 5

[cvxfreak]

According to Capcom's Fiscal Year 2008 report released just moments ago, the combined shipment figure for Resident Evil 5 on the 360 and PS3 has hit 4.4 Million units. That makes it Capcom's third best selling "game" of all time as listed on the page below, ranking behind Street Fighter II and Resident Evil 2.

As far as the series is concerned, Resident Evil 5 becomes the fourth best selling Resident Evil game, behind Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil. Given Capcom's marketing push and the inevitable budget priced versions yet to come, as well as the PC release, Resident Evil 5 is looking to surpass Resident Evil 4 as the best selling game in the series to date.

Unlike past quarters, Resident Evil 4 sales didn't increase in 2009, but Umbrella Chronicles sales increased by about 50,000 after half a year without any movement. Its sales are now at 1.2 Million. It's also interesting to note that Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition and Dead Rising have risen above Lost Planet on the listing; previously, Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition, depsite having the same total, had been below Lost Planet, indicating that RE4 Wii has pulled ahead even if marginally.

Source: Capcom Million Sellers

[Mr. Spencer]

Wow, you actually called it "Resident Evil".

[A-J]

global saturation achieved ?

[Zombie Fred]

Capcom are sure printing money this generation, it's putting other publishers to shame.

[misstvirus]

global saturation achieved ?

YES lol ;D

[LVL100 Merchant]

Capcom are sure printing money this generation, it's putting other publishers to shame.

Except Nintendo.

[Branden_Lucero]

even if Resident Evil 5 does surpass #2 and #4 in overall sales, #2 still remains the best selling stand-alone in the series. close to 5 million alone on just 1 console.

[TheSelfishGene]

How many of the 4.4 million do Anders and James account for?

[Yzak]

global saturation achieved ?

Resident Evil 5 will be released into the atmosphere, ensuring complete. Global. Saturation.

This makes me so happy. I loved RE5 so I'm glad to see how great it's doing.

[nemesiswontdie]

How many of the 4.4 million do Anders and James account for?

lol know kidding, but hey there collectors thats what they do

[Chris45]

Its pretty sad for wii owners that RE5 wont be hitting their platform

[JcFFx]

even if Resident Evil 5 does surpass #2 and #4 in overall sales, #2 still remains the best selling stand-alone in the series. close to 5 million alone on just 1 console.

Well yeah, because PS1 basically dominated the market during its time.

Microsoft splitting the market makes that achievement harder for any future capcom games to achieve. >_>

[Stars1356]

I'm suprised that they moved that many units in two months time. Maybe capcom will push to make RE 6 fast because of all the money they can make.

[missvalentine]

I wonder how many of those copies were returned to the store though. Cause i just went up to my local gamestore and there are enough pre owned copies of RE5 to fill a whole section of shelf.

i attribute the high sales to hype and nothing else.

[LVL100 Merchant]

I wonder how many of those copies were returned to the store though. Cause i just went up to my local gamestore and there are enough pre owned copies of RE5 to fill a whole section of shelf.

i attribute the high sales to hype and nothing else.

To be fair, just about any game that sells well will see a lot of trade-ins; Fable II, Grand Theft Auto IV, Halo 3, Super Mario Galaxy, Metal Gear Solid 4, both Gears of War games, Devil May Cry 4, etc. We have a ton of used copies for all of those games where I work.