Resident Evil accounts for 50% of best sellers
Illustrious developer/publisher Capcomhas updated its Platinum Title list, a chart dedicated to the video games that have sold over one million units. And whileResident Evilcontinues to be Capcom’s longest-running success story, nothing is matching the performance of 2017’sMonster Hunter: World, which remains the company’s best-selling release by a wide margin.
Five of the ten best-selling Capcom games of all time areResident Eviltitles, ranging from 1998’sResident Evil 2, which sold 4.96 million copies, to 2019’s… erm…Resident Evil 2, which sold 7.2 million copies. The franchise’s best-selling entry is 2017’sResident Evil 7: Biohazardwhich, at 7.9 million copies, is the second best-selling Capcom game of all time.
However, sitting at number one with a bullet isMonster Hunter: World, which has shifted a staggering 16.1 million copies since launch, almost twice that of theResident Evil 7. If you include the sales of expanded releaseMonster Hunter World: Iceborne, then the number is even higher. Truly, it will take somethingveryspecial indeed to overtake the epic fantasy adventure sequel.
Elsewhere in the Top 20,impressive numbers are put in by 1992’sStreet Fighter II(6.3 million), 2019’sDevil May Cry 5(3.7 million), and 2010 zombie-mashing sequelDead Rising 2(3.1 million). But as the figures show, Capcom’s coffers very much belong to two specific franchises, both of which are unlikely to hit the bricks anytime soon.
Capcom sales update: Resident Evil 3 remake at 2.7 million[Gematsu]
