Capcom is celebrating its highest software program unit gross sales for the primary half of a fiscal 12 months in the corporate’s 47-year historical past, with video games like Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil 2, and RE7 Biohazard main the fray.
It’s secure to say that 2026 was a massively profitable 12 months for Capcom, and its subsequent fiscal 12 months is already wanting simply as rosy. Within the 2026 calendar 12 months, the developer launched three Recreation of the 12 months contenders in Resident Evil Requiem, the brand new however bold Pragmata, and Onimusha: Approach of the Sword, all of which have been met with essential acclaim.
These latest titles aren’t chargeable for making up the majority of its income for its present fiscal 12 months, although. As a substitute, older titles like Monster Hunter World (a live-service sport that launched in 2018), Resident Evil 2 Remake (2019), and Resident Evil 7: BioHazard (2017) took the highest three spots in its high ten best-selling titles for the primary half of its 2027 fiscal 12 months.
Given their reputation and status, it’s not an enormous shock that these three titles proceed to do gangbusters for Capcom virtually a decade after their launch. For instance, in July, Resident Evil 2 Remake formally dethroned Resident Evil 5 because the collection’ best-selling sport at 19.75 million copies offered — a quantity that, as of Capcom’s newest public monetary report, has elevated by 2.06 million to take a seat at 20.38 million whole copies offered.
Monster Hunter World takes the cake far and away, although, sitting at 30.83 million models offered at a 1.17 million improve. RE 7 takes third place at 20.38 million models, with a 2.06 million unit improve.
The overall listing of Capcom’s high ten best-selling video games in the primary half of its 2027 fiscal 12 months is as follows:
- Monster Hunter World – 30.83m (+1.17m)
- Resident Evil 2 – 20.38m (+2.06m)
- Resident Evil 7 – 18.87m (+1.47m)
- Resident Evil 4 Remake – 17.5m (+3.54m)
- Resident Evil Village – 16.27m (+1.33m)
- Resident Evil 3 – 14.93m (+1.56m)
- Satan Might Cry 5 – 14.78m (+1.83m)
- Resident Evil Requiem – 8.51m (+1.59m)
- Pragmata – 2.73m
- Onimusha: Approach of the Sword – 1.78m
It is price noting that the latest Monster Hunter entry, Monster Hunter Wilds, is not listed on right here. Nonetheless, the earlier sport in the collection remains to be a juggernaut for Capcom, going to indicate simply how unpopular Wilds is following oodles of participant complaints in the 12 months because it’s February 2025 launch… and that is even after Capcom ‘completely’ slashed the sport’s worth.
In keeping with Capcom’s financial report, these figures mark the corporate’s highest-ever whole and catalog unit gross sales for an H1 interval, and most of them have been digital. This similar report reveals {that a} staggering 92.4% of gross sales have been digital, with 57.1% coming from PC and 35.3% from consoles. In stark comparability, bodily models make up simply 7.6% of gross sales. (That is truly a bit of a drop from its beforehand reported digital gross sales figures again in Q1 2026, which was listed at 93.3%.)
This all comes sizzling off the heels of Capcom’s two latest movie variations, with Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil film changing into probably the most worthwhile in the collection’ historical past and Road Fighter launching to primary on the field workplace throughout its opening weekend (information of a sequel, nonetheless, remains to be up in the air).
Pragmata additionally carried out effectively for Capcom, with company officer Yoshikazu Shimauchi suggesting that gross sales have been so good that the probability of a sequel is excessive. Mix that with Onimusha promoting a million copies on day one, it’s clear that 2026 is Capcom’s 12 months. Now, we simply have to see how The Recreation Awards pan out.
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