Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 remake is a big hit. The writer has confirmed the 2023 sport has bought 9 million copies, with some estimates stating this makes it the fastest-selling Resident Evil sport of all time.
Business analyst Alex Aniel stated (via SI) that gross sales at this stage make the Resident Evil 4 remake the “by far, the fastest-selling Resident Evil ever.” Capcom introduced that the sport had cleared 8 million copies as of mid-October 2024, so it seems gross sales in the course of the vacation helped increase the sport past 9 million.
Resident Evil 4 (2023) has bought 9 million copies as of December 19, 2024
That may imply RE4 bought a minimum of 1 million copies final quarter (October 1 by means of December 31), which might be the sport’s eighth quarter general.
This makes RE4, by far, the quickest promoting RE ever. https://t.co/S7q7afU8aV— Alex Aniel (@cvxfreak) January 6, 2025
Resident Evil is way and away Capcom’s greatest franchise by gross sales quantity, with whole gross sales exceeding 163 million units. The subsequent closest is Monster Hunter (105 million).
2019’s Resident Evil 2 stays the highest-selling Resident Evil sport ever, with 14.5 million copies bought, adopted by Resident Evil 7 (14 million), Resident Evil Village (10.5 million), Resident Evil 5 (9.4 million). Resident Evil 6 (9.3 million),and Resident Evil 3 (9.2 million). Capcom’s website that lists all of its best-selling games hasn’t been up to date with the newest Resident Evil 4 remake sales–it nonetheless reveals 8 million sales–but it could rank No. 10 general with 9 million gross sales.
The 2005 authentic Resident Evil 4, in the meantime, bought 2.3 million copies.