Resident Evil 2 remake, going by latest sales figures.
In a rundown of its Q1 fiscal results, publisher Capcom reveals the Resident Evil 3 remake has shifted more than a "cumulative 2.7 million units" over the period, helping to push Resident Evil series sales even further past the 100 million worldwide mark. This is a big figure, but it's pretty far behind Resident Evil 2's in a comparative period of time.
Two months after its launch in January last year, Resident Evil 2 sales had seen an eye-watering 4.2 million units shifted, putting into Capcom's all-time top ten at that time. In a separate 'Consolidated financial results for the 3 months of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021' document (thanks, PCGamer), Capcom describes the Resident Evil 3 sales as "solid".
For context, as game industry analyst Daniel Ahmad highlighted earlier this year on Twitter, the original Resident Evil 3 (released in 1999) sold around 3.5 million units in total, so the remake is on the way to catching it up, but still a little way off just yet.
Resident Evil 3 Remake has sold in 2m units after 5 days, of which nearly 50% of sales were via digital
The original RE3 sold 3.5m units total
RE2R first shipment was 3m units, now 6.5m total
RE7 first shipment was 2.5m units, now 7.0m totalhttps://t.co/BAMuznyRPb pic.twitter.com/jw4v2B1ifl
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) April 13, 2020
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