Capcom has released its lifetime sales figures, and to nobody's surprise, Resident Evil features prominently in the top 10. What might be surprising, though, is that it's Resident Evil 7 that's the top-selling entry in the horror game series, coming in as the developer's second best-selling game overall.
In the latest figures from the studio, four of the top five sellers in Capcom's oeuvre are Resident Evil titles released this century. At fifth, we have the RPG game with a lower age rating aimed a wider audience.
What's interesting is that Resident Evil 7 has comfortably outsold not just immediate prequels, but the originals of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, in a fraction of the time. The Resident Evil 2 remake is only 700,000 copies behind Resi 7, so that might very well work its way up further sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, the Capcom says wasn't unexpected. This chart counts ports and re-releases separately, so in overall lifetime sales, certain games would place differently – making Resi 7's numbers all the more impressive, since it hasn't been re-released at all yet.
All in, the Resident Evil Village release date is set for 2021.
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