Global sales of the Resident Evil series have exceeded 150 million copies worldwide, publisher Capcom announced.
Capcom published financial results for the second quarter of the current financial year (FY23), and the latest report provided updated sales figures for the Resident Evil franchise. According to the report, as of September 30, 2023, more than 150 million copies of Resident Evil games have been sold. Back in July of this year, Capcom reported that 146 million copies of games in the series had been sold. This means that in three months Capcom managed to sell another 4 million games in this series. If we compare sales of the publisher’s best games for the second and first quarters, a significant portion of these additional sales are accounted for by Resident Evil 4 Remake (490 thousand units), Resident Evil 2 Remake (530 thousand units) and Resident Evil 3 Remake (430 thousand units). units).
“For the six months ended September 30, 2023, Capcom’s core digital content business generated sales of 22.6 million home video game software units, exceeding the 21.3 million units sold in the same period last year and significantly increasing the value of the company’s brands,” Capcom wrote in an official press release. “The company achieved this through the release of major new games in its flagship franchises, including Street Fighter 6, as well as continued catalog sales of games in digital format, resulting in increased sales worldwide.”
Other top-selling Capcom franchises that have been revamped include the Monster Hunter franchise, which sold 95 million units worldwide, the Street Fighter franchise, which sold 52 million units worldwide, the Mega Man franchise, which sold 41 million units worldwide, and the Devil May Cry franchise, which sold 30 million units worldwide. million copies worldwide.
2023-10-26 09:21:23
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