Sevket-Erhat
Member
I was so much against buying it because of first person and the demo that resembles P.T. but my son made me buy it on day one and I am happy with it
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Capcom: Resident Evil 7 biohazard has shipped 2.5M copies
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"Fighting games aren't really popular anymore" is just code for "Street Fighter isn't really popular anymore." Mortal Kombat and Smash are still sales juggernauts, and everything else is doing roughly as well for itself as ever.
Obliterator
Member
Indeed. And both Injustice 2 and Marvel vs Capcom are going to sell very well this year. Likely Tekken 7 will as well
The problem with SFV is Capcom failed to capture the attention of anyone other than the hardcore fighting game community crowd.
This is amusing to me. I love classic Resident Evil as much as the next guy I truly do but people really buy the titles dependent on whether they feature the definitely not interchangable charasmastic as cardboard Chris Redfield, whatever the hell they feel like making Jill Valentine that day and cheese master Albert Wesker??
The characterisation of the Baker's is amongst the best character work the Resident Evil series has ever done and Ethan's plight is up there as good as any.
Unless they change the monster variety, Mercs would be so fuckin boring for this game
Evil Monkey DTT
Banned
It's not a matter of quality as it is just brand recognition. You put Leon, Jill, or Chris on the cover and the game could sell itself. 7 was a risk in every sense of the word and for the first time I really don't know what they plan to do with the series. But it's in a good place, at least for the moment.
"God's Beard!"
Member
I seeee youuuuu Capcom!
Subpar Scrub
Banned
Don't. They made their bed etc.
Their latest character changes were a lot of what players didn't want, so it's their issue now.
Good on RE7 and Capcom though, I have it installed but wanted to record some blind content with it and doing that while having a bad cold is nooooo good.
All those game have huge casual appeal. I think even if Street Fighter had come out perfect, it wouldn't be able to hang with any of those (certainly better though), people got their fill with SFIV. I also wouldn't be so sure of Tekken 7 having guaranteed great sales, though I sure do hope so, game looks great.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Hopefully it goes on to sell really well, they listened to what the fans wanted and made a great game so they deserve it.
As someone that loves RE, I should probably hate those movies, but I don't. They are high-budget B-Movies with ridiculous action scenes and the odd RE character/enemy thrown in. The are damn enjoyable.
As someone that loves RE, I should probably hate those movies, but I don't. They are high-budget B-Movies with ridiculous action scenes and the odd RE character/enemy thrown in. The are damn enjoyable.
JimmyRustler
Member
Yeah, but REVII seems to be selling very good. Nr.1 at basically every retailer, including Steam.
Stone Ocean
Member
Great reviews, word of mouth, streamers/youtubers going ham on it and it's a RE game, it's probably gonna do really well.
Bruno MB
Member
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard initial shipment + digital has already matched the lifetime total of Resident Evil Code: Veronica (DC / PS2) and also Resident Evil Remake + Resident Evil 0 for GameCube.
Resident Evil Code: Veronica (DC) - 1.14m
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (PS2) - 1.4m
Total - 2.54m
Resident Evil (GC) - 1.35m
Resident Evil 0 (GC) - 1.25m
Total - 2.60m
Resident Evil Code: Veronica (DC) - 1.14m
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (PS2) - 1.4m
Total - 2.54m
Resident Evil (GC) - 1.35m
Resident Evil 0 (GC) - 1.25m
Total - 2.60m
StrongBlackVine
Banned
RE7 is selling well, has critical acclaim and extremely strong/positive word of mouth. SFV had none of that.
azz0r
Banned
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Resident_Evil
Ranks it between Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and Resident Evil: Code Veronica already.
Ranks it between Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and Resident Evil: Code Veronica already.
Veronica so misunderstood
First person or not I hope they stick with the direction they've gone for 7
Castef
Banned
Kenagain240
Member
Gotta disagree with you there. 6 had Leono and crew, and coming from an original RE fan that game blew ass. The characters in RE are not really all that special. Sure you can recognize them, but it's nothing that will ever make me buy a game
Ragnar Blackmane
Member
Still unbelievable that Operation Racoon City managed to sell 2.6 million copies. I admit to having looked mildly forward to the game back then, but it was a turd and the critical and fan reception reflected that. Must have been the RE IP marketing power.
Trickster
Member
Well deserved.
Personally wasn't sold on the game at all based on the demo or footage. However I bought the game because of reviews and impressions, and also in part to support capcom for moving away from the terrible direction the series had taken since RE4. And I have been very pleasantly surprised overall.
Personally wasn't sold on the game at all based on the demo or footage. However I bought the game because of reviews and impressions, and also in part to support capcom for moving away from the terrible direction the series had taken since RE4. And I have been very pleasantly surprised overall.
Possumowner
Member
This is one of those fully deserved games, really want it to sell by the bucket load
Castef
Banned
They NEVER talked about 4M Day 1 sales.
Their message was:
"We are expecting 4 million unit sales worldwide in this fiscal year. "
TRUE ORDER
Member
I don't think that a RE7 mercenaries could happen.
Capcom should do a standalone mercenaries game to celebrate the 20th anniversary (Umbrella Corps is a joke).
dragonyeuw
Member
Good to hear. I haven't played a mainline RE title since 4( played a bit of Revealations on 3DS). RE7 VR is pushing me to get a ps vr unit as soon as I can find one.
Yautja_Warrior
Member
Congrats Capcom. Well deserved sales, the game is great and in VR it's on another level.
ResidentDante
Member
Totally agree!
That every copies....sold.
Diprosalic
Banned
Why are people congratulating? Wouldn't they ship 2.5 million no matter what?
Castef
Banned
Why? I mean, day 1 sales are better than the ones for Resident Evil 4, for instance, considering both GC and PS2 versions.
Guardian Monkey
Member
I guess people are happy to see the series rebooted. At the end of the day your are right though.
GTR R35_Supra RZ
Banned
Hope this sells 15 mill,is that doable GAF?
this games something else, that is why i treasure gms like Until Dawn, RE7 and Evil Within..because they drop once in the blue moon.
this games something else, that is why i treasure gms like Until Dawn, RE7 and Evil Within..because they drop once in the blue moon.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
It's not reboot any more RE4 than was a reboot.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Absolutely not. 5 to 6 million is realistic. 7/8 million would be amazing and the best-selling RE ever. It is a horror game which limits the audience a bit.
Why are you not mentioning RE 5 and 6?
dragonyeuw
Member
I guess in my mind, I'm pushing for this game to be successful because I believe it's going to drive PSVR sales( which I'm also hoping will be a successful platform). I mean this is the first game that, for me, justifies the cost of a PSVR unit.
Castef
Banned
Because he talked about "RE standards". Which standards?