Capcom’s Resident Evil 2 remake has bought extra copies than some other title within the horror franchise’s 27-year historical past, after passing 12.6 million cumulative lifetime gross sales throughout console and PC.
Earlier this week Capcom up to date its gross sales document for the 114 ‘platinum’ titles’ the corporate has created all through the years which have bought via a million items. The brand new checklist, which takes under consideration video games bought up till the June 30 cutoff, revealed that Capcom’s Resident Evil 2 remake has now bought over 12.6 million items since its Januray 2019 launch.
12.6 million gross sales is sufficient to place the remake on the high of the franchise’s best-seller checklist, dethroning the earlier document holder Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, which has bought 12.4 million copies Within the six years since its January 2017 launch.
It additionally made the Resident Evil 2 remake the third best-selling recreation within the historical past of the corporate, with solely 2021’s Monster Hunter Rise (13.2 million items), and 2018’s Monster Hunter World (19 million items) surpassing its document.
Resident Evil 2 benefitted from a free ‘next-gen’ (now current-gen) console improve, and an improved PC model again in June final yr, which introduced a spread of upgrades to the horror expertise, together with 4K help, greater frame-rates, ray-tracing, and the implementation of 3D audio. Nonetheless, Capcom was compelled to supply an choice for gamers to roll these upgrades again on PC, after the neighborhood reacted negatively to the upper system necessities, and efficiency points attributable to the brand new model of the sport.
In IGN’s 9/10 assessment we lauded the satisfying fight and horrifying ambiance showcased in Capcom’s remake of Resident Evil 2, whereas concluding that the title “establishes a brand new commonplace for remaking basic video games”.
Anthony is a contract contributor protecting science and video gaming information for IGN. He has over eight years expertise of protecting breaking developments in a number of scientific fields and completely no time on your shenanigans. Comply with him on Twitter @BeardConGamer
