Nearly 7 million copies: This episode of Resident Evil is the best-selling and highest-rated episode of the saga.

Game news Nearly 7 million copies: This episode of Resident Evil is the best-selling and highest-rated episode of the saga.

Return of the King

Acclaimed since its inception as having changed everything in the field of video game horror, Resident Evil is a brand that counts: it has been exported almost everywhere and especially in Seventh Art, even if video games remain its primary content. And over time, it was able to evolve to adapt to its audience: first pure horror before changing to action horror… Finally back to the thrill with a new FPS arc, starting with Resident Evil VII and continuing with Village in 2021.

While waiting for the next game in this “new” trilogy, Capcom has found the perfect way to keep players waiting: a remake! For once, the Osaka firm is getting its ball rolling, proposing a redesign of the first game on the GameCube at the time: Thus we were treated to the excellent Resident Evil 2 remake in 2019, the explosive Resident Evil 3 in 2020 and so on to Resident Evil 4 last year.

For once, tackling the monument that is Resident Evil 4 – an essential game in the field of action and which brought a lot to the genre when it arrived in 2005 – was a somewhat risky move: certainly, the basics of the original title are excellent. , but fostering his legacy (and above all not destroying it) was a real challenge. For now, we can say that the mission was a success since then The remake has proven extremely popular with a cool average of 93% on Metacritic, or a nice 18/20 in our column. And above all, this critical reception went hand in hand with real financial success.

Seven thousand leones in pocket

The information comes to us from Capcom itself : As of December 31, 2023, Resident Evil 4 has sold 6.48 million copies worldwide. As a reminder, the remake was released on March 23, 2023 on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, and Xbox One; It was also ported to iOS (via the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max) and Mac on December 20. With nearly seven million sales in nine months, Resident Evil 4 established itself as the fastest-selling title in the saga..

The remake of Resident Evil 2 has been the best-selling title in the series with 13.10 million takers., closely followed by Resident Evil 7 with 12.70 million sales. Resident Evil Village is 8.70 million. In short, at this rate, there’s a world that RE4 will top the rankings one day, even if the game isn’t finished yet: Enough to prompt Capcom to make another remake… Will Resident Evil 5 be next on the list?

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