Summary
Capcom’s 2019Resident Evil 2remake has become the new best-selling game in the longstanding survival horror franchise. Capcom’sResident Evilfranchise is one of the most lucrative properties the company owns, with the franchise selling over 157 million units in total, including remakes and re-releases. ThevariousResident Evilremakesin particular have gotten a lot of love, managing to out-sell their original games across various platforms. These remakes likely wouldn’t have been possible without the success of one particular remake, that being the 2019 remake ofResident Evil 2.
2019’sResident Evil 2was a remake of the 1998 original, with the sequel focusing on rookie cop Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. The remake released to critical acclaim, with praise being given for its incredible faithfulness to the original version and its upgraded visuals. Capcom has recently revealed that theRE2remake has now become the best-sellingResident Evilgame, beating the likes ofResident Evil 7: BiohazardandVillage.
The official Capcom Dev 1 Twitter account revealed that theResident Evil 2remake managed to sell over 13.9 million copies, beating its last milestone of 10 million copies sold in July 2022. According toStatista, which compiled previousResident Evilsales milestones,Resident Evil 2managed to outsell7andVillage, which are currently in second and third place respectively on the list.Resident Evil 7: Biohazardpreviously was the best-selling game in the franchise, having sold 13.3 million units by the end of December 2023.
Resident Evil 2 Remake is now the best-selling RE Game
Resident Evil 7was considered a return to classic survival horror, after Capcom had pivoted hard into a more action-oriented style with prior entries likeResident Evil 5and6. This return to form helped pave the way for theResident Evil 2remake, which not only helped bring the series back into the spotlight, but also ended up kickstarting remakes of other olderREgames, as seen with theResident Evil 3and4remakes in 2020 and 2023 respectively. TheResident Evil 3remake sits at 8.7 million units sold, while theResident Evil 4remake sits at 7 million units sold.
Capcom isn’t slowing down theResident Eviltrain, if reports are to be believed. There have beenrumors that Capcom is remakingResident Evil 0andCode Veronica, the latter being a game that fans had wanted a remake of for years. On top of that, rumors of aResident Evil 9have also been swirling around, which will supposedly star legacy characters like Leon and Jill. That said, these three games are still unconfirmed, so fans should take them with a grain of salt until more official information is given.
Resident Evil 2
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The genre-defining masterpiece Resident Evil 2 returns, completely rebuilt from the ground up for a deeper narrative experience. Using Capcom’s proprietary RE Engine, Resident Evil 2 offers a fresh take on the classic survival horror saga with breathtakingly realistic visuals, heart-pounding immersive audio, a new over-the-shoulder camera, and modernized controls on top of gameplay modes from the original game.In Resident Evil 2, the classic action, tense exploration, and puzzle solving gameplay that defined the Resident Evil series returns. Players join rookie police officer Leon Kennedy and college student Claire Redfield, who are thrust together by a disastrous outbreak in Raccoon City that transformed its population into deadly zombies. Both Leon and Claire have their own separate playable campaigns, allowing players to see the story from both characters’ perspectives. The fate of these two fan favorite characters is in players hands as they work together to survive and get to the bottom of what is behind the terrifying attack on the city. Will they make it out alive?
