“Resident Evil 7” is the official best-selling game in the series

The Capcom team has revealed some interesting facts about the commercial performance of “Resident Evil 7,” the title of the action-horror survival film series that went on sale in 2017 and is currently ranked as the best-selling title in franchise history.

Under the subtitle “Biohazard” (the name by which the saga is known in Japan, its country of origin), although maintaining its links with the rest of the epic episodes, it has been described as a “reboot in sweetness” where the player first embarks on an adventure from a first-person point of view. .

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The change in the mechanics in the gameplay in this version was undoubtedly a move that sparked a lot of controversy among casual “Resident Evil” players, although it undoubtedly achieved some pleasant results while maintaining the franchise. Valid by new generations of players.

According to data revealed by the Capcom team via Twitter, “Resident Evil 7” has managed to exceed ten million units sold on all platforms it has, including digital sales, which is still adding a few digits from the past for years. .

Overall, “Resident Evil 7” is the second best-selling game in Capcom’s history. The online RPG “Monster Hunter: World” is still at number one, available since August 2018. A factor in Resident Evil 7’s sales boost was its ongoing launch, “Village” earlier this year.

“In addition, in May 2021, when Capcom launched the sequel and the final title of the saga, ‘Resident Evil Village’, it organized promotions to take advantage of the synergies between the two games such as releasing a bundle containing the two titles,” the Capcom team says via their website. .

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Capcom concludes that these promotions have proven highly successful in increasing sales of Resident Evil 7 by 1 million units sold this year alone. After the release of “Resident Evil: Village”, there is still no official confirmation of a possible sequel to it, which fans of the saga are already eagerly awaiting.