It turns out that Capcom’s remake is breaking records. It’s been less than two years since its release in March 2023, and it has already sold over 9 million copies! This achievement places the remake among Capcom’s top ten best-selling games ever. It might have even surpassed the sales of other series entries like the Resident Evil 3 remake and both Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6. How crazy is that?
Alex Aniel shared some insight:
Resident Evil 4 (2023) has sold 9 million copies as of December 19, 2024 😮
That would mean RE4 sold at least 1 million copies last quarter (October 1 through December 31), which would be the game's 8th quarter overall.
This makes RE4, by far, the fastest selling RE ever. https://t.co/S7q7afU8aV
— Alex Aniel (@cvxfreak) January 6, 2025
The previous record holders weren’t even close! The earlier top performer was Resident Evil Village, which sold around half a million units during its eighth quarter on sale, while the original Resident Evil had only moved about four hundred thousand units.
Capcom has already released three remakes from this iconic franchise so far. The beloved remake of Resident Evil 2, launched in January 2019, stands tall with an astonishing total of around 14.5 million copies sold! And let’s not forget about the Resident Evil 3 remake, it’s done pretty well, too, at 9.2 million. They seem to be onto something!
