Remakes are historically risky business, especially in the horror genre. However, sales show that Capcom somehow found a winning formula with Resident Evil 2.
On Wednesday, Capcom announced that the Resident Evil 2 remake has sold over 10 million copies worldwide since its launch on Jan. 24, 2019. Taking nearly four years to reach that goal might not sound impressive — but survival horror titles rarely sell like this. By comparison, Resident Evil 7 took five years to only ship 10 million units. So it’s quite an achievement, no matter how you look at it.
Capcom Division 1, the studio responsible for the Resident Evil 2 remake, took some time to celebrate on social media. The image below references Resident Evil 2‘s clear screen, only instead of showing someone’s rank, the team thanks all players. It’s adorable.
We did it!!!#バイオ2 #RE2 pic.twitter.com/BUBZWPJJfV
— Capcom Dev 1 (@dev1_official) July 14, 2022
The recent next-generation ports of Resident Evil 2 probably bolstered sales to some degree. While there isn’t anything different about the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions content-wise, visual enhancements like ray tracing make the game shine more. So if you own either console and Resident Evil 2, it’s worth upgrading.
It’ll be interesting to see if Capcom Division 1 can replicate this success with the Resident Evil 4 remake. That one is tougher to improve, but this team knows what it’s doing.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
