Resident Evil Village

Prototype via Capcom

Resident Evil Village launched but under a month ago to by and large critical acclamation. Within the get-go four days, Capcom appear that the game had already cleared iii million units shipped, making it the third fastest-selling game in the franchise's history. While things accept, understandably, cooled down over the past few weeks, Capcom announced that the game has shipped an boosted one meg units, bringing the full northward of iv million globally.

The four million number includes digital sales and shows that the game continues to do well even after its initial release window. It besides means Resident Evil Village has already surpassed both the original Resident Evil iii and the remake, putting it firmly in the elevation ten best-selling games in the series. If it continues at its current pace, information technology's not crazy to imagine Resident Evil Village potentially moving past the original Resident Evil two and challenging the RE2 Remake for a top-five spot.

Now, information technology notwithstanding has quite a path to go to that point. Resident Evil two originally sold 6.1 meg copies, while Resident Evil 2 Remake cleared eight million. Those numbers are even so far off, only we aren't even a total month out from Resident Evil Village's release, and it'due south already halfway in that location. With proficient word of mouth and stiff post-launch support, information technology'southward certainly a possibility to see Hamlet make its way high up the franchise sales chart.

Speaking of postal service-launch support, that could really turn those numbers up because Resident Evil Village included the fan-favorite Mercenaries mode. If Capcom continues to build that out with further DLC releases, it should give players even more of a reason to hop into Resident Evil'south form of B-film horror. Either style, fans should expect plenty of reasons to pick up Village over the coming months if Resident Evil 7's release schedule is anything to go by.