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Resident Evil 5 is expected to sell 2.3 million units

Capcom has published its sales target for upcoming titles. Resident Evil 5 sales are expected to reach 2.3 million units.

Harry1905748d ago

will have such high sales figures. Maybe they are relying on old school fans too much.

hazeblaze5748d ago

Actually, I thought there estimates for Bionic Commando and Re5 were low! I think that BC will easily sell over 1M on both consoles, and RE5 will probably do 3-3.5M combined on both consoles.

I did think that the projections for SFIV was too high though. I know that the series has a large fan base... but I don't think the mainstream will be drawn to it.

Doppy5748d ago

I agree some of the estimates were low. I expect Bionic Commando and Dead Rising to sell around their targets (as long as Bionic Commando is entertaining it will meet it's target). But I expect SF4 to sell at least 2.5 mil and Resident Evil 5 to sell at least 3.5 mil. Capcom should make over half a billion off these games.

bakasora5743d ago

Im actually more excited about RE5 than FF13

skynidas5748d ago

I think that Resident Evil 5 will sell at least 3 million units, and street fighter at least 2 million, but i dont think that Bionic Commando will sell that much, i think that it will sell 1 million

La Chance5748d ago (Edited 5748d ago )

will sell more than 3 million.Its multiplat plus the install base for PS3 and 360 are going to be even bigger.

I really cant wait for RE5.Those e3 tralers were awsome.

edit : do I have a disagree gang tracking me or what ? what is there to disagree about in my post ?

edit 2 :@ceeduyba9, you know what ? I edited my post and 2 seconds later your post popped up.I agree with you , thres somthing "fishy" going on.

ceedubya95748d ago

It seems that you are constantly being abused by the disagree bandits.

Ghoul5748d ago

not that im disagreeing with you lachance but it may be because you opened several new accoutnts after reachin 1 bubble, and that annoys some people and disagree with you whenever possible.

like i said im not of of them i only disagree when i reply.

La Chance5748d ago (Edited 5748d ago )

This is only my 2nd account.

I joined n4g in october last year and since november last year or something like that I only had 2 bubbles.Without saying anything over the top that day my account went from 5 to 2 bubbles.I
I know that sometimes fanboys from both sides get together to rip off someones bubbles.I even got a "confirmation" of those doings from a well "respected" guy on N4G who is Sony biaised.Not going to reveal his name because I promised not to.

I was just waiting to get to 1 bubble to get a new account.It took a bit longer than I was hoping but I finaly got to one bubble so I created a new account a couple of days ago.

Now I got a disagree gang , take away bubble gang that disagrees with me even when I say something as banal as "This game is huge" or "I like that"

solidt125748d ago

I think RE5 will do at least 3.5 Million.

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Rockstar5748d ago

should sell more than that easily.

Alexander Roy5748d ago

That would be less than half of MGS4 has sold yet (5mio, right? Anybody has more recent numbers?). I doubt that, because 1) it has a huge fanbase everywhere and 2) it's multiplat.

flash745748d ago

5 million, wishfull thinking! It has only sold 2.66 million, check vgchartz.

Alexander Roy5748d ago

For a split second, I thought you meant I should check VGChartz. HaHa!
Oh... you really think they are a reliable source?

Harry1905748d ago

best joke of the day amigo,best joke of the day.

Domenikos5748d ago

With the MGS4 PS3 bundles, i cant tell u the number but its increasing fast.

hazeblaze5748d ago

The 2.66M does not include bundles... so yea, it probably is near 5M, or at least 4M. But it also probably wouldn't have sold quite as much w/o the bundle.

flash745748d ago

Yeah, I guess I should go with numbers someone made up to support their comment rather than go with a non-biased sales tracking site. They must be getting paid off for what I'm not sure.

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bluecapone5748d ago

RE5 will sell way more then 2.3 million thats fact

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Resident Evil 5 - 15 Years of Being the Most Misunderstood Resident Evil

Resident Evil 5 launched 15 years ago today - and it continues to stand as a stepping stone from the good to the bad.

TheBrainZ53d ago

One of my favourites because of the co-op. Then Resi 6 arrived and the series nosedived further.

Knightofelemia53d ago

I enjoyed the game co-oping with a friend I know the game in solo the AI can be an idiot but RE5 is way better then RE6. I played RE6 with a friend if it wasn't cheap when I got I would have avoided RE6.

thesoftware73053d ago (Edited 53d ago )

5 was excellent, still play Mercs with my brother.
I would love a fully remastered RE:5, with some added, reworked content. The DLC for 5 was also excellent.

6 was awful.

CrimsonWing6953d ago

I never understood why the game was misunderstood. It was a fantastic game at launch and is still fun today to play. It’s as action packed as Resident Evil 4 was, yet that’s regarded a masterpiece 🤷‍♂️

chobit_A5HL3Y53d ago

it was "misunderstood" because they introduced co-op into the franchise at a time when people loved to have fake rage about co-op. like, you could play the game as a solo experience, but people chose to have their bandwagon rage because it was cool at the time lol

-Foxtrot53d ago (Edited 53d ago )

What the hell are you talking about? Fake Rage? Bandwagon? Come on.

You can play it solo but you are forced to carry around a shitty AI partner you have to micro manage. It wasn't as fun solo.

Co-op sucked all the horror, tension and suspense from the game because having a partner covering you was like a safety net. Enemy trying to sneak up on you? No sweat the AI will just automatically lock on, alert you while they shoot first telling you where they are basically.

It was the start of Capcoms fall with the Resident Evil series where it basically become an over the top generic action game which betrayed it's own survival horror roots. Least RE4 had a good blend of both but Capcom just went the wrong way with RE5, especially going off what they were going to do during the RE4.5 beta phase before co-op was added.

franwex53d ago

At least the game was a ton of fun tho. If the game was bad, the outrage would’ve been justified. They simply pivoted for a couple of games. At this point it’s bad because it’s called Resident evil 5? But if was called something else it would’ve been good? Please.

chobit_A5HL3Y52d ago

like i said: fake baby rage and bandwagon hate. res4 wasn't really that scary, either, and was already taking the series into more of an action-oriented direction at the time. 5 was a good game that people fake-hated because of co-op that you didn't even have to play lol hence the fake rage and bandwagon hate. i mean, it obviously did well enough for capcom to go ahead and make 6 the way they did, right? if 5 was so bad, they would have changed what 6 was during development. the difference is that 6 was actually just bad.

people "hate" 5 because res4 was so good, and 5 was just unfortunate enough to be its successor. like i said, 4 wasn't scary, either, and relied more on tension than horror, but it was already more of an action game. if you don't wanna like 5 because it's not scary or whatever- that's fine, but it wasn't meant to be strictly a horror game anymore at that point anyways. the gameplay was a lot faster-paced than 4, so saying that the ai helping you by potentially shooting someone that was sneaking up behind you is a moot point. there were more enemies that were more aggressive, along with newer threats.

5 isn't as good as 4, but it's not a bad game by any stretch.

Tody_ZA27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

What? I always thought RE5 had fake controversy because it was set in South Africa and you shot a bunch of black zombies. I live in South Africa and thought the game was absolutely awesome, played the whole thing co-op with my brother.

@Foxtrot I think you're confusing the garbage Dead Space 3 with Resident Evil 5. Resident Evil 4 was already a hyper action game and had zero fear factor other than the grotesque appearance of some enemies.

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