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  Resident Evil Series Life-To-Date Sales Hit 40 Million
by Kris Graft
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May 8, 2009
 
 Resident Evil  Series Life-To-Date Sales Hit 40 Million
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Capcom may lay claim to revered properties like Street Fighter and Mega Man, but it's the Resident Evil franchise that tops all others in the company's portfolio.

Since the original Resident Evil launched in 1996, the series has sold about 40 million units globally across 56 SKUs, Capcom said this week. The latest in the series, March's Resident Evil 5, has sold 4.4 million units to date.

The franchise sales of Resident Evil easily top those of other highly successful franchises. The 20-year-old Street Fighter franchise has sold 27 million units across 62 SKUs, while Mega Man has sold 28 million across a whopping 124 SKUs.

The next best-selling franchise is Devil May Cry, which debuted during the previous console generation and has seen one iteration on current consoles and PC.

Below are the top franchises in Capcom's home video game portfolio, according to the company's investor relations website (unit sales, number of SKUs):

Resident Evil: 40 million, 56
Mega Man: 28 million, 124
Street Fighter: 27 million, 62
Devil May Cry: 10 million, 11
Monster Hunter: 8.5 million
Onimusha: 7.8 million, 12
Dino Crisis: 4.4 million, 13
Ghosts 'n' Goblins: 4.4 million, 16
Ace Attorney: 3.2 million, 12
Final Fight: 3.2 million, 10
Breath of Fire: 3 million, 15
1942: 1.2 million, 3
Commando: 1.2 million, 2
Sengoku Basara (Devil Kings): 1.2 million, 10

Capcom also released its latest list of million-sellers by title. The company logged 44 in total, with 10 of those appearing on the current generation of consoles and handhelds. Here are the top 20 (in millions, top 44 available here):

1. Street Fighter II, SNES: 6.3
2. Resident Evil 2, PS: 4.96
3. Resident Evil 5, PS3/360: 4.4
4. Street Fighter II Turbo, SNES: 4.1
5. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, PS: 3.5
6. Resident Evil, PS: 2.75
7. Monster Hunter Freedom 2G, PSP: 2.55
8. Street Fighter IV, PS3, 360: 2.5
9. Devil May Cry 4, PS3, 360: 2.4
10. Dino Crisis, PS: 2.4
11. Monster Hunter Freedom 2, PSP: 2.25
12. Devil May Cry, PS2: 2.16
13. Resident Evil 4, PS2: 2.1
14. Onimusha: Warlords, PS2: 2.02
15. Super Street Fighter II, SNES: 2
16. Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny, PS2: 1.99
17. Devil May Cry 2, PS2: 1.7
18. Street Fighter II Plus, Genesis: 1.65
19. Ghosts 'n' Goblins, NES: 1.64
20. Resident Evil 4, GameCube: 1.6
 
   
 
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Brandon Lesche
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I question whether it was necessary to divide titles on the latter list by console; it makes resident evil 4 look like a poor performer compared to its contemporaries, but in reality - between the gamecube and PS2 versions - it should actually knock the original Resident Evil out of the #6 slot and take it.

It kinda gives me a warm feeling to know that Street Fighter II sold 6.3 million copies. I have a lot of fond memories of that game, especially because it was the only fighting game I was ever any good at.

Roberto Alfonso
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Up until the last generation Capcom gave numbers per console, but starting with this one they have been mixing multiplatform numbers. I prefer numbers per console, but Capcom isn't giving split information.

Andre Thomas
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while this might be great for RE, personally I think Capcom need to seriously look beyond the resident evil franchise. I'm not just about Capcom, but other publishers who have these long-running game franchises


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