Resident Evil 3 has sold 2 million copies in its first five days, 50 percent of sales were digital
Capcom’s newest title is already racking up sales.
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What you need to know
Resident Evil 3 released not even two weeks ago and we already have an idea of how well it is doing. According to a newpress releasefrom Capcom, Resident Evil 3 has sold 2 million copies in its first five days. Additionally, the split in copies sold was almost 50% digital.
The original game, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis sold a total of three and a half million copies during its lifetime, so the remake has already sold over half its progenitor’s sales. The Resident Evil franchise has been selling strong over the couple of years, with this press release also mentioning that Resident Evil 2 (2019) has sold over 6.5 million copies, with 3 million sold in its first week on the market.
For reference, several other Capcom games over the last couple of years have also had strong sales. Devil May Cry 5crossed 3.1 million sold earlier this year, while Monster Hunter World surpassed 15 million copies sold and is Capcom’s best-selling game of all time.
With bothResident Evil 8and a remake ofResident Evil 4rumored to be coming in the future, the next couple of years are also stacked for this survival-horror franchise. Inmy review of Resident Evil 3, I wrote that “While a couple of things could’ve been tweaked to provide a longer experience, Capcom provides a fantastic survival horror remake that carefully balances the action with the terror.”
Related: Our full Resident Evil 3 review
Get out of the city
Resident Evil 3 takes Jill Valentine’s escape from Raccoon City and brings it up to modern standards, with tight gunplay and action merged with tense survival horror.
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
