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[IbizaPocholo]

Resident Evil 3 Scheduled for April 2020 Release!– Reimagining of the popular Resident Evil title to be released and includes new online game – | Press Release | CAPCOM

株式会社カプコンは、PlayStation®4、Xbox OneおよびPC向けゲーム『バイオハザード RE:3』を2020年4月3日に発売することを決定しましたのでお知らせいたします。

www.capcom.co.jp

The Resident Evil series has garnered high praise from both fans and the media internationally, with Resident Evil 2, a remake released in January of this year, achieving more than 5 million units in sales* and being honored with Ultimate Game of the Year in the U.K. Golden Joystick Awards 2019—the highest prize awarded to games released in the current year.

 

[Aggelos]

Outselling the original RE2 of 1998, which has sold 4,96 million units worldwide up to this point.

Platinum Titles |Product Data | CAPCOM

Titles which sold more than 1 million copies each are listed with videos and screen shots.

www.capcom.co.jp

 

[ethomaz]

Did they updated RE7 sales?

 

[Arachnid]

Outselling the original RE2 of 1998, which has sold 4,96 million units worldwide up to this point.

Platinum Titles |Product Data | CAPCOM

Titles which sold more than 1 million copies each are listed with videos and screen shots.

www.capcom.co.jp

Hell ya.

God, I hope it gets GOTY. I bet that will give it enough of a long term sales push to finally pass up RE5 as the highest selling entry.

 

[ExpandKong]

I bought it twice. Once for Xbox and once on Steam once i saw some of Claire’s costume mods.

 

[JimmyJones]

Use some of that money to make a proper remake now.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Deserved! Such an amazing game. Stay this way Capcom!

 

[Moses85]

Great news and well deserved

 

[Mista]

More than the original. Called it! Now it’s time to shit on my friends

 

[Aion002]

Amazing game! I hope RE3R can do even more!

 

[Gavin Stevens]

Well earned. I have it on xbox and steam as well. Great sale numbers.

You see what happens Capcom when you try and listen? FUNNY THAT.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Deserved. A great game, very likely my GOTY. Played through it 6-7 times straight, couldn't get enough of it.

 

[Roni]

Solid game and one of the greats this year. Thoroughly enjoyed my time with it. Didn't get too much into the mini-games after I finished the story multiple times, but I got what I wanted out of the game. Happy to see it succeed, hopefully this means Capcom will stay the course in terms of smaller, more diverse projects!

 

[Aggelos]

Actually things weren't entirely accurate when they thought/claimed that RE2Remake surpassed the original.
RE2Remake sales stats count all three available versions (PS4, Xbox One, PC) the game has been on.

Resident Evil 2 remake sales top five million, surpass original

The Resident Evil 2 remake has surpassed five million units in sales, outselling the original Resident Evil 2 at 4.96 million sales, Capcom announced.

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If you take everything into account for the original RE2 (PS1, Dual Shock Ver., Nintendo64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, PC versions) then the total sales of it have been around 6,1 million (or even higher).

Resident Evil

Resident Evil, known as Biohazard in Japan, is a series of survival horror video games developed by Capcom. Since the introduction of the series in 1996, the series has sold 150 million units as of 2023, making it Capcom's best-selling franchise in terms of software sales. The series has spawned...

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[IbizaPocholo]

 

[siekro1983]

The game was solid 8 for me, a big disappointment considering how hyped i was. shooting zombies feels like shooting jello. the shooting is just not satisfying, game is super easy. I hope resident evil 3 is much better, hopefully the dodge button will add some much needed depth for the gameplay.

 

[AV]

The game was solid 8 for me, a big disappointment considering how hyped i was. shooting zombies feels like shooting jello. the shooting is just not satisfying, game is super easy. I hope resident evil 3 is much better, hopefully the dodge button will add some much needed depth for the gameplay.

Nothing screams "big disappointment" like an 8/10.

 

[siekro1983]

Nothing screams "big disappointment" like an 8/10.

if you are expecting the game to be close to last of us or resident evil 4 caliber it sure was, i was expecting a 9.5 or 10.

 

[Roufianos]

I think it was great, much closer to what I want from RE than 7 was. Wouldn't say it was GOTY quality though. My biggest complaints would be the floaty crosshairs, I think the red dot sight works better, and the fact that the atmosphere and pacing really take a hit once you leave the station.

 

[Moses85]

The game was solid 8 for me, a big disappointment considering how hyped i was. shooting zombies feels like shooting jello. the shooting is just not satisfying, game is super easy. I hope resident evil 3 is much better, hopefully the dodge button will add some much needed depth for the gameplay.

The only thing I really missed were the Spiders. Played it with the original soundtrack, it was pure joy and nostalgia.

 

[ruvikx]

if you are expecting the game to be close to last of us or resident evil 4 caliber it sure was, i was expecting a 9.5 or 10.

RE2 remake was better than The Last of Us from my point of view. It has more precise tighter controls, especially the shooting parts where Leon isn't a drunkard like Joel with his "weapon sway" by default before upgrades which made shooting hilariously unrealistic in TLOU. The AI in RE2 Remake was also better, as are the puzzles (in TLOU, it's ladders & container pushing, that's it).

It's difficult to truly compare games like that (especially when TLOU is years older than RE2 remake), but in the grand scheme of "great games", it would be incorrect to declare TLOU a "9.5 or 10" whilst declaring RE2 remake a disappointment by comparison.

 

[siekro1983]

RE2 remake was better than The Last of Us from my point of view. It has more precise tighter controls, especially the shooting parts where Leon isn't a drunkard like Joel with his "weapon sway" by default before upgrades which made shooting hilariously unrealistic in TLOU. The AI in RE2 Remake was also better, as are the puzzles (in TLOU, it's ladders & container pushing, that's it).

It's difficult to truly compare games like that (especially when TLOU is years older than RE2 remake), but in the grand scheme of "great games", it would be incorrect to declare TLOU a "9.5 or 10" whilst declaring RE2 remake a disappointment by comparison.

well i was talking for its time. the main problem for me was the game was easy as shit, and the shooting was just unsatisfying like in resident evil 4, and evil within getting the head shots felt so good.

 

[AV]

well i was talking for its time. the main problem for me was the game was easy as shit, and the shooting was just unsatisfying like in resident evil 4, and evil within getting the head shots felt so good.

I can't speak to higher difficulty levels, but playing RE2, RE4 and TLOU on normal, none are hard, even if RE2 if the easiest of the bunch. The original RE2 is probably the easiest RE game as well.

 

[Diddy X]

It outsold the original RE2 so it seems the franchise is in a better shape than ever, whole Capcom also?