Capcom calls Resident Evil 3 remake a ‘success’ after selling 3.9 million copies
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Capcom is pleased with the outcome of their 2020 remake of Resident Evil 3. The publisher called the game (along with Monster Hunter Rise) a “success” in their annual report released today, and has numbers to back it up: the game has sold 3.9 million units.
That’s more than its original incarnation, 1999’s Resident Evil 3, sold, as it only managed 3.5 copies. Capcom attributes the success of the remake to its digital sales strategy, and by the way, the remake probably sold a bit more than that, as that number of 3.9 million comes from March 31 of this year. It’s understandable, given that we felt it was “another stellar remake of a classic Capcom survival horror” in our review last year.
In an industry that likes to hide sales figures whenever possible, Capcom’s annual report is always a nice change of pace. As usual, it included an update to the sales figures for several new games, such as Resident Evil Village, which reached 4.5 million units sold, as well as the publisher-described hit of the year, Monster Hunter Rise, which reached the 4.8 million. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne sold 2.4 million in the last fiscal year alone, on top of 5.2 million last fiscal year, not including Monster Hunter World sales before Iceborne.
Monster Hunter: World, by the way, is doing very well, enough that Capcom is comfortable at a significant discount. Capcom reported that in total, World has sold more than 17 million copies, more than half of those sold in its second year and more. While Capcom notes that the game has been discounted to as low as $ 10 in the past, the game is already profitable, so even sales as low as $ 5, Capcom suggests, would still be profitable, and the publisher hopes to take advantage of the lower prices to expand your user base. Their goal, as stated later in the report, is to sell 20 million copies of World.
Notably, Capcom’s quarterly report from July to September this year also fell at the same time, offering an update to Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, which sold a million in its first few months, noting that Monster’s sales Hunter Rise have increased. continued to grow during this period.