Capcom Expects RE6 To Be Best Seller In Company History
Resident Evil 6Well, at least they're excited and confident.
Capcom has provided us with some sales estimates for their impending titles, and the publisher expects Resident Evil 6 - slated for an October 2 launch - to sell 7 million copies worldwide, which would make it the single best-selling game in the company's long history. If you're wondering, the current record is held by Street Fighter II on the SNES, which sold 6.3 million. RE5 managed to sell 5.8 million.
They also expect the Devil May Cry reboot, known only as "DMC," to sell 2 million copies around the globe, and they anticipate sales of 1.5 million for this month's Dragon's Dogma and 1.4 million for next year's Lost Planet 3. Given the hype surrounding RE6, it's no wonder that Capcom has high expectations for the game; they even changed the initial launch date from November 20 because of the "positive feedback" due to the epic debut trailer. It was pretty damn cool.
So will you be one of those projected 7 million...?
Related Game(s): Resident Evil 6
Tags: re6, resident evil 6, capcom, re6 sales, resident evil 6 sales
5/11/2012 11:36:00 AM Ben Dutka
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ValentinoGB
Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 11:50:30 AM
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daus26
Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 1:05:23 PM
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Kiryu
Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 1:10:03 PM
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slugga_status
Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 1:46:45 PM
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The trailer definitely sold me on the game. With such a large estimate, I wonder what the pre-order numbers look like...
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JLB1
Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 2:53:56 PM
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Comic Shaman
Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 3:08:48 PM
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JLB1
Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 4:02:22 PM
"It's difficult, because we really want this game to sell 10 million units worldwide. We want to sell a lot, and that's just something that we think we can do. We're not positive [it will be a success]. Of course it's a risk, but that's what we want - a challenge."
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 3:04:14 PM
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Snookies12
Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 9:03:39 PM
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Lawless SXE
Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 9:24:06 PM
I'm biassed. I like the idea of DMC, I'll admit that. My question is as follows: how are Capcom and NT "killing" Dante?
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Lawless SXE
Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 7:26:36 PM
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Couldn't give a damn about Lost Planet or Dragon's Dogma, but I'll be lining up day one for DMC. Ninja Theory FTW!
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Lord carlos
Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 8:13:20 PM
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Excelsior1
Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 9:23:54 PM
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I know it might be wishful thinking on my part but I definetly got some survival horror vibes from Leon's sections of the game. I can't wait to see how it turns out.
I don't know if many here have played The Lost in Nightmares DLC in RE5. I thought that hour long DLC had more classic survival horror atmosphere than the entire RE5 game. It kind of hints that Capcom still has the talent to make a good RE game.
Another thing that makes me feel positive about RE6 is the quality of Resident Evil Revelations. Yes, it's a 3DS game but it shows that Capcom is on the right track.
Last edited by Excelsior1 on 5/11/2012 9:25:07 PM
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Saturday, May 12, 2012 @ 6:17:56 AM
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if they really believe that they have their head further up their a$$ then i thought possible!
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ValentinoGB
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Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 11:50:24 AM