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Resident Evil 5 Shipments Approach 5 Million Worldwide

by Jacob Mazel, posted on 25 May 2009 / 1,148 Views

Jacob Mazel

 

Capcom's latest hit in the Resident Evil series launched worldwide in March 2009, just before the end of Capcom's financial year on March 31, 2009. Due to strong demand Capcom managed to ship 4.4m units of Resident Evil 5 through the end of March 2009. Initially, Capcom projected the game to reach 5.2m units lifetime through March 2010 on shipments of 800,000 units between April 2009 and March 2010. With the game already at 4.97m units shipped worldwide through April 2009 though, Capcom now expects Resident Evil 5 shipments to hit 1.0m units in the March 2010 year, which would bring lifetime Resident Evil 5 shipments to 5.4m units through next March.

 

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12 Comments

KylieDog
KylieDog (on 26 May 2009)

I was implying undertracked.

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Ail
Ail (on 26 May 2009)

Doubtfull 1 million units sitting on shelves. Retailers woudn't have restocked close to 600k units in April if they had that many unsold copies

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XiaoMay
XiaoMay (on 26 May 2009)

Funny how Press made it "best selling RE so far", when the actual Capcom stuff doesnt say so...

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KylieDog
KylieDog (on 26 May 2009)

So over a million copies sitting on shelves?

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Aidman
Aidman (on 26 May 2009)

with RE 5 Wii sales it will hit 8 Million XD

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daxiang12
daxiang12 (on 26 May 2009)

I am on my 3rd playthrough (360 ver.), on veteran difficulty. The level-up system in this game is purely addictive. Congrts to Capcom!

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Carl2291
Carl2291 (on 25 May 2009)

Great news for a great game! :-)

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NJ5
NJ5 (on 25 May 2009)

I hope these sales don't encourage Capcom to move the RE franchise further into the action/shooter genre. I liked the RE5 demo, and I can see that it's not just another shooter, but it's pretty clear they're moving more and more towards a Gears of War style of game.

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hunter_alien
hunter_alien (on 25 May 2009)

Told you that it wont have any issues passing the 5 million lt, and probably 6 :D Where are the naysayers now? :P

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piggychan
piggychan (on 25 May 2009)

Grats Cap' I quite enjoyed this game and well deserved sales

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V-r0cK
V-r0cK (on 25 May 2009)

agreed with saviorX ...regardless of what negativity others feel about this game, i found it to be one of this year's best game and a very fun gaming experience. cant wait for RE6 XD

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SaviorX
SaviorX (on 25 May 2009)

Congrats to Capcom. RE5 is a great game, and definitely deserves the sales.

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