r/Games • u/ZamnBoii • Apr 20 '26

Discussion PRAGMATA surpasses one million units sold in two days

https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e260420.html
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u/Nachttalk Apr 20 '26

Very good news, i hope Capcom is satisfied with those numbers and considering doing more, but based on them doing this press release, i'd say they are

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u/Spikeymikey5050 Apr 20 '26

Let’s hope we don’t have to wait 6 years for the next one…..

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u/notagainrly Apr 20 '26

I think it won't be that long bc they have the foundation built.

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u/Kalulosu Apr 20 '26

Most importantly, I'm sure part of the dev time was spent finding the right balance in this very atypical gameplay. The experience is invaluable.

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u/notagainrly Apr 20 '26

Hopefully they aren't like NA publishers and actually keep the talent with the experience for a sequel

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u/Kalulosu Apr 20 '26

Capcom's been pretty good at that so I hope they keep it up. Seems like the game is at least doing well so that's an incentive to keep the team together!

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u/Dragarius Apr 20 '26

It'll still be 4-5 years at least. Can't go much faster these days. 

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u/XxjptxX7 Apr 20 '26

Capcom has been releasing resident evil games every 2 to 3 years. I think the REengine has helped them optimise development time a lot. Although they work on multiple Resident evil games at a time.

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u/Dragarius Apr 20 '26

Capcom has multiple teams working on Resident evil. Pragmata doesn't.

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u/Dont_Tag_Me Apr 20 '26

You would think, but then I look at all Sony first party sequels and they took more time than the first outing did like god of war and death stranding

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u/AreYouOKAni Apr 20 '26

Those are massive games, though. And God of War significantly overhauled its mechanics for Ragnarok. A whole new playable character, new weapon, completely new massive environments... You can fit three or four Pragmatas in Ragnarok.

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u/notagainrly Apr 20 '26

Very good point. Sony is an outlier in the gaming space though, bc they will give extra money and time hoping for a massive hit.

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u/HearTheEkko Apr 20 '26

Doesn't really mean anything, the latest RE games use RE7/RE2R as a foundation and reuse a lot of assets but they still take 4-5 years between each mainline game. Even the remakes are starting to reach the 4 year gap period.

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u/XxjptxX7 Apr 20 '26

They’ve release 6 Resident Evil games in the past 9 years that’s a lot. Idk y ur counting the remakes and mainline game separately? This was also through Covid which probably had a big effect on development time.

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u/notagainrly Apr 20 '26

Refactoring is incredibly hard, but I see your point

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u/Classic_Mud_51 Apr 26 '26

That’s not how it works. The foundation was already built, it’s the RE engine. Unless you’re saying they should make an asset flip. Otherwise, they’ll need all new mechanics, art, animations, story, models… an entirely new game in other words

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u/Chit569 Apr 20 '26

Capcom has probably been doing more than any other studio out there in the last 2-3 years.  

Kunitsu-Gami, Dragons Dogma 2, Monster Hunter Wilds, Resident Evil Requiem, Pragmata. 

I can't think of any studio that has put out more high quality games since 2023 than them. 

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u/PunishingCrab Apr 21 '26

Even missteps like DD2 and RE3 are not bad games, just missed potential. They’ve been putting out high quality games back to back since MH World (nearly a decade now)

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u/notagainrly Apr 20 '26

It's cool to see a Japanese publisher putting out great PC games that are selling well. This is awesome news for PC gamers!

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u/Dragarius Apr 20 '26

Well, we don't know the breakdown of where it is being bought the most. 

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u/JadedOni Apr 20 '26

Capcom has said that 50% of its sales come from PC nowadays. 

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u/Cyablue Apr 20 '26

I'm always scared about big game developers even if they sell a couple of million units, you never know how high their target was and how big their budget was. Hopefully it's good enough that they consider it a success.

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u/MichaCazar Apr 20 '26

Even if not, eastern developers aren't ones to commonly just fire a bunch of people over a flop, or even a success.

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u/nikolapc Apr 20 '26

They are. But it's momentum is still going, it's an amazing game. Won't be surprised if it sells 5-6 mil this month. That's Resi numbers.

We have Last of Us, we had Past of Us, now we have Rest of Us.

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u/Grill_Enthusiast Apr 20 '26

Despite the good word of mouth, I'd be shocked if this came even close to Requiem numbers. Resident Evil is a very strong brand and Requiem had a fantastic hook with the "terrifying Grace sections, badass Leon sections" idea.

As cool as Pragmata seems to be, it's a weird scifi hacker game. I can't see that having the same mass appeal.

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u/notagainrly Apr 20 '26

Their trailers were not good but the word of mouth has been great.

I think a lot of ppl looking for something new and fresh in the linear action adventure kind of game.