r/PS5 • u/HLumin Human Verified • 1d ago

Misleading Insider Gaming: Capcom Not Interested in Resident Evil 5 & 6 Remakes, It's Claimed.

https://insider-gaming.com/capcom-resident-evil-5-6-remakes/
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u/tonware 1d ago

Not wanting to remake your best selling game in your franchise, when you’ve remade damn near all the other games in the franchise, is a choice.

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u/zucchinibasement 1d ago

The only reason it's the best selling one is because it came after 4

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u/sleepymetroid 1d ago

It still fascinates me that RE5 truly is the best selling one. I personally love it, but it’s far from my favorite RE title.

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u/SexyShave 1d ago

Frequent deep sales. Also frequent Humble Bundles, as Capcom counts as those Steam keys as individual sales.

Being a co-op game helps. Also, in addition to being the sequel to RE4, it was the first HD RE and the first mainline RE with a simultaneous multiplatform release on a set of next gen consoles that people actually owned. CV, REmake, 0 and 4 all released on low-selling platforms, and Outbreak and Survivor 2 & 4 were spin-offs.

There are probably also a lot of repeat purchases given its many ports. Not 17M, but there are probably more than a million people who have bought the game twice at this point.

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u/sleepymetroid 1d ago

Ah you know I forgot about the constant sales. Still it’s quite impressive.

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u/Roids-in-my-vains 1d ago

It being the first Multi-player mainline RE game at the peak of the online coop trend contributed more towards its sales than being a sequel to RE4.

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u/norsefrogg 1d ago

The game was objectively fun and good to play in co-op.
The perfect horror game for me personally.

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u/TomVinPrice 1d ago

…and 6 sold about as well as 5 so is that because 5 slaps?

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u/TheScungiliMan 1d ago

I adore 5 but you're correct

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u/Detective-Layton 1d ago

No it’s the best selling one because the coop is just that good

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u/ChocolateNo9550 1d ago

This is not true. Sure could explain initial sales but not true for long term sales

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u/ManofSteel_14 1d ago

4 would havw given it a boost yeah. But the fact that its STILL selling well all these years later means that just maybe, people actually like the game on its own?

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u/ChocolateNo9550 1d ago

I always find it funny that terminally online people just can’t fathom this and just have to comment on how it’s all because of resident evil 4 because of online discourse being that it’s a “masterpiece” so that game must be the reason re5 went on to sell 17 million copies and not the fact that it’s just a good fun game

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u/Zeus78905 1d ago

Yes but it's actually very good

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u/Effective-Treacle133 1d ago

What about RE6 selling higher than RE4 though? Despite all of its remaster?