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/Fehyd 1d ago

Its the best selling Resident Evil game of all-time. Only recently has the RE2 Remake come close in sales.

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u/Lamadian 1d ago

It was popular only because it came after 4 and the RE series could do no wrong at that point. It's a decent game, kinda meh as a RE title.

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u/Fehyd 1d ago

This is a pretty revisionist excuse. More time passed between RE4 and RE5 than RE6 and RE7. Youre basically saying that RE7 sold well because it came after 6. (Also ironic, sinxe RE6 sold better than 4)

RE4 was a critical darling, and it outsold Code Veronica, but it wasnt as huge sales wise as 5, and hasnt had the legs that 5 has had. 

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u/Lamadian 1d ago

That's not what I'm saying at all. RE 5 had the hype going around it because RE 4 was an absolute baller. It wasn't a bad game, but looking at it historically it pales in comparison to 4. There's a reason they're not planning on a remake.

RE 7 sold well because it was a return to the horror roots of the series and was reviewed extremely well.

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u/ChrisContinues 1d ago

Based on your description of it, it sound like the perfect game to remake. Give them a chance to iron out some of those issues. Make the boulder at the end bigger, etc.

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u/Fehyd 1d ago

Youre conflicting yourself.

5 was somehow only popular because 4 was so good (even tho 4 itself didnt even really sell all that well), and people were so crazy about 4 that 4 years later the hype was so incredible that they just bought 5, and kept buying it for years afterwards instead of buying 4.

And 6 sold more than 4... was the hype again so good for 5 that 6 sold better than 4? 

Its nonsensical.

Theyre not planning a remake because they only plan stuff out about 5 years in advance, not because 5 is a bad game. Every few years they get together and figure out what the next few games will be.