Capcom wants to sell 2.3 million copies of Resident Evil 5, 400 people working on it

[Zeus]

Capcom has revealed that it wants to sell 2.3 million units of Resident Evil 5 on the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms. Moreover, they currently have over 400 people working on the title and over 34.5 million units have been sold in total for the whole Resident Evil series.


Capcom has revealed some very interesting details about Resident Evil 5 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in its latest press release. Capcom wants to sell 2.3 million units of Resident Evil 5. "In addition to developing tools, we have also strengthened our game development structure. As more than 400 people including company employees and outside contractors are working on this particular title, we have reorganized the structure to assign appropriate human resources, manage development process and offer mental health care to staff in order to ensure smooth operation. Our belief while developing Resident Evil 5 was that no detail was too small when it came to graphics.". Capcom went to Africa to improve Resident Evil 5 graphics, "Our staff visited Africa, a new backdrop in the series, to experience the real Africa where the contrast between light and the darkness is stunning.". Capcom has also announced that Resident Evil series sold 34.5 million units worldwide.


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[d889]

cant fucking wait for this game!

[crypysmoker]

cant fucking wait for this game!

Me too. this and little big planet make me want a PS3 sooner.

I also cant wait till it comes out so I can see how many people take offense to it.

Someone always has to get offended now a days and Im sure there will be at least 1

[GTluver]

Capcom has revealed that it wants to sell 2.3 million units of Resident Evil 5 on the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms

I have no doubt they'll reach this figure and easily surpass it. I'm getting the ps3 version tho.

p.s. and off-topic: we need a resident evil game on the psp. Like we had silent hills already on the psp. RE would be F***** awesome.

p.s.s. the psx versions dont count.....lol

[3CO-10]

Theres 400 people working on the game yet it just looks like they copied and pasted RE4, and applied new textures. The enemies still die the same way, no rag doll... NO ANYTHING.

What capcom needs to do is make another RE: Outbreak game. I'm so bummed that they stopped running servers for both outbreak games here in the U.S. Both of those game were the best RE experience I ever had, and you get you experience it with 3 others on line. What a shame that the only way to play outbreak 1 or 2 is to buy a japanese PS2 and play on japanese servers which you have to pay for... LAME!

[mwa66]

<- Stick on pre-order........

[jinqui242]

I wish they'd release a demo on XBL and PSN. I paid for the Japanese Famitsu magazine with the RE4 demo back in late 2004 because I was so hungry for it!

[Hevyduty]

If the game is similar in quality to REIV, that sales number should be achieved rather easily. Capcom tends to make low estimates for sales for whatever reason. I remember when they ported REIV to the Wii, they hoped to sell over 400,000 copies. Of course, it's gone well past one million. When they released RE:UC for the Wii, they were hoping for 600,000 to 700,000 and it's done around twice that.

[Ninjaman]

So Resident Evil?...or Left for Dead?......guess I'll be getting both.:)

Oh and Capcom...if you want to sell 2.3million copies?....all you got to do is make a wicked game....if you are using 400 people...then use them wisely...not that your previous games were bad or anything.
But if you are to use that many people...it better be that good.....don't put too much hype on the game...you don't need it....just make the game that great.
Make the game challenging, addictive, give replay value and enjoyable. Not a game that takes only a few hours to complete.;)

[Snaileater]

i hope they dont release a demo!!! unless they are like 900% confident that it will get them more sales

[billysastard]

if hey realy wanted to sell 2.3 million copies they could release it on the wii, even the lame ass ports from gamecube to wii sold over 1m so an original re would sell bucketloads especialy since there are now 1.8 million new wii owners every month.

still it should make 2.3 on the 360 and ps3 combined and i'll be one of those 2.3m in the absence of a proper next gen version.

[mwa66]

Certainly glad they've decided to focus on last gen hardware.....

[Xenogears V]

I think it will sell much more.