Resident Evil is Capcom’s biggest selling franchise

May 26th, 2008 @ 07:15

Capcom’s released figures showing that Resident Evil is far and away its biggest cash cow, with 34.5 million units sold to date.

Street Fighter II, however, is the biggest selling game in the firm’s history, with a mighty 6.3 million copies sold.

Top 10 Capcom franchises:

Series Unit Sales

1. Resident Evil Series (50 titles, 34,500,000)
2. Mega Man Series (120 titles, 28,000,000)
3. Street Fighter Series (59 titles, 25,000,000)
4. Disney Series (33 titles, 13,200,000)
5. Devil May Cry Series (10 titles, 9,500,000)
6. Onimusha Series (12 titles, 7,800,000)
7. Monster Hunter Series (10 titles, 6,300,000)
8. Dino Crisis Series (13 titles, 4,400,000)
9. Ghosts ‘n Goblins Series (15 titles, 4,300,000)
10. Final Fight Series (10 titles, 3,200,000)
11. Breath of Fire Series (15 titles, 3,000,000)
12. Ace Attorney Series (11 titles, 2,800,000)
13. Commando Series (2 titles, 1,200,000)
14. 1942 Series (3 titles, 1,200,000)

Top 10 games by sales:

1. Street Fighter II (released June 1992, SFC, 6,300,000 units sold)
2. Resident Evil 2 (January 1998, PS, 4,960,000)
3. Street Fighter II Turbo (July 1993, SFC, 4,100,000)
4. Resident Evil 3 Nemesis (September 1999, PS, 3,500,000)
5. Resident Evil (March 1996, PS, 2,750,000)
6. Dino Crisis (July 1999, PS, 2,400,000)
7. Devil May Cry 4 (January 2008, PS3, Xbox 360, 2,300,000)
8. Devil May Cry (August 2001, PS2, 2,160,000)
9. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (February 2007, PSP, 2,150,000)
10. Onimusha: Warlords (January 2001, PS2, 2,020,000)

Posted in: Action, Capcom, DS, Fighter, Horror, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: resident evil, street fighter

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