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Resident Evil 6's "weakened" sales causes Capcom to lower its earnings for the current FY

GC: Capcom had originally targeted 7 million sales for Resident Evil 6, and based on its predecessor’s sales of 6 million, that seemed possible.

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Smurf14143d ago

So the reviews did manage to screw this game. I guess this is one time we can say brand power means nothing.

matgrowcott4143d ago (Edited 4143d ago )

At 11% off, my guess is that we're talking high pre-owned sales, which nullifies the need of bringing further runs onto the market (no money for Capcom) and makes the pre-owned price plummet.

Reviews don't have much to do with it. Capcom not giving much reason to keep hold of it - no announced DLC, no real PvP mode, glitches and issues at launch - is probably the bigger problem, matched only with a pretty rapidly plummeting trade-in value.

EDIT: It all makes for a very pleasing headline and it's going to get hot in here, but this isn't justice and it's certainly no indicator that the devs should return to the classic RE style (the opposite may be true). Take it for what it probably means over what you wished it did.

AsimLeonheart4143d ago

Well, it is justice for us old Resident Evil fans. The bottomline is that the game was bad and that it underperformed. This is a good lesson for CAPCOM and I hope they will learn it. They should return to the series roots if they do not want the franchise to lose any more sales and fans. They need to stop chasing after money and their very own COD dream.

Imalwaysright4143d ago

People that dont read reviews generally dont know if there is or isnt announced DLC.

matgrowcott4143d ago (Edited 4143d ago )

@AsimLeonheart

I've written a very long article on this: http://matgrowcott.com/resi...

It's in no way justice for old school Resi Evil fans, unless your idea of justice is that "this didn't appeal to me so I'm glad they've not done as well as they thought they would."

It still massively outsold almost everything in the original RE series, certainly everything from Nemesis. If it's selling well pre-owned, at a sub £20 price, that says more about how games are sold than it does about where the series is going.

@Imalwaysright

That's neither here nor there. It's a case of Capcom not delivering more on top of a single player experience, not about how much people know about the future of the game.

HarryMasonHerpderp4143d ago (Edited 4143d ago )

I think the biggest problem is that it was just a bad game.
A poor effort for the guys that like to just shoot things and a poor effort for the fans that actually wanted a Resident Evil game.

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Kurt Russell4143d ago

"Crap game gets crap sales" would be a more fitting title.

jc485734143d ago (Edited 4143d ago )

should've canceled Lost Planet 3 instead of Mega Man Legends 3.

ritsuka6664143d ago (Edited 4143d ago )

Resident Evil brand is crappy now. That shows how CAPCOM was wrong about Broshooting fest №6. Maybe next gen it will be a horror game again.

HarryMasonHerpderp4143d ago (Edited 4143d ago )

Maybe next gen we will actual have a decent amount of horror games to play instead of about 3.
We were so rich with horror games the last 2 gens.
Horror doesn't sell as much as COD so basically it just got scrapped by Capcom because of that.

ShaunCameron4143d ago

And there's your reason why Capcom opted for more action in the last 2 main RE games. Survival-horror = small market. Action/FP-TP Shooter = big market. And they were not gonna waste their time, money and resources on a genre that barely has any fans especially when they're spending A LOT. That's not to say they won't make survival-horror games. It is to say that if they do make them, they're gonna have to set the budget and their sales expectations accordingly which is what they did with RE:R for the 3DS.

@ ritsuka666

I'm not gonna hold my breath for that.

ErazorDJ4143d ago

Next Capcom failure: Devil May Cry

caseh4143d ago

They've been clever with that ball though by passing it to NT to develop. When the inevitable backlash is felt its NT who will take the flak, Capcom will get a slap on the wrist but won't be held directly accountable. :)

FarCryLover1824143d ago

Even though the new DmC is not what people wanted (me included), it sure as day is going to be leaps and bounds better than RE6.

doogiebear4143d ago

Yeah, but they'll be held FINANCIALLY responsible to their investors, and THAT is something that will screw Capcom and their soon to be fired, no-talent-having directors/employee's.

lizard812884143d ago

People are already complaining about the mechanics of the game too, rather than just looks (from the demo). That doesn't bold well either. The dev shrug it off though, because he is a douche (forgot his name).

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Every Resident Evil game Leon is featured in, ranked

GF365: "The iconic survival horror franchise Resident Evil boasts a great number of popular and memorable characters. Arguably, Leon S. Kennedy is the most popular and recognizable character aside from Jill Valentine. In this article, we'll be counting down every Resident Evil game Leon is featured in, ranked."

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Babadook7234d ago

Yeah I figured it would be ordered like this. For me Leons best game was his debut. RE2.

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Resident Evil Games Ranked: Mainline Series

The modern entertainment industry has witnessed the rise of the Resident Evil franchise as one of its most renowned and celebrated multimedia phenomena. With numerous video games released across multiple platforms, it can be daunting for newcomers to determine where to commence their journey. So here is every main mainline Resident Evil Games ranked.

In preparation for the highly anticipated Resident Evil 4 Remake, let’s take the liberty to rank each of the mainline story instalments, providing players with a fundamental comprehension of the Resident Evil universe.

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There Will Never Be Another Resident Evil 6 (And That Sucks)

A rough gem that may never get the proper treatment it deserves.

Terry_B403d ago

^^ I don't want what the author was smoking.

-Foxtrot403d ago

It’s this thing where after enough time people start coming out to defend bad games for some strange reason

I mean hey if you liked it good for you but it was a f****** awful RE game.

Capcom are finally back on track and now people are crying about their shitty mistakes? No thanks.

RpgSama401d ago

I'd take a full blown remake of RE6 based around a GREATLY expanded Leon part and make it even more horror.

That might be something I would be interested in, do not care about any of the other parts of that game.

MadLad401d ago

I couldn't even get through the demo.
Years later I bought it for $3 for PC. I played about 5 minutes into it and uninstalled it.

babadivad401d ago (Edited 401d ago )

RE6 was better than 5. RE6 just took the series to the conclusion that started with 4.

RE4 was the inaugural title in the action game trilogy.

RE9 will be the likely end of the first person psychological thriller trilogy.

They'll switch it up for RE10 or more likely titled RE-X.

hotnickles401d ago

5 is vastly better than 6 imo

TheEnigma313401d ago

RE5 is way better than 6. Stop lying to yourself

FallenAngel1984403d ago (Edited 403d ago )

“But all this is solely with respect to how fans felt back in 2013 when Resident Evil 6 had just been released. The game resulted in the series getting indefinitely killed off until 5 years later when we got Resident Evil 7 and balance was restored yet again. ”

1.) Resident Evil 6 came out in 2012, not 2013

2.) A series getting killed off means no titles at all released in a time period. Silent Hill, Dead Space, Dino Crisis, Parasite Eve & Siren fans would love to see how you can say RE was on the same level of dormancy. In that 5 year time period we had a number of remasters that kept the series alive and kicking. RE1 02ms remaster even broke sales records during the period between RE6 and RE7.

3. Way to disrespect Resident Evil: Revelations 2. It was released during that RE6-RE7 period. It along with its predecessor were mainline titles that kept the horror roots of the series alive in comparison to RE5 and RE6. RE: R1 in particular even introduced the ability to walk and shoot into the series, a feature we can all be grateful for that in modern RE titles. The director RE: R1 later went on to direct RE7 and the director of RE: R2 later went to to direct the RE2 & RE4 remakes.

Immagaiden402d ago (Edited 402d ago )

“Resident Evil 6 is often maligned as the worst entry in the Resident Evil series and is cited as the cause behind the long death of the franchise.”

Titles in the Resident Evil series such as Survivor, Gaiden, Dead Aim, Outbreak, Operation Raccoon City, Umbrella Corps, & Resistance we’re received far worse than RE6.

And death of the franchise?

RE6 was still one of the most commercially successful games in the series, guaranteeing the franchise’s future. Compare how underwhelming sales of Dead Space 3, Silent Hill: Downpour. Alone in the Dark: Illumination, Dino Crisis 3, Fatal Frame: Maiden in Black Water, Castlevania: Lords of Shadows 2, and Metroid: Other M which caused their respective series to go into a long period of dormancy without any rereleases to even keep activity up.

RE however still had a significant number of titles released and rereleased after RE6. Not only that but development for RE7 started a short time after its predecessor came out, meaning there was never a development time that the series could be considered dead. There hasn’t been a single year that Capcom stopped either developing, releasing, or rereleasing Resident Evil games. Let’s not act like the 5 year period between RE6 and RE7 is such a longer time compared to the 4 year period between RE4 and RE5 as well as RE7 and RE8. We can pretty much expect RE9 in either 2025 or 2026, and you can be certain that Capcom will still release other RE tiles leading up to it

TheEnigma313401d ago (Edited 401d ago )

Man go some where with this. Only a few like this game. Why would they remake a garbage game no one likes risking money because it won't sell? RE 6 is dumpster drippings, sorry.

MIDGETonSTILTS17401d ago

It wasn’t that good, even if you enjoyed it like me.

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