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Resident Evil 6 closes in on 3 million sales - average equals sales

With huge sales already and in the face of many not so favorable reviews. Resident Evil 6 as an average game according to some is selling well.

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zeeshan4199d ago

Screw that! :@ Idiots will keep making them Action oriented crappy RE titles and more idiots will keep buying that.

eferreira4199d ago

Why is someone an idiot because they like it and you don't?

joab7774199d ago

Its just more justification to keep making streamlined sequels.i wouldnt care if they made these money makers and then use profits to make new ips like dragons dogma.

cleft54199d ago

In the end, it's all about sales. If more these "idiots" have money and are willing to buy a game than a cynical, jaded, "smart" gamer then guess what? Companies will continue to make games for the "idiots." Money talks and love or hate RE6, it sold a lot of copies so you can bet that RE7 and onward will be follow the path of RE6.

Sadly, your only option is to not buy the game. But even if you don't, so what, because millions of "idiots" will. In short, you don't matter. That is the truth. Harsh as hell but the truth.

doogiebear4199d ago

Is 3 million alot for the amount of time that has passed, versus prior sales of Re games in about the same time span that 6 has been out? In the end, that is what will make Capcom pay attentention....$$$

2pacalypsenow4199d ago

Well thats this gen's story bad games high sells Good games low sells

Ares84HU4199d ago

No,

It's brand recognition that sells.

You can make any shooter and call it Call of Duty and it will sell millions on day 1.

If Black Ops 2 wasn't called Call of Duty but something like......I don't know....Future of War or something, people wouldn't even care about it as much.

cleft54199d ago

Not entirely true, if you recall Halo use to be the top FPS game. Then this no name title called Call of Duty came along and knocked Halo down. I remember when CoD1 was first released in the same month as Halo and everyone said it was being sent out to die. Now look at how much things have changed.

Brand matters, after all, Halo still sells well, but ultimately the game has to be solid. RE6 is a solid Action game, not a survival horror game, but an Action game. It's a solid Action game and it has a quality Brand name that has been made very popular because of the movies everyone loves to hate.

ShaunCameron4199d ago

No. It's brand recognition and/or promotion that resonates with its intended audience that sells. Quality is largely subjective.

kesvalk4199d ago

is the same with diablo 3, extremely bad game that sell on name brand only.

Eldyraen4199d ago

I wouldn't say a bad game, but more of a Diablo Lite compared to the others. It felt like they were catering too much to WoW and Torchlight fans than the original Diablo fanbase (with a premium price to top it off). Some of it is questionable but I still enjoy it even with some of its water downed features.

JAM_brz4199d ago

That´s why Capcom don´t change the game since RE4. And my hopes of a horror RE goes to the bottom sea.

Pozzle4199d ago

It makes me wonder how a horror oriented RE game would sell if it received as much attention as RE5 and RE6 did. I mean, Capcom have flat-out said that horror games don't sell well any more... But have they even bothered to try? Resident Evil Revelations was never going to sell as well as a main RE title because it was on 3DS, and the on-rails arcade-style RE games don't really appeal to this generation of gamers anymore.

But if Capcom made RE7 a solely horror-oriented game, put it on PS3 and 360, gave it as much advertising as RE5/RE6 have received...then it would probably sell just as well as the action-oriented RE games. I'd be willing to wager that a lot of their popularity has to do with the ridiculously large marketing scheme put behind the games, rather than whether or not they are genuinely quality titles.

JAM_brz4199d ago (Edited 4199d ago )

Totally agree with you.

But I think they will not change unless the game don´t sell well, and judging by the article, that will not going to happen.

And of course a horror RE would sell as many as actual RE titles. Actually, they use the name Resident Evil and a large marketing to sell this game.

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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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Babadook7233d 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_B402d ago

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

-Foxtrot402d 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.

RpgSama400d 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.

MadLad400d 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.

babadivad400d ago (Edited 400d 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.

hotnickles400d ago

5 is vastly better than 6 imo

TheEnigma313400d ago

RE5 is way better than 6. Stop lying to yourself

FallenAngel1984402d ago (Edited 402d 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.

MIDGETonSTILTS17400d ago

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

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