Capcom Ships 3.5 Million Resident Evil 7 Copies, While Dead Rising 4 Underperforms

Capcom published its financial results for the past fiscal year, including interesting shipment data for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and more.

[FallenAngel1984]

Gee I wonder why Dead Rising 4 would underperform? Surely it's not cuz of a trend that seems to befall most exclusives/timed exclusives of a certain platform

[lelo2play]

I'm no genius, but maybe Dead Rising 4 underperformed because it was crap?
Well, it's just my wild guess, but you probably know better them me why it underperformed.

[GamesMaster1982]

Correct, I love the Dead Rising series but 4 was a complete letdown. The only good thing about 4 was the xmas setting.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed.

maybe because its simply a bad game.

[S2Killinit]

Its a little bit of both. Who is going to make a proper exclusive for a console with half the market share?

[LordMaim]

It can be two things. The changes to DR4 certainly didn't do it any favors.

[TheCommentator]

S2Killinit, do you actually believe what you typed?

The answer to your question is any dev who signed a contract, has pride in their workmanship, and wants to continue be successful. If there are devs out there who behave as you suggest, they're not going to be around much longer when their lackluster games produce lackluster profits. Basically, they'd be tarnishing their reputations more than they'd hurting MS and wouldn't be able to pay their bills.

[ThePope]

It didnt have Co-op which is why it failed. DR3 is still one of the best co-op games I've ever played

[ocelot07]

It was ok better than 3. But no where as good as 1 or 2.

[81BX]

It wasn't crap. It was well made just the same ol dead rising.

[LamerTamer]

Ignoring over half of the installed console base didn't help. Making it XB1 exclusive was a mistake. If you are going to do that at least make it exclusive for the one with the largest installed base, simple economics. If not hopefully for them that check from MS was big enough to make up the difference.

[jeremyj2913]

What makes it worse than the others? I've never liked the series so I figured it's fans were like ppl that like the Monster Hunter games.

[Abracadabra]

@FallenAngel1984

... so why did Street Fighter V (also from Capcom) underperform?

[LexHazard79]

Yeah and on a certain platform.

[refocusedman]

Street fighter 5 was shipped as an incomplete mess thats why.

[freshslicepizza]

@Abracadabra

please stop bringing logic here. dead rising 4 scored lower than street fighter 5 as well. the thing is capcom will strike a deal with anyone and how does having a vr mode exclusive to one vr (resident evil 7) help vr flourish?

[_-EDMIX-_]

Completely agreed.

Capcom right now is legit on life support, RE and Monster Hunter are the only things holding that company up right now.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Not the same situation at all. Two different content structures as well.

DR4 shipped as a generally finished game and final product, it just wasn't very good. SFV shipped as a bare-bones game that lacked the content and support it would later receive. Though SFV is a quality at this very moment, the fact that it shipped in such an incomplete state dramatically impacted initial sales.

DR4 is just not a good game, SFV was an incomplete game. Tbh, the comparison becomes even murkier when considering Capcom was completely open about the content structure of SFV and that it would not ship fully featured. They were also open about the multiple season pass structure a la Killer Instinct. As well, with each season pass and with each tournament SFV will receive a slight boost in sales. The sales numbers for SFV have far more potential for growth than that of DR4.

Furthermore, SFV is not an inherently bad game and never was. The core gameplay, art, and design have always been strong, but it just seems as though fans and critics alike really objected to the new content/business model and in turn it received a ton of negative press.

[jrshankill]

@IamTylerDurden1

SFV is not "quality" at the moment. It's awful. Still no arcade mode, awful story mode, tailored towards pro players and generally a poor entry into the franchise. There are many different, better fighters out there in this gen. MKX and Killer Instinct to name a few.

[Knushwood Butt]

^

If you want to play against the CPU, play Survival mode.

Otherwise, learn the game, and play against human opponents.

[FallenAngel1984]

It was released in an unfinished state

It's not rocket science

[2pacalypsenow]

I think it had more to do with how terrible the game was and not because it was Xbox exclusive

[ocelot07]

Wasn't even an xbox exclusive. It came out on the Windows store the same time as it released on the XB1. Plus it also release on steam about a month ago.

I enjoyed it personally. With it being a timed console exclusive to xbox for a year (until December 2017). I think they will release a complete edition for PS4/PC/Xbox and maybe event he Switch.

[princejb134]

Well to be fair dead rising went downhill after 2
The first one was fun cause of its originality. After a while it gets boring and repetitive

[LordMaim]

Off the Record was good too.

[XanderZane]

Dead Rising 4 is crap, that's why it underperformed. It's not multiplat either like Resident Evil 7.

[ShadowKnight]

Maybe because Xbox one install base is small this gen

[jrshankill]

but it was on Windows too, so surely it wasnt an exclusive?

Or do you guys just change the argument to better fit the agenda?

[seanpitt23]

Dead rising 4 looked mediocre that's probably why, they have a good premise to improve on the previous titles but somehow they make each title worse.
The physics and gameplay was badly executed could of been so much better.

Glad RE7 did well they deserve it, was a step in the right direction.

[EatCrow]

Of all the Dead Rising's you really missed the mark on commenting about this one.
It was not very good. Probably the worst for me so far.
Also @ Acadabra counters your argument very well. Good for some lolz

Glad RE did well. It probably reached 4 Million or more with digital included.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

Dead Rising 4 underperformed because it wasn't made very well. The level of detail and gore was severely lacking. So much so that fans of the series were saying Dead Rising 2 was a better game in terms of detail and gore.

[SaveFerris]

I guess there may not be a Dead Rising 5, but the sequels never did seem to match the success of the first game.

[Eldyraen]

First game was a novelty released before most big games hit the systems. We saw some in March and some not much later, but DR hit during a dry August. I enjoyed it and played it a ton, but it didn't have as much competition then which helped a lot.

2+ became more and more "over the top fun" where novelty wears off more and more however.

5 would need to go big in terms of adding a better story, more activities, etc with a bit of Just Cause 3 thrown in (if you are going to go over the top, really go over the top with action and not just have crazy weapons). Maybe a bigger world with a mix of human survivors, military outposts/holding cells (survivors/zombies), and horses of zombies still. Focus less on hundreds of trash zombies so much and make things more interesting in general.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Okay underperformed because quality, COD is steady underperforming because of quality. Games that do well are usually good in quality. Simple logic.

[kevnb]

COD still outperforms pretty much everything else.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

But steady decline was because of quality and add to on lack of listening to fans. It goes to show that good games do sell more then p*** ones.

[-Foxtrot]

They wanted 4 million RE7 copies in the first day

https://gamerant.com/reside...

Hopefully the RE2 Remake will wipe the floor with this *fingers crossed*

[NapalmSanctuary]

The hillbilly horror tropes and the first person camera killed it for me. Returnable, used copy FTW. Hopefully RE2 remake is actually faithful to the original with no ots or fp crap.

[MetroidFREAK21]

DR4 is garbitch

[Lime123]

So which Xbox One "exclusives" this gen didn't bomb?

[stuna1]

One thing I'm sure of, developers are taking note. And looking at overall sales performance on each platform relevant. So those logically looking at things will see, or should see that when you have a fanbase I'll say 30 million just to avoid upsetting certain parties! As opposed to a fanbase of 56 million + and taking into account how exclusive 3rd party games, and 3rd party multiplatform games performed overall. Really what do they think is actually going to happen when those same developers look at a fanbase of 0 as opposed to a fanbase of likely by then 60 million +!? Honest question that I'm sure any rationally sound person knows the answer too!

[WeAreLegion]

I think it was just Forza. Halo and Gears underperformed.

[stuna1]

So Quantum Break, and Recore performed to their expectations? Not to mention the various multiplatform games that underperformed like FFXV for example.

[WeAreLegion]

You misunderstood me. Forza is the ONLY game that met sales expectations.

[stuna1]

My bad!

[jrshankill]

But didnt you all say Xbox One didnt have exclusives due to PC releases?

Wasnt DR4 not an exclusive? You guys said it.

Changing the goal posts to spew garbage online.

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

Halo 5, Halo: MCC, Titanfall, Gears 4, Forza Horizon 3,

[Lime123]

http://www.gamerevolution.c...

http://m.neogaf.com/showthr...

[kevnb]

I still dont understand why they outsourced the sequels to dead rising, even if they did eventually acquire the studio they outsourced too.

[DeathtoOtakuDJ]

The two main guys that worked on it, where mostly from Kinect backgrounds, I think.

[morventhus]

Well hopefully capcom gets the message make a bad game get underperforming sales

[XXanderXX]

DR4 underpreformed cause it sucked arse in everyway a game can . Had nothing​ to do with anything other than a badly concieved game which was rushed .

[IamTylerDurden1]

Good, RE7 is a terrific game and was a huge risk for Capcom, it deserves to be successful.

Also, there is another nonsense article saying that PSVR needs a "killer app". Play RE7 on PSVR, especially with a PS4 Pro and tell me how exactly it is not a "killer app".

[JEECE]

I need to just break down and buy psvr. I actually have RE7, but I've been holding off because I want to play it in VR. Glad to hear the wait may be worth it.

[Stogz]

It really is an amazing way to play it but prepare yourself, it's really intense!

[MoonConquistador]

Why do you say especially with a PS4 Pro? Isn't it the exact same experience as on the base PS4?

[Anzil]

Mainly supersampling and minor other things

[JEECE]

When are people going to accept that Dead Rising has never been good, and the first one only sold because it came out early in the 360's life cycle when there was nothing else to buy?

[jrshankill]

DR2 and DR3 were very good.

Opinions are like arseholes

[G20WLY]

You're coming across like a total opinion...

[Eldyraen]

It was good, never great. It was more successful though as it was the first August game really after the summer drought before big games released later on.

[jeremyj2913]

Exactly! Same thing with Lost Planet. Only sold because ppl wanted something new to experience on the new system they shelled out money on. Lost Planet 2 proved that game had no chance as a series. And then 3 killed it. Lol

[dilbig5]

Well the answer is obvious. It wasn't good to what most people who like the series wanted and because it was a timed exclusive. You can't really say it wouldn't have sold more if it was only on PS4 or timed exclusive on PS4.

[MunchMiller00]

Practically forgot there even was an RE 7. I only pray to the gaming gods that RE 2 Remake turns out good. I have a sliver of a hope.

Being that FF VII remake is already in the toilet and sure to be garbage, RE 2 Remake has a chance to show everyone how it's done.

[Gemmol]

Capcom going to be Nintendo switch developer only in the future, these low sales from ps4 and Xbox one shows them they can't invest too much into those systems when Nintendo handheld with monster hunter and etc on the 3ds bring big money

[Razzer]

Hasn't there been talk of MH coming exclusively to PS4? Could have sworn I read that somewhere.

[Gemmol]

nope

[Knushwood Butt]

Is that why the report says MonHun Stories underperformed on 3ds?

[Gemmol]

did you see what they said about the other monster hunter titles or you one of those who like to look for little things, because the others sold well and blame capcom for that putting out so many at same time, its obvious if people cannot play all 3, they will play 2 instead or only 1.....even I would not get all 3, not using that as an excuse, just felt they would of did better if they use a different name with different characters for monster hunter stories this way people do not get monster hunter fatigue

[SH1ELD]

Cause 1st parties don't give a #### about you.

[tyasia0]

Chalk another Xbox exclusive to the bombed out list.

[Kiwi66]

So millions of gamers should buy games that aren't that good which isn't limited to one console

[Athos]

Actually I am not too impressed that it shipped 3.5 million units being on 3 systems. I'm sure they would have liked to have seen better.

[ZeekQuattro]

People hated RE 6 and it performed better than RE 7 which most people love. Go figure. You would think with the total install bases of the PS4, PC and XBO they could of gotten better numbers than that. Hell it was pushed hard as a VR capable game and that didn't seem to do much either.

[Brohan]

Omg so many idiots, this is clearly click bait again when you compare a exclusive to a game that's out on multiple platforms. Are you guys this gullible to believe such trash.

[DivineAssault]

gee i wonder why? smh

[Puertorock77]

And to think Dead Rising 4 was one of the games Xbox fanboys bragged about in terms of holiday gaming yet it under performed meaning most didn't buy it.