Capcom has released the sales numbers for all of their franchises from the NES to the Next Gen consoles. Compiling a list of a total sales between each franchise and another list of Individual sales, you'll probably be surprised (or not) to find out which franchise sold the most; and it wasn't Street Fighter.

Street Fighter II June 1992 SNES 6,300,000
Resident Evil 2 January 1998 PS 4,960,000
Street Fighter II Turbo July 1993 SNES 4,100,000
Resident Evil 3 Nemesis September 1999 PS 3,500,000
Resident Evil March 1996 PS 2,750,000
Dino Crisis July 1999 PS 2,400,000
Devil May Cry 4 January 2008 PS3, Xbox 360 2,300,000
Devil May Cry August 2001 PS2 2,160,000

View the rest of the list at the source.

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