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Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition Exceeds Sales Expectations, By Far

August 31, 2007 in News comments 13

Capcom expected around 420,000 units sold, in total, for Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition. However, just revealed today that in just over 2 months, it has almost doubled that number. It has sold more than 750,000 (three quarters of a million) units! Incredibly high sales for a port of a game that has been on 3 other platforms.

How do you think this could affect Resident Evil, and mature games in general, in the future?

Capcom has now confirmed that the initial projection of 420,000 copies sold worldwide for Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition has been exceeded, with sales currently over 750,000! Could this spur on further RE remakes?
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    Miller Sep 1, 07
    750,000, for the remake of a remake... Resident Evil 0-3 in Resident Evil 4 style please.
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    Solid Snake 4Life Sep 1, 07
    hell yes. If it's not in the re4 style then I at least want the camera and aiming fixed.
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    bbb7002004 Sep 1, 07
    From what I understand, this game along with UC are Capcom's way of testing Wii owners willingness to buy the game. Hopefully this will lead to some great mature games coming from them in the next few years.
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    SSJ3 Trunks Sep 1, 07
    Yeah, I wasn't exspecting this.
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    Seeker X Sep 1, 07
    Jeezus, I don't get this...wtf makes RE4 THIS damn good? I know RE4 was good at first but this is ridiculous, especially when the FOURTH version (making it the 2nd PS2 version rehash) sells even better.

    To be quite honest, I'll take REmake over it anyday.
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      Gogetenks Sep 1, 07
      It's not really a rehash of the PS2 version. It's part GC-version and part PS2-version. Basically, the best of both (GC engine and graphics, the PS2 version's extra content and story lines). It's closer to the GC version, really, but with extra content.

      The PC version was another terrible Ubiport, and that one was a direct port of the PS2 version.

      Great game, however. RE4 never really sold as well as it deserved on either the GC or PS2. It sold respectably, but it was one of the last generation's best games. Only achieving decent sales isn't very impressive. It is very different from the typical RE fare, but that's what made it so great. This is also considered the definitive version of RE4, out of the 3 Capcom developed.
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        Seeker X Sep 1, 07
        That's what made it a Third Person Shooter, not RE. Granted, it was a crowd please, but not really a fan pleaser. I'm just wondering why I'm the only one who finds REmake better than RE4...well that much is obvious...one if Survival Horror and the other's Action...not the same anymore.
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          Gogetenks Sep 1, 07
          Well, REmake and RE4 are both quite different games. RE4 is generally considered the best RE game to date, but it is a different game. It reinvented the series, and some people preferred the older style. It all comes down to preference. Most critics preferred it, most gamers preferred it, but it doesn't make it better since they both have their different appeal. REmake had it's share of action, but it was mostly survival horror. RE4 had it's share of survival horror, but it was mostly, as they called it, "survival action". It doesn't stop either from being superb, critically acclaimed titles.

          Some RE fans did dislike RE4, but that's likely because they were looking at it as a Resident Evil game and expected the same, rather than a totally different (and great) game. It did share some similarities, however.
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          Dio Sep 2, 07
          I also prefer REmake over RE4. They're both awesome games, but I just prefer the classic RE style.

          Zombies > All
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    Existenz Sep 2, 07
    Too bad those 750,000 will now have to buy a PS3 or 360 to play the sequel...
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    ConkerASkyJockey Sep 2, 07
    I have no doubt that they will sold millions of copies of Resident Evil on the Wii. Its new taste in controls and gameplay really marked them there.
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    The 2nd Doctor Sep 2, 07
    WELL CAPCOM HOW ABOUT GIVING THE WII A TONED DOWN VERSION OF RESIDENT EVIL 5
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    Theory of Chaos Sep 4, 07
    It's all my fault. If I didn't love this game so much, I wouldn'y have three different versions. For shame, Theory. For shame.

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