On the official website, Capcom updated its “Platinum Titles” section. As part of the update, the publisher provided current sales figures for “Monster Hunter”, “Resident Evil” and the action role-playing game “Dragon’s Dogma 2”, which will be released in 2024.
This week, Capcom officials made a mistake the “Platinum Titles” section the official website with an update and provided us with current sales figures for various brands.
Let's start with “Dragon’s Dogma 2”which was released in March 2024 and, according to Capcom, is now closed the core brands of the publisher counts. As can be seen from the “Platinum Titles” overview, the action role-playing game available for the PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC has sold 3.3 million times since its launch.
In an update at the end of May, Capcom spoke of three million copies sold. “Dragon's Dogma 2” found 300,000 new buyers in the last few months and sold worse than other older titles from Capcom.
Monster Hunter: Anticipation of wilds ensures increasing numbers
Next, let’s move on to the Monster Hunter series. As was certainly to be expected, the announcement of Monster Hunter Wilds and the associated anticipation among players for increasing sales figures.
It has become a long-running favorite in recent years “Monster Hunter World” from 2018, which sold 700,000 copies in the last quarter, more than twice as many as “Dragon's Dogma 2”.
With 26.3 million units sold (including the Master Edition), “Monster Hunter World” continues to be the most successful offshoot of the series. Added to this are 600,000 sales of the “Iceborn” expansion, which now stands at 14 million sales.
Let's continue “Monster Hunter Rise”which doesn't quite measure up to its predecessor, but still boasts impressive numbers. Thanks to 600,000 units sold in the past quarter, sales of “Rise” total 16 million. The “Sunbreak” add-on increased sales by 400,000 in the last quarter and has sold 8.8 million copies so far.
Thanks to a successful quarter, the “Monster Hunter” series celebrated its next milestone in the form of 105 million games sold.
Resident Evil also continues to be successful
The bottom of the updated numbers is the “Resident Evil” franchise. The remake released in 2019 Resident Evil 2 For example, sold 300,000 more units in the past quarter and reached the mark of 14.5 million games sold.
This means the remake is about to Resident Evil 5 (15.1 million) as the most successful offshoot of the series.
At the same time, the 2020 remake of is also selling Resident Evil 3 still good. It now stands at 9.2 million units sold, after selling an additional 200,000 units during the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
Then finally there is the one published in 2023 Remake of “Resident Evil 4”which broke the eight million copy mark after 200,000 additional sales in the last quarter.
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