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Capcom Expects Big Sales From Resident Evil 6

Capcom predicts sales of Resident Evil 6 will top 7 million units in its upcoming fiscal year and become the best-selling game in the company's history.

The projections were revealed during Capcom's latest earnings release, where the company also expects to sell 2 million units of Devil May Cry, 1.5 million of Dragon's Dogma, and 1.4 million of Lost Planet 3.

Capcom's current best-selling game is the Super Nintendo version of Street Fighter II with 6.3 million units sold. Resident Evil 5 is second sold 5.8 million units. Christian Svensson of Capcom U.S.A said Resident Evil 6 is already off to the best start in the franchise's history.

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  • you expect good sales.....well i expect a better game then RE5.....lets not disappoint eachother

  • I think the phrase "praying for" would be more accurate than "expects."

  • Make it more like RE 4, than 5 and I will be happy.
  • While I can see it selling well (probably as well if not slightly better than RE5), I'm doubtful about 7 million units. That's quite a jump, and I'm not sure if RE6 is tweaking the formula enough to generate that much extra interest.

  • Give us less action and more horror and they'll have nothing to worry about.

  • Sure, as long as it doesn't play like 5 or Raccoon city

  • I might pick it up on day 1. I'm not sure yet. I really want to see more about it first. I'm a huge RE fan but 5 just wasn't what I was hoping for it to be. I hope 6 will be better.
  • I played the Dragon's Dogma demo and it was kinda terrible. I was pretty bummed out about it. I know it's a demo, but I don't think that much will change when it drops. RE6 will be amazing.

  • well, after Revelations, I'm expecting big things from RE6. I'll definitely be buying a copy, so they're guarateed at least one sale!

  • I would not be surprised.

  • Count me in, one of the two franchises I'll always buy. MGS

  • Kind of off topic, but was anyone else incredibly unimpressed with the Dragons Dogma demo?
  • well, I should hope so.

  • I am buying this no matter what.

  • .. I would have bought MegaMan Legends 3-- BUT NO! Apparently we fans didn't click enough options for his armor on their website. F@CK OFF Capcom.. I used to love you, but you have changed..

  • I can actually see this happening, I'm kinda stoked for it even though I have fallen behind with the resi games... tried playing resi 4 last night and i just could not devolve enough to get to grips with the horrible tank controls... gonna find a recap video or something and then move directly on to resi 5 and hope for better controls.
  • I will only buy this if Capcom brings it back to the horror. I played the first 3, loved them. Then lost interest. Then played Revelations, and wanted to break my skull against a wall.

  • After how RE5 and ORC turned out my expectations are pretty low for this series, so I wont be disappointed with RE6. *crosses fingers for a PS3 port of Revelations*