Resident Evil 4 coming in on the remaining hour

Capcom has revealed its most up-to-date monetary report, which sees the veteran developer persevering with its latest rocket success — Moreover, the studio is quietly assured that it’s on monitor to ship a stellar monetary yr for 2022-2023, doubtlessly one of many greatest within the historical past of the corporate.

As translated by VGC, Capcom bought round 29.1 million titles within the nine-month interval ending December 2022, which represents a rise of just about 5 million video games on the identical interval 2021. These numbers had been led by profitable gross sales for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, which bought 2.75 million copies throughout this window. The fantasy RPG was adopted by continued gross sales for older releases similar to Resident Evil 2 (1.5m), Satan Might Cry V (1.45 million), and Resident Evil 3 (1.35 million).

Regardless of these wonderful unit gross sales figures, it needs to be famous that Capcom’s precise income for 2022 is down on the earlier yr, which noticed the studio roll out the massively profitable Resident Evil Village. Nonetheless, the corporate is extremely assured in its capability to finish the present fiscal yr efficiently. The massively anticipated Resident Evil 4 will arrive on PC and consoles on March 24, providing a last-minute hail mary with which might see Capcom shut out the fiscal yr (which ends days later) with file gross sales.

Capcom has been rocking regular momentum ever since January 2018 and the launch of its greatest-selling sport of all time: Monster Hunter World. This launch preceded a string of extremely regarded new titles, equally supported by a number of enjoyable remasters, remakes, and retro compendiums. June 2023 sees the launch of Road Fighter 6, a title already awash in reward from critics and gamers, and will see Capcom roll into 2024 on the crescent of considered one of its best-ever monetary waves.

Capcom says it’s set to promote a file variety of video games for a fiscal yr [VGC]