Capcom shares Q2 results, Resident Evil 3 sales crosses 3 million units sold
Millions have gone back to Raccoon City.
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Capcom’s Q2 financial results are nowavailable, with this quarter being the best Q2 for profit in Capcom’s history. For the first half of the fiscal year as a whole, net sales grew 13% to around $404 million. Meanwhile, operating profit is up 28%, to around $171 million.
The company also confirmed thatResident Evil 3has now sold over 3 million copies, up from 2 million shortly after launch in April 2020. This also brings the Resident Evil franchise as a whole to over 105 million units sold. The Monster Hunter franchise has now sold over 65 million units, with Monster Hunter World at 16.4 million copies, up slightly from16.1 million copies soldin Q1 still holding the title of Capcom’s bestselling game of all time.
Looking ahead, Capcom plans to releaseMonster Hunter Risefor Nintendo Switch on March 26, 2021. For its premiere survival-horror franchise, Capcom has revealedResident Evil Villageat some point in 2021. Right now, the title is a next generation game coming toXbox Series X,Xbox Series S, PC andPS5, though the developers arelooking intowhether or not a current-generation version is viable.
Related: Our full Resident Evil 3 review
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Resident Evil 3 takes Jill Valentine’s escape from Raccoon City and brings it up to modern standards, with tight gunplay and action merged with tense survival horror.
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