Capcom has had to adjust its economic forecasts upward. The reason is the overwhelming performance of Resident Evil Requiem, which has sold 7 million units in just two months. A figure that took the franchise's previous record, the Resident Evil 4 remake, over a year to achieve. The Japanese publisher now expects to comfortably exceed its annual projections.
The RE Engine reaches its technical maturity in this installment 🎮
The development team has optimized the RE Engine to squeeze the most out of current hardware. Load times are nearly non-existent, and volumetric lighting responds in real-time to the action. Enemy artificial intelligence has been redesigned to react to sound and the environment, avoiding predictable patterns. This allows each encounter to feel organic and for terror to arise from unpredictability, not from scripted scares.
Capcom asks for calm while counting the money in its bunker 💰
With these numbers, Capcom executives must be so happy that not even the Lickers could ruin their day. Now the question is when they will announce the next Resident Evil 5 remake. They are surely already dusting off the plans for the hazardous goods section and preparing a collector's edition with a replica of Chris Redfield's suitcase. Meanwhile, we keep buying bandages and ammunition.