The glorious Resident Evil 2 remake has basically blown everyone away (including us), but how does it stack up to the rest of the series in sales numbers?
Well, it was predicted that the game was going to set a new record for the franchise, with its One Shot Demo being downloaded by 11 thousand Steam users [via GitHyp].
The full game definitely hasn’t disappointed, and it currently has an all-time peak of 74,227 players on Steam – nearly four times the number of people who bought Resident Evil 7 (20,449 players).
According to reports, the Resident Evil 2 remake shipped over 3 million copies in its first week, making it one of the best-selling titles of 2019.
I guess we’ll have to see how it measures up against the hot-off-the-press Kingdom Hearts 3…
There’s no better metric for the type of video game consumer I am than the fact that I’m going to be switching between Resident Evil 2 and Kingdom Hearts for the next month.
— Dr. Faust (@drfaustisdead) January 29, 2019
So 1.3 million people downloaded the Resident Evil 2 demo so far. This makes me most happy
— AlphaOmegaSin (@AlphaOmegaSin) January 15, 2019
If you’ve already completed Resident Evil 2 don’t panic – Capcom has confirmed the first batch of free (yes, FREE!) DLC will be coming 15th February 2019.
The Ghost Survivors is coming as a free update to #RE2 starting February 15th!
Explore “what if” stories of three unfortunate souls who never made it out of Raccoon City: The gunshop owner, the mayor’s daughter, the soldier.
▶ No Time to Mourn
▶ Runaway
▶ Forgotten Soldier pic.twitter.com/nH4dSX4GlV— Resident Evil (@RE_Games) January 28, 2019
Entitled The Ghost Survivors, the DLC will allow you to explore the story arcs of three of the lesser-seen characters in the game.
Keep the good news coming, Capcom!
Check out GameByte’s impressions of the game below! Have you played it yet?
Featured Image Credit: Capcom