http://kotaku.com/5268672/resident-evil-5-sales-figures-get

Speaking at the Reuters Global Technology Summit in Tokyo last week,
Capcom CFO Kazuhiko Abe has revealed that Resident Evil 5 has sold
just shy of 5 million copies worldwide since launch.

Abe says that 4.4 million copies were sold worldwide in March, the
month of the game's release, while a further 500,000+ (Abe says "sales
came to as many as 570,000 units") in April has the game at around 4.9
million units sold. Add in any sales made so far during May - which
haven't been recorded yet outside of Japan - and in all likelihood
it's passed 5 million.

If that sounds like a massive drop-off in sales between the first and
second months, don't worry, it is. But it's one Capcom were at least
anticipating, as Abe says they only expect to sell another
400,000-500,000 between now and March 31, 2010.

That's how most of these kind of games - being pitched at a hardcore,
existing audience - work. That hardcore goes bananas, snaps up a copy
within a month or two, then there's nobody left to buy it.

On May 25, 9:36 pm, parallax-scroll  wrote:
> http://kotaku.com/5268672/resident-evil-5-sales-figures-get
>
> Speaking at the Reuters Global Technology Summit in Tokyo last week,
> Capcom CFO Kazuhiko Abe has revealed that Resident Evil 5 has sold
> just shy of 5 million copies worldwide since launch.
>
> Abe says that 4.4 million copies were sold worldwide in March, the
> month of the game's release, while a further 500,000 (Abe says "sales
> came to as many as 570,000 units") in April has the game at around 4.9
> million units sold. Add in any sales made so far during May - which
> haven't been recorded yet outside of Japan - and in all likelihood
> it's passed 5 million.
>
> If that sounds like a massive drop-off in sales between the first and
> second months, don't worry, it is. But it's one Capcom were at least
> anticipating, as Abe says they only expect to sell another
> 400,000-500,000 between now and March 31, 2010.
>
> That's how most of these kind of games - being pitched at a hardcore,
> existing audience - work. That hardcore goes bananas, snaps up a copy
> within a month or two, then there's nobody left to buy it.

I just got my new copy of OXM in the mail and it has a nice RE5
premiun theme download. Nice little bonus

Its just a shame that the game has lost its roots. For me personally it was 
a massive let down, same as RE4. I prefered the sytle of the first couple of 
games rather than the action approach. This new style though as attacted a 
lot more players

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On May 25, 9:36 pm, parallax-scroll  wrote:
> http://kotaku.com/5268672/resident-evil-5-sales-figures-get
>
> Speaking at the Reuters Global Technology Summit in Tokyo last week,
> Capcom CFO Kazuhiko Abe has revealed that Resident Evil 5 has sold
> just shy of 5 million copies worldwide since launch.
>
> Abe says that 4.4 million copies were sold worldwide in March, the
> month of the game's release, while a further 500,000+ (Abe says "sales
> came to as many as 570,000 units") in April has the game at around 4.9
> million units sold. Add in any sales made so far during May - which
> haven't been recorded yet outside of Japan - and in all likelihood
> it's passed 5 million.
>
> If that sounds like a massive drop-off in sales between the first and
> second months, don't worry, it is. But it's one Capcom were at least
> anticipating, as Abe says they only expect to sell another
> 400,000-500,000 between now and March 31, 2010.
>
> That's how most of these kind of games - being pitched at a hardcore,
> existing audience - work. That hardcore goes bananas, snaps up a copy
> within a month or two, then there's nobody left to buy it.

I just got my new copy of OXM in the mail and it has a nice RE5
premiun theme download. Nice little bonus

I haven't played RE since RE2, and I don't think I'll ever play again.

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parallax-scroll  was claimed to have wrote:

>That's how most of these kind of games - being pitched at a hardcore,
>existing audience - work. That hardcore goes bananas, snaps up a copy
>within a month or two, then there's nobody left to buy it.

Not only that, but the companies tend to fail to drop pricing, which
means that those of us not willing to spend $50+ on a game just wait a
couple months for the used market to catch up and spend less.

If I could get a used game for $25 or new one for $30, I'd grab the new
one every time.  However, when it's a used game for $25 or a new one for
$50-$60, the minor hassle of getting a bad disc every once in a while
becomes less of an issue.