Resident Evil 5 is... an insult to the Resident Evil series.

[DavidValbu]

Sales of the franchise Resident Evil:

Resident Evil : 6.7 M
Resident Evil 2 : 6.08 M
Resident Evil 3 : 3.52 M
Resident Evil : Code Veronica : 3.21 M
Resident Evil 0 : 1.34 M
Resident Evil 4 : 6.28 M

I have added all versions of one game (ports, remakes, director's cut ....) to obtein the final result. Studying the development of the sales we can figure out Capcom conclusions:

· In RE3 sales started to decline. The franchise only sold half of what it used to sell.
· The franchise was getting repetitive and users were not as fascinating as they were at the begining related to Resident Evil games.
· They needed a change and made a probe with Resident Evil 4. This game have sold 6.28 M copies which means that the sales returned to the level of the first RE sales, which were very good news for Capcom.
· Capcom will maintain RE4 style game until sales decline again.
· If RE5 sales are half or less than RE4 sales, Capcom will reconsider the direction of the franchise and will give the franchise a change again.
· If RE5 achieves the mark of 6M or higher, be sure we will have another pure action game in RE6.