| Airaku said: If we go by sales, it's clear that the average gamer wants another RE5 and 6. Just not the fans that grew up with the series. |
Not entirely true tbh, RE5 although not as good as RE4 benefitted from the latters reputation, I recall the hype level around RE5 was immense given how much of an impact RE4 made on gaming. Even though RE5 was a disappointment it was still a decent game and actually a good co-op game benefitting from the rise in online gaming on consoles at the time, RE6 on the other hand was an odd case as it had lowered expections going from 4 to 5 but Capcom had indicated a return to more horror elements which did gain interest.
In the end the game sold well but actually sold significantly below the target Capcom expected, it wasn't a good single player or co-op game at that which RE4 had the former and RE5 had the latter hence the drop in sales from 5 to 6. Collectively RE4 sold around 6m after reinvigorating the series from decline before its successor released so RE5 was a step up from that where as RE6 is a step down from RE5, the sales may not be hugely different but I'm sure Capcom are well aware of the pre-RE4 era and want to get a perfect balance before a second decline is even a factor.
Imo another game like RE6 would prompt another drop in sales from the previous game which is why we're hearing about Capcom telling fans its a return to horror and why REmake 2 is also on the way.
