Resident Evil 7 Bombed - Sad because I loved the direction

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AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Hynad said:

Can we ban those who make threads using those words?

Especially when the games mentioned didn't bomb at all.

To consider 5.1M a bomb... No wonder I don't post as much on game forums.

It's definitely sensationalism at the very least. 

contestgamer said:

Tomb radier sold 3.4 million in 1 MONTH and the publisher was "disappointed".

Square Enix's expectations are not a good standard. Edit : And neither are Capcoms btw lol 

By the way : https://gamerant.com/resident-evil-7-first-week-sales/ 

Tomb Raider and Resident Evil 7 were probably pretty close in first month sales. 

LipeJJ said:
He's not really wrong tho, guys. Capcom is pretty demanding/crazy when it comes to expectations.

I do think Capcom will probably end up falling back on this change of direction. I don't think that means it "bombed", or that it was even necessarily disappointing. Resident Evil 5 and 6 are just some of the biggest games, so it was probably always unrealistic that this sequel would come near them.

Not unrealistic at all otherwise Capcom wouldnt have made the game. They certainly expected it to sell better, the whole reboot happened because RE6 was considered a fialure at 4.9 mil. But otherwise youre basically agreeing it bombed, Capcom wont be happy.