5 definitely sold way better than Revelations, but part of that is userbase and part of that is the fact that, well-made as it is, Revelations is still a wannabe console title on a handheld, necessarily limited in how much it can sell.

 There are no zombies in RE4 (but there are some crazy drunk villagers) 

Not to mention ammo was never on short supply (why use guns when you can kung-fu any villager you encounter)

RE4 killed the old RE and i had to accept that (thats why i ended up liking RE5 becouse it was excatly as i expected.....maybe even better coze Wesker was in it)

When considering Resident Evil 4, I don't see it as the start of something, but rather as the end of something. It was the last Shinji Mikami game in the series.

Shinji Mikami is no longer the guiding force, it is like if someone wrote a Lord of the Rings sequel after JRR Tolkien was already dead.

I am not sure, I don't really understand the whole Wesker fanbase - why do people like him?

I've seen a couple of threads on this subject but I don't see those threads right now and this time, I'm on my PC so I can finally comment.

Dino Crisis. Dead Rising. Devil May Cry. These three series are what happened when Capcom tried to make a more action oriented Resident Evil and, for the most part, they were successful. You got your Resident Evil action game and your Resident Evil sandbox gamer right there. Two popular genres covered and three new franchises created. Operation Raccoon City was another attempt at making Resident Evil something it wasn't. Now, we have our squad based shooter Resident Evil. If I'm not mistaken, it was embraced with open arms and is a game of the year candidate.

I can't hate Capcom for trying to gain more success but I just can't figure out why they feel the need to slowly evolve Resident Evil from what it once was into something it never should be. Just make a new franchise. It's not like they haven't done it before. Let RE rest for a while! Since '96, we have Resident Evil as:

-survival horror (RE0-RE3/ Code Veronica)
- fighting game characters (MvC2-UMvC3)
-Online Co-Op (RE: Outbreak)
-Action Adventure (RE4-RE5)
-Squad based shooter (RE ORC)
-FPS/Rail Shooter (RE Gun Survivor, Dead Aim, Chronicles)
-Shit Simulator (Resident Evil movies)
-Cooking games (Cooking Mama and Eating Her)

Why is there no Resident Evil Kart Racer? That genre sells very well, right? Why not slap the RE name on that and roll with it? I just don't get why Capcom feels that THIS series has to be everything to everybody. Is it the incredible storyline? Is it the amazing characters? No. The RE universe is a convoluted mess and all of the characters are the same character with different hair. Billy Coen is Leon Kennedy is Chris Redfield. Claire is Jill is Rebecca. It isn't the characters or the story that we loved. It was the fear.

Now don't get me wrong. I really liked RE4 and RE5. The series stopped being Resident Evil a long time ago. If I fell into a coma in 1998 and woke up in 2012 and played RE6, I wouldn't even recognize the series. It's like that quote from the Simpsons when an old Homer and Marge were in bed watching TV. Marge says "Fox turned into a hardcore sex channel so gradually, nobody even noticed." What is RE turning into?

This would be more understandable if Resident Evil wasn't already one of the biggest third party franchises out there. Resident Evil 4 sold 7.39 million across its 3 machines, and Resident Evil 5 sold 7.72 million across its 2. There aren't many bigger third party franchises than that.

The only third party franchises I can think of that are substantially bigger are Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, The Elder Scrolls, Battlefield, Sonic and Assassin's Creed. (This is ignoring games which fall into a completely uncomparable genre, ala Just Dance).

Resident Evil sells more than Mass Effect, Uncharted, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Gears of War, etc. Staying as the king of the horror genre is a far safer plan than trying to challenge the biggest games the biggest franchises the industry has to offer (well, barring Nintendo at least).

It's a rather odd choice.

Albert Wesker is so cool that he can wear sunglasses at night, and if you dare call him on it he will rip your spine out...(why did i remembr the Tyrant just now?)

Anyway the guy is awsome and thats it.

or maybe its becouse first impressions tend to stick with you and he was the definition of cool back in RE1 (maybe if i played RE1 as a grown man my impression would have been different >_> 

Wow, they're trying to kill the series?

Can't say I'm surprised, though.

The problem is they dont understand that people who play Call of Duty dont play anything else.
Capcom could copy Call of Duty 1:1 and those people wouldn't care and neither would they for something different even if its better.
Just look at Battlefield 3 - In EVERY Term better than every Call of Duty ever made > "No one" cares.They just want their same game every year.
And Resident Evil is from Japan - If you want to get Call of Duty Fans you have to be from the USA and of course favor the Xbox.All that won't happen.

Capcom is pissing their real fanbase off and won't get any new people for their Resident Evil Franchise.

I first played Resident Evil when it came out in 1996 (I even have the classic giant box!), I was 10 years old... Having grown up with the series, seeing it go down this path is like watching an old friend fall into a downward spiral of alcoholism or drug use. Each successive Resident Evil game takes fewer and fewer active brain cells to complete, and makes me yearn more and more for 'the good old days'.

Would it really kill them to at least have a side project that somewhat reflects the classic play style? With the original static camera angles it wouldn't be difficult, or at all costly to design and distribute a game for the niche classic Resident Evil fans (I'd even accept a handheld game!). I remember reading on several occasions they made statements about returning to the series' roots, but I've yet to see them do so.

I gotta throw this in there; this is another shining example of a Japanese company not forging its own path in the gaming market. They really need to follow the beat of their own drum instead of playing follow the leader... Resident Evil used to be one of the best in horror games when they exercised creative freedom, now it's a mediocre shooter/cash grab trying to appeal to the west (while I did enjoy RE4, it didn't satisfy my need for a classic Resident Evil game... So I've been hungry since RE0.). D: