{"id":219152,"date":"2023-03-28T11:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T15:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=279498"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:42:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:42:02","slug":"sales-launch-resident-evil-4-remake-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/sales-launch-resident-evil-4-remake-original\/","title":{"rendered":"Capcom&#8217;s Resident Evil 4 Remake off to a flying start with impressive launch sales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That Capcom has found a vein with the remakes of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-4-remake.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resident Evil 4 Remake<\/a><\/strong> is an indisputable reality. After the magnificent work done with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-2.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resident Evil 2 Remake<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-3.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resident Evil 3 Remake<\/a><\/strong>, the Japanese company got to work on the fourth part, an installment that even suffered a reboot due to problems in its development. In view of this, this step backwards has been a great success: <strong>the launch sales of Resident Evil 4 Remake are even higher than those of the original<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Resident Evil 4 Remake\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2f28dae5-f2fc-49f3-9b2b-0874934b7810\/3879252092\/resident-evil-4-remake-Resident%20Evil%204%20Remake-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Resident Evil 4 Remake<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-4-remake.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.2\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--80\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"80\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"8\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">8<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-4-remake.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.2\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the information revealed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/resident-evil-4-remake-launch-29-bigger-than-the-gamecube-original-uk-boxed-charts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Games Industry<\/a> for the UK market, the Resident Evil 4 remake <strong>has sold 29% more than the original GameCube release<\/strong> in 2005. Of course, this percentage has a &#8220;trick&#8221;, since this remake is released for PlayStation (PS4 and PS5), Xbox (X | S Series) and PC consoles, that is, <strong>a greater number of platforms<\/strong> than the game of almost two decades ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-219157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/resident-evil-4-remake-2-800x450-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, there is a fact that plays in favor of the remake, and it is that the <strong>sales that are counted are only physical<\/strong>, that is to say, digital sales are excluded. On the other hand, <strong>in 2005 everything sold was physical<\/strong>. Taking into account that the percentage of current sales is approximately 30% for physical and 70% for digital (Capcom data), only with this hypothetical 30% has already been sold more than everything in 2005. Likewise, everything points to the fact that <strong>the sales of Resident Evil 4 Remake have been much higher<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will have to wait for details from Capcom to know how this remake has sold in global terms. Of course, it has had more players than <a href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-8-village.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resident Evil Village<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>, a sign that the numbers are very high. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/resident-evil-4-remake-mode-mercenaries-april\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">And all this without leaving the Mercenary mode<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Resident Evil 4 Remake\" 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