{"id":379310,"date":"2026-09-29T04:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=379310"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:51:32","slug":"resident-evil-2-remake-jumps-50-on-ps5-after-movie-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/resident-evil-2-remake-jumps-50-on-ps5-after-movie-buzz\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident Evil 2 Remake jumps 50% on PS5 after movie buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zach Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil adaptation is finally official, and the announcement gave Capcom\u2019s 2019 horror hit <a href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-2.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Resident Evil 2 Remake<\/a> a real bump on PS5, with sales jumping by more than <strong>50%<\/strong>. This is a game that had already sold in the millions, so the spike stands out. It says a lot about how much pull Resident Evil still has across games, movies, and everything around them. Older titles do climb during discounts or seasonal promos, sure, but the timing here lines up with the movie reveal, and Cregger\u2019s track record from Barbarian and Weapons gives the project more weight than these adaptation announcements usually carry.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The buzz also makes sense. Resident Evil\u2019s live-action run has split fans for years, so a Sony-backed movie that looks like a <strong>clean restart<\/strong> has a good chance of pulling people back in. That happens all the time with big franchises when they land a director people actually trust, cut a strong trailer, or start getting good word of mouth. If that momentum keeps building, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/sales-launch-resident-evil-4-remake-original\" rel=\"noopener\">Resident Evil 2 Remake<\/a> probably won\u2019t be the only game that benefits.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want an easy way in after the movie news, Resident Evil 2 Remake is a <strong>good place<\/strong> to start.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can download Capcom\u2019s Resident Evil 2 Remake on PS5 now, while Zach Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil movie is still on the way.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zach Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil adaptation is finally official, and the announcement gave Capcom\u2019s 2019 horror hit Resident Evil 2 Remake a real bump on PS5, with sales jumping by more than 50%. This is a game that had already sold in the millions, so the spike stands out. It says a lot about how much &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/resident-evil-2-remake-jumps-50-on-ps5-after-movie-buzz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Resident Evil 2 Remake jumps 50% on PS5 after movie buzz&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9351,"featured_media":379309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-379310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379311,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379310\/revisions\/379311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379310"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=379310"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=379310"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=379310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}