{"id":1900817,"date":"2026-04-24T17:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1900817"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:04:06","slug":"looks-like-resident-evil-requiem-already-the-fastest-selling-game-in-the-series-has-smashed-another-milestone-and-leons-all-caked-up-to-celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1900817","title":{"rendered":"Looks like Resident Evil Requiem, already the fastest-selling game in the series, has smashed another milestone, and Leon&#8217;s all caked up to celebrate"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/resident-evil-9-revenant-shadows\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Resident Evil Requiem<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Looks like Resident Evil Requiem, already the fastest-selling game in the series, has smashed another milestone, and Leon&#8217;s all caked up to celebrate<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Just weeks after hitting 6m sales.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/RESI-LEON-HAT.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Resident Evil Requiem's Leon S. Kennedy wearing a party hat, superimposed over a tattered 'Welcome Leon' banner.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"RESI-LEON-HAT.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/Capcom<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1521645425.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1521645425.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/matt-wales\">Matt Wales<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-04-24T17:04:06+00:00\">April 24, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-another-major-milestone?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"50f32f00-4134-42c6-8d2a-21e4b9383601\" data-name=\"Resident Evil Requiem\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Resident Evil Requiem\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Resident Evil Requiem\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" title=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\"><br \/>\n  Follow Resident Evil Requiem<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>A little over a month after Capcom announced its excellent Resident Evil Requiem had surpassed 6m copies sold &#8211; officially making it the fastest-selling game in the survival horror series&#8217; 30-year history &#8211; it looks like another major milestone has been reached.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Evil Requiem&#8217;s previous mega-milestone of 6m sales was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-sells-six-million-copies-march-2026\">officially trumpeted by Capcom president and COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto<\/a> back in March &#8211; the news even got its own press release and everything. A month on, Requiem has seemingly managed to shift another million copies, with this latest update arriving a little less bombastically, courtesy of Requiem director Koshi Nakaishi<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s Resident Evil Requiem&#8217;s launch trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-H7w9wKigMw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nakaishi recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/koushixx\/\">took to Instagram<\/a> with an image of the team celebrating Requiem hitting the 7m mark &#8211; and, yes, there was cake. &#8220;Grace, congratulations on 7m,&#8221; reads one, engulfed in white icing and crowned with oozing blood &#8211; from which the FBI agent emerges brandishing a gun. As for Leon, he got his own cake to pop his head out of, this one swathed in black icing and emblazoned with the words &#8220;Welcome to 7m Leon&#8221;. Oh, and Leon, man of refined taste that he is, also got a couple of strawberries to top it all off.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Screenshot-2026-04-24-160315.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.5572429906542056\" width=\"477\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Screenshot-2026-04-24-160315.png\" height=\"856\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.5572429906542056\" width=\"477\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Koshi Nakanishi<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For comparison (sales-wise, not cake-wise), Resident Evil 7 and Resident Village &#8211; Capcom&#8217;s two most recent new mainline series entries prior to Requiem &#8211; have amassed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capcom.co.jp\/ir\/english\/data\/pdf\/explanation\/2025\/3rd\/explanation_2025_3rd_01.pdf\">around 16.4 and 13.5m <\/a>sales since 2017 and 2021 respectively. So the fact Requiem managed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-has-surpassed-5m-copies-sold-in-less-than-a-week\">smash through the 5m sales barrier in less than a week<\/a> and has just kept going makes it easy to appreciate just how well Requiem has performed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Its success is well-deserved too. I called Requiem &#8220;both a masterful bit of suffocating horror and a nostalgic, fan-thrilling victory lap for the legendary series&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-review\">my five star review<\/a>. And, of course, while it successfully closes one chapter of Leon&#8217;s story, it cheekily opens another. Fans have been in full-on speculation mode following the discovery that Leon &#8211; if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-tease-sparks-debate\">ring on his finger<\/a> is any indication &#8211; appears to now be married. But who&#8217;s the lucky boy\/girl\/undead mutant? Capcom&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-answer-will-become-clear-some-day-we-asked-the-resident-evil-requiem-director-who-leon-is-married-to-but-capcom-is-still-playing-coy\">remaining tight-lipped<\/a> for now.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>A little over a month after Capcom announced its excellent Resident Evil Requiem had surpassed 6m copies sold &#8211; officially making it the fastest-selling game in the survival horror series&#8217; 30-year history &#8211; it looks like another major milestone has been reached.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Evil Requiem&#8217;s previous mega-milestone of 6m sales was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-sells-six-million-copies-march-2026\">officially trumpeted by Capcom president and COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto<\/a> back in March &#8211; the news even got its own press release and everything. A month on, Requiem has seemingly managed to shift another million copies, with this latest update arriving a little less bombastically, courtesy of Requiem director Koshi Nakaishi<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s Resident Evil Requiem&#8217;s launch trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-H7w9wKigMw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nakaishi recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/koushixx\/\">took to Instagram<\/a> with an image of the team celebrating Requiem hitting the 7m mark &#8211; and, yes, there was cake. &#8220;Grace, congratulations on 7m,&#8221; reads one, engulfed in white icing and crowned with oozing blood &#8211; from which the FBI agent emerges brandishing a gun. As for Leon, he got his own cake to pop his head out of, this one swathed in black icing and emblazoned with the words &#8220;Welcome to 7m Leon&#8221;. Oh, and Leon, man of refined taste that he is, also got a couple of strawberries to top it all off.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Screenshot-2026-04-24-160315.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.5572429906542056\" width=\"477\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Screenshot-2026-04-24-160315.png\" height=\"856\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.5572429906542056\" width=\"477\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Koshi Nakanishi<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For comparison (sales-wise, not cake-wise), Resident Evil 7 and Resident Village &#8211; Capcom&#8217;s two most recent new mainline series entries prior to Requiem &#8211; have amassed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capcom.co.jp\/ir\/english\/data\/pdf\/explanation\/2025\/3rd\/explanation_2025_3rd_01.pdf\">around 16.4 and 13.5m <\/a>sales since 2017 and 2021 respectively. So the fact Requiem managed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-has-surpassed-5m-copies-sold-in-less-than-a-week\">smash through the 5m sales barrier in less than a week<\/a> and has just kept going makes it easy to appreciate just how well Requiem has performed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Its success is well-deserved too. I called Requiem &#8220;both a masterful bit of suffocating horror and a nostalgic, fan-thrilling victory lap for the legendary series&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-review\">my five star review<\/a>. And, of course, while it successfully closes one chapter of Leon&#8217;s story, it cheekily opens another. Fans have been in full-on speculation mode following the discovery that Leon &#8211; if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-tease-sparks-debate\">ring on his finger<\/a> is any indication &#8211; appears to now be married. But who&#8217;s the lucky boy\/girl\/undead mutant? Capcom&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-answer-will-become-clear-some-day-we-asked-the-resident-evil-requiem-director-who-leon-is-married-to-but-capcom-is-still-playing-coy\">remaining tight-lipped<\/a> for now.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Resident Evil Requiem Looks like Resident Evil Requiem, already the fastest-selling game in the series, has smashed another milestone, and Leon&#8217;s all caked up to celebrate Just weeks after hitting 6m sales. 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