{"id":2063919,"date":"2026-07-27T11:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2063919"},"modified":"2026-07-27T11:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:22:56","slug":"resident-evil-4-is-by-far-and-away-the-best-selling-remake-on-this-console-generation-new-analysis-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2063919","title":{"rendered":"Resident Evil 4 is by far and away the best-selling remake on this console generation, new analysis reveals"},"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<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Resident Evil 4 is by far and away the best-selling remake on this console generation, new analysis reveals<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Kings of Leon.<\/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\/Resident-Evil-4---3rd-Trailer-_-PS5-%26-PS4-Games-1-58-screenshot.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Leon struggles in Resident Evil 4\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Resident-Evil-4---3rd-Trailer-_-PS5-%26-PS4-Games-1-58-screenshot.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>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=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\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\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-27T11:22:56+00:00\">July 27, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-4-best-selling-remake-ps5-xbox-series-x-s-pc?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          11 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=\"b4b60f70-09ef-4b7c-92f1-de330a3be859\" data-name=\"Resident Evil 4\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Resident Evil 4\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Resident Evil 4\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Resident Evil 4\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Resident Evil 4\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Resident Evil 4\" title=\"Follow Resident Evil 4\"><br \/>\n  Follow Resident Evil 4<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>We&#8217;ve known for a while that the 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/resident-evil-4\">Resident Evil 4<\/a> remake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-4-remake-becomes-fastest-game-in-the-series-to-sell-10m\">has been one of Capcom&#8217;s best-selling titles<\/a>, but how does it stack up against all the other remakes released on the current console generation? Pretty well, it turns out.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to new data from market analysis firm <a href=\"https:\/\/alineaanalytics.substack.com\/p\/this-gens-top-remakes-and-remasters\">Alinea<\/a>, which revealed that Resident Evil 4 is currently the best-selling remake on PC, PlayStation and Xbox.<\/p>\n<p>The tracking period starts with the launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S in November 2020, and extends to the current day. Alinea estimates the game has sold a whopping 16.8m copies. The lead platform is PlayStation, where it has sold 7.4m of those copies, followed closely by Steam with 6.8m, and lastly Xbox with just 1.6m.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Resident Evil 4 - Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j5Xv2lM9wes?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/j5Xv2lM9wes\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Resident Evil 4 &#8211; Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j5Xv2lM9wes\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>According to Alinea&#8217;s estimates, the Resident Evil 4 remake has generated $560m in gross revenue for Capcom since its release. Once again, most of that was on PlayStation with 53.1 percent, followed by 34.1 percent on Steam, and 12.8 percent on Xbox. As the report noted, Steam tends to generate less money per copy due to the store&#8217;s regional pricing, as well as its big discounts during seasonal sales.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, that pricing strategy has done very well in regions with lower prices. China, Brazil and Russia are all in the top five territories for Resident Evil 4, according to the report<\/p>\n<p>That long tail of sales on Steam can also be explained by looking at the platform&#8217;s share of revenue at the remake&#8217;s launch compared to the current day. The report noted that Steam accounted for 28 percent of launch day revenue, compared to 34.1 percent today. In other words, regular sales and regional prices helped Capcom maintain a strong momentum in places traditional console stores &#8211; and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/retail-shop-games-cheaper-report-sony-ending-playstation-discs\">far smaller discounts and less frequent sales<\/a> &#8211; have historically been unable to reach.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Resident Evil 4 Remake screenshot showing the game&apos;s frenzied villagers wielding axes and advances towards the camera\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/resident-evil-4-remake-villager-zombies.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Resident Evil 4 Remake screenshot showing the game&apos;s frenzied villagers wielding axes and advances towards the camera\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"resident-evil-4-remake-villager-zombies.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Capcom<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other notable remakes Alinea also cited in the report include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ark-survival-ascended\">Ark: Survival Ascended<\/a> at an estimated 7m copies, followed by The Last of Us: Part 1 at 6.3m, Oblivion Remastered at 4.5m, and the Dead Space remake rounding out the top five with 4.3m.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This makes the recent success of Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced notable, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-sales-exceed-annual-expectations\">as it has already sold over 3.5m copies in its first two weeks<\/a>. By the end of the year, that figure will likely climb, to say nothing of how the tally is going to look a year or two from 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>We&#8217;ve known for a while that the 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/resident-evil-4\">Resident Evil 4<\/a> remake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-4-remake-becomes-fastest-game-in-the-series-to-sell-10m\">has been one of Capcom&#8217;s best-selling titles<\/a>, but how does it stack up against all the other remakes released on the current console generation? Pretty well, it turns out.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to new data from market analysis firm <a href=\"https:\/\/alineaanalytics.substack.com\/p\/this-gens-top-remakes-and-remasters\">Alinea<\/a>, which revealed that Resident Evil 4 is currently the best-selling remake on PC, PlayStation and Xbox.<\/p>\n<p>The tracking period starts with the launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S in November 2020, and extends to the current day. Alinea estimates the game has sold a whopping 16.8m copies. The lead platform is PlayStation, where it has sold 7.4m of those copies, followed closely by Steam with 6.8m, and lastly Xbox with just 1.6m.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Resident Evil 4 - Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j5Xv2lM9wes?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/j5Xv2lM9wes\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Resident Evil 4 &#8211; Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j5Xv2lM9wes\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>According to Alinea&#8217;s estimates, the Resident Evil 4 remake has generated $560m in gross revenue for Capcom since its release. Once again, most of that was on PlayStation with 53.1 percent, followed by 34.1 percent on Steam, and 12.8 percent on Xbox. As the report noted, Steam tends to generate less money per copy due to the store&#8217;s regional pricing, as well as its big discounts during seasonal sales.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, that pricing strategy has done very well in regions with lower prices. China, Brazil and Russia are all in the top five territories for Resident Evil 4, according to the report<\/p>\n<p>That long tail of sales on Steam can also be explained by looking at the platform&#8217;s share of revenue at the remake&#8217;s launch compared to the current day. The report noted that Steam accounted for 28 percent of launch day revenue, compared to 34.1 percent today. In other words, regular sales and regional prices helped Capcom maintain a strong momentum in places traditional console stores &#8211; and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/retail-shop-games-cheaper-report-sony-ending-playstation-discs\">far smaller discounts and less frequent sales<\/a> &#8211; have historically been unable to reach.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Resident Evil 4 Remake screenshot showing the game&apos;s frenzied villagers wielding axes and advances towards the camera\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/resident-evil-4-remake-villager-zombies.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Resident Evil 4 Remake screenshot showing the game&apos;s frenzied villagers wielding axes and advances towards the camera\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"resident-evil-4-remake-villager-zombies.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Capcom<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other notable remakes Alinea also cited in the report include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ark-survival-ascended\">Ark: Survival Ascended<\/a> at an estimated 7m copies, followed by The Last of Us: Part 1 at 6.3m, Oblivion Remastered at 4.5m, and the Dead Space remake rounding out the top five with 4.3m.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This makes the recent success of Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced notable, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-sales-exceed-annual-expectations\">as it has already sold over 3.5m copies in its first two weeks<\/a>. By the end of the year, that figure will likely climb, to say nothing of how the tally is going to look a year or two from now.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Resident Evil 4 is by far and away the best-selling remake on this console generation, new analysis reveals Kings of Leon. 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