The Resident Evil series is the best-selling franchise Capcom have ever created. In its 2009 financial results, Capcom revealed that its 56 Resident Evil games (and you thought we were only on Resident Evil 5?!) have sold in total 40 million copies in total. Its Mega Man series came second with 28 million copies sold across 124 games. But what was number three for Capcom?
After the massively successful Resident Evil and Mega Man comes Street Fighter with 27 million copies across 62 games. The full table?
Resident Evil – 40 million units (56 games)
Mega Man – 28 million (124!)
Street Fighter – 27 million (62)
Devil May Cry – 10 million (11)
Monster Hunter – 8.5 million (11)
Onimusha – 7.8 million (12)
Dino Crisis – 4.4 million (13)
Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins – 4.4 million (16)
Final Fight – 3.2 million (10)
Ace Attorney – 3.2 million (12)
Breath Of Fire – 3 million (15)
Lost Planet – 2.7 million (7)
Commando – 1.2 million (2)
1942 – 1.2 million (3)
Sengoku BASARA – 1.2 million (10)
Out now | from £30 | Resident Evil 5 (available at Game.co.uk for Microsoft Xbox 360, PC and Sony PS3)
