Monster Hunter & Resident Evil dominate sales
Capcom has released its updated “Platinum Titles” list, celebrating the best-selling releases in the company’s history. The latest iteration of the list sees 2021’sResident Evil VillageandMonster Hunter Risemake their debut in the Top 20.
The list, as always, is dominated by Capcom’sResident EvilandMonster Hunter franchises — which respectively take up seven and nine individual Top 20 slots. The survival horror’s best-selling entry, 2017’sResident Evil 7: Biohazard,sits in second place with a whopping 10.2 million sales, while 2018’sMonster Hunter: Worldremains Capcom’s biggest-seller of all time, with an incredible 17.5 million sales to date. The remainder of the Top 20 is peppered with releases from both franchises.
Flagship fighting seriesStreet Fighterstill gets a look-in, with 2016’sStreet Fighter Vnow sitting at six million sales and, proudly, 1992’sStreet Fighter IIstillin the Top 10 with 6.3 million sales. Godspeed. At number 13, 2019’sDevil May Cry Vis flying the flag for the super sexy shooter series, with an impressive 4.7 million sales. Save for these few releases, however, Capcom’s coffers are most assuredly filled via multiple acts ofmonster huntingand zombie smashing.
The Top 20 of Capcom’s Platinum Titles list is as follows:
1.Monster Hunter: World(2018) 17.5m
2.Resident Evil 7: Biohazard(2017) 10.2m
3.Resident Evil 2(2019) 8.9m
5.Resident Evil 5(2009) 8.0m
6.Resident Evil 6(2012) 8.0m
7.Monster Hunter Rise(2021) 7.5m
8.Street Fighter II(1992) 6.3m
9.Street Fighter V(2016) 6.0m
10.Resident Evil 2(1998) 4.96m
11.Monster Hunter Freedom 3(2010) 4.9m
12.Resident Evil Village(2021) 4.8m
13.Devil May Cry 5(2019) 4.7m
14.Resident Evil 3(2020) 4.6m
16.Monster Hunter Generations(2015) 4.3m
17.Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate(2014) 4.2m
18.Monster Hunter 4(2013) 4.1m
