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Resident Evil Overtakes Final Fantasy in Sales as RE2 Remake Becomes Series’ Best-Selling Game

Resident Evil overtakes Final Fantasy in lifetime sales as RE2 Remake becomes the franchise’s best-selling game ever.

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Capcom has just reached a massive sales milestone, as Resident Evil has officially overtaken Final Fantasy. The survival-horror franchise has now sold 213 million units worldwide, narrowly surpassing Square Enix’s legendary RPG series at 212 million. Meanwhile, Resident Evil 2 Remake has become the best-selling game in franchise history and the second-best-selling Capcom title ever.

Resident Evil Is Now the Third Best-Selling Japanese Game Series

Capcom just updated the sales figures for its key franchises, which revealed that Resident Evil is now the third best-selling Japanese video game series of all time. According to the new sales data, Resident........

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