Europe, North America, and Japan
Across the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One platforms, Capcom has shipped 1.1 million units ofResident Evil Revelations 2worldwide. Capcom apparently arrived at this number by calculating full Season Pass sales alongside of retail sales (shipped units). So even with the “shipped” caveat attached, it likely did very well digitally.
Although some people didn’t digRevelations 2, in my mind, Capcom has been doing right by the franchise, coupled withthe great sales ofResident Evil HD. Let’s just hope they don’t screw it up with the next follow-up.
There is one troubling phrase though that was used inCapcom’s financial report. They call the episodic method in whichRevelations 2was provided, “ingenious.” The fact that they seem so proud of this doesn’t sit well with me, almost like an omen of what’s to come. I wasn’t really opposed to the format withRevelationsbecause it actually worked out well in the end, but I can foresee a board room meeting where top brass are saying “serialize everything!”
