Resident Evil Franchise Passes 50 Million Copies in Sales

Details: Created on Monday, July 30, 2012 09:35 PM PDT; Written by King Mika

Capcom has revealed that cumulative sales of the "Resident Evil" franchise has passed 50 million units in sales worldwide! Here's a detailed look at Capcom's top 5 best selling franchises:

	Franchise	Cumulative Sales	Games	Average Sale Per Game
1.	Resident Evil	50,000,000	75	666,667
2.	Street Fighter	33,000,000	74	445,946
3.	Mega Man	29,000,000	129	224,806
4.	Monster Hunter	21,000,000	21	1,000,000
5.	Devil May Cry	11,000,000	15	733,333

So while the "Resident Evil" franchise is Capcom's best selling franchise of all-time, their "Monster Hunter" franchise is their most powerful selling franchise at an average of 1 million copies per title vs. 666,667 for the "Resident Evil" franchise.

Source: Capcom