Mon, Mar 16, 2009 | 06:56 GMT

Resident Evil 5 ships 4 million units, demo hits 4 million

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Capcom’s confirmed that 4 million copies of Resident Evil 5 have shipped to retailers.

In addition, the publisher confirmed today that the game’s demo has been downloaded more than 4 million times across both PS3 and 360 versions.

Resident Evil 5 released in the West last Friday, and the week previously in Japan.

The Resident Evil series has now sold more than 40 million units, Capcom said today.

7 comments

Blerk
16/03/09, 8:11 am

Surprisingly few of my Live friends list playing this over the weekend. I only saw two people playing it.

crippledhooba
16/03/09, 8:36 am

Thats exactly what my live list is like.

Rhythm
16/03/09, 9:23 am

Aye, no-one on my friend lists playing this either (PS3). I’m avoiding it partly because of the rough demo but mostly because every single review basically paints it as being utter shit unless you have someone to play the game co-op with

Michael O'Connor
16/03/09, 9:44 am

Every reviews painted it as utter shit?

From what I’ve seen, most reviews have painted it as “decent enough despite the focus away from the horror aspects”.

Hero of Canton
16/03/09, 9:52 am

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/residentevil5

Yep, a MetaScore of 85 officially stands for ‘utter shit’ these days.

Rhythm
16/03/09, 12:09 pm

@Hero – I didn’t refer to the scores, I was talking about the bulk of the text in the reviews.

Nearly every publication has stated that it’s a great game *if* you have a partner to play it with. They pretty much all concede that the sidekick AI is more than a bit crappy and that this detracts from the *single player* experience.

Hero of Canton
16/03/09, 12:36 pm

I still think ‘utter shit’ is pushing it. Most people have said the single-player’s good but not great, and that it’s in co-op that it really shines.

And I’ve read plenty of reviews that like the single-player. So ‘nearly every publication’ is overstating the case a little, too.