Resident Evil 5 now sits solidly at the top of the Japanese sales charts, with the PS3 version leading the charge. The game released in Japan last week to long lines of eager fans. The PS3 version is the number one selling game at 312,000 units, handily beating the second place DS game, 7th Dragon, which sold 80,000 units. The Xbox 360 version of RE5 is in a close third with 79,000 units sold. It'll be interesting to see this week's Japanese hardware sales (coming soon!) to gauge how much of an effect the Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360 had.
While the launch numbers for the game are certainly impressive, Gamasutra notes that they pale in comparison to the launches of both Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, both of which sold in excess of 1 million units at launch. We guess RE5 not being a DS game counts against it these days.
Reader Comments (87)
Posted: Mar 13th 2009 1:04AM MemphisLeak said
Seriously? Shot lag? When you first played the game did you really think that it lagged? Or did you just think it felt different, and then after watching a few really quite silly Youtube videos decide that there was shot/input lag?
God.
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God.
Posted: Mar 13th 2009 3:41AM Anticrawl said
@deadpool
Yes nearly every action had an unreasonable delay after each button press, the developers tried to play it off as a feature stating that the player just had "weight." Not only do I have a highspeed camera but I can output the live game feed to my capture card and count the frames that way.
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Yes nearly every action had an unreasonable delay after each button press, the developers tried to play it off as a feature stating that the player just had "weight." Not only do I have a highspeed camera but I can output the live game feed to my capture card and count the frames that way.
Posted: Mar 12th 2009 9:19PM McWilly said
What does it feel like to have a penis but no balls?
Posted: Mar 12th 2009 9:24PM Hoodboi said
Not so shocking. America sales will be different but we already know this just like we already knew this.
Posted: Mar 12th 2009 9:51PM TheE3Guy said
Umm, this is to be expected...
Posted: Mar 12th 2009 9:53PM (Unverified) said
Because we have better games to buy
Posted: Mar 12th 2009 9:53PM RobAccomando said
That means the 360 version will sell 7:1 over the PS3 version in the USA
Posted: Mar 12th 2009 10:22PM Douche McBaggins said
Devil may cry 4 on the PS3 also outsold the 360 one in America though just slightly. RE is mainly seen as a PS series. Sorry.
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Posted: Mar 12th 2009 11:33PM The Punisher said
I wouldn't say it's a Sony series. Dreamcast, Wii, Xbox 360 have seen a version of the game.
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Posted: Mar 13th 2009 10:07AM (Unverified) said
I remember when GTA was seen as a sony series before 4 sold like 8 million on 360.
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Posted: Mar 14th 2009 10:24AM RobAccomando said
nice to have Sony fanboys vote me down because they know it's true
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Posted: Mar 12th 2009 10:12PM Erdie said
Had it been the other way around, then it would have been interesting. This just makes sense.
Posted: Mar 12th 2009 10:19PM (Unverified) said
Im betting it sells 2:1 in the states
Posted: Mar 12th 2009 10:46PM (Unverified) said
I'll bite on it...HARD
As if this is a fucking surprise....ps3 version outsells 360 is Japan! Quick call the media immediately!
I wonder if the 360 Bundle did anything? Is there a ps3 RE5 bundle?
Also as far as the game is concerned...AMAZING. Fuck the haters. RE is still a great series and Capcom should be proud of themselves for releasing a totally wicked game.
Bitch about the controls all you want. They ain't going no where. Bitch about the fact that it's got some action and some pacing to it as opposed to a slow pace. It's not going anywhere. The game still ups the ante and makes you feel scared and tense in a lot of different situations. Great storyline and great characters. Sheva is cool in my book.
I'm just really loving this game.
As if this is a fucking surprise....ps3 version outsells 360 is Japan! Quick call the media immediately!
I wonder if the 360 Bundle did anything? Is there a ps3 RE5 bundle?
Also as far as the game is concerned...AMAZING. Fuck the haters. RE is still a great series and Capcom should be proud of themselves for releasing a totally wicked game.
Bitch about the controls all you want. They ain't going no where. Bitch about the fact that it's got some action and some pacing to it as opposed to a slow pace. It's not going anywhere. The game still ups the ante and makes you feel scared and tense in a lot of different situations. Great storyline and great characters. Sheva is cool in my book.
I'm just really loving this game.
Posted: Mar 12th 2009 11:08PM Da Largest said
Man, I don't understand how you can bitch about, say, Killzone having bad controls (even though I'm 1000% positive you've never played it, especially since the PATCH that fixed up the controls) and then can turn around and defend these controls. You're officially krazy.
I'mma open my dictionary, scratch out the definition of 'hypocrite', and then just scribble in the assorted names you've adopted over the last month or so.
...would there be enough room for that?
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I'mma open my dictionary, scratch out the definition of 'hypocrite', and then just scribble in the assorted names you've adopted over the last month or so.
...would there be enough room for that?
Posted: Mar 12th 2009 11:11PM Da Largest said
Oh, and, uh, I like how you're really loving the game and can provide insight on the characters and storyline
the game comes out tomorrow
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the game comes out tomorrow
Posted: Mar 13th 2009 12:14AM (Unverified) said
People have gotten games earlier before...in fact on this very website multiple people have commented on the various chapters.
Also regarding the controls..they have barely changed. They're exactly like Resident Evil 4 dumbass.
So that destroys that argument....
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Also regarding the controls..they have barely changed. They're exactly like Resident Evil 4 dumbass.
So that destroys that argument....
Posted: Mar 13th 2009 1:39AM (Unverified) said
"People have gotten games earlier before...in fact on this very website multiple people have commented on the various chapters."
It's still difficult to believe, especially with your history of judging games and acting like you know what they're like without having played them.
"Also regarding the controls..they have barely changed. They're exactly like Resident Evil 4 dumbass. So that destroys that argument...."
#1 - No, they're not... did you even play the demo?
#2 - Slow and precise may have worked for RE4, but from what I'm hearing from just about everyone who's played the final product, keeping those controls in a game with many, many more zombies (who happen to be both smarter and angrier than ever before) doesn't work out well. As has been said before, survival horror controls don't work well in an action game. It's as easy as that.
Do yourself a favor - don't go around talking about 'destroying arguments', because you offer weaker ones than any other commenter on this site.
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It's still difficult to believe, especially with your history of judging games and acting like you know what they're like without having played them.
"Also regarding the controls..they have barely changed. They're exactly like Resident Evil 4 dumbass. So that destroys that argument...."
#1 - No, they're not... did you even play the demo?
#2 - Slow and precise may have worked for RE4, but from what I'm hearing from just about everyone who's played the final product, keeping those controls in a game with many, many more zombies (who happen to be both smarter and angrier than ever before) doesn't work out well. As has been said before, survival horror controls don't work well in an action game. It's as easy as that.
Do yourself a favor - don't go around talking about 'destroying arguments', because you offer weaker ones than any other commenter on this site.
Posted: Mar 13th 2009 1:43AM Da Largest said
Yeah, people have gotten games early. Do you have any proof that you got the game early, or are you just spouting garbage as usual? Basically, what I'm hearing here is that you have pretty hardcore double standards - you'll bash any game that you happen to not be into, or any PS3 game for that matter, for even the slightest little problems (even long after those problems have been patched up), yet you'll turn around and call games rife with problems *amazing* (Gears 2, anyone?) or defend controls that just don't plain work with the game.
Xta said it best - I can't recall the last time you destroyed anything, except for my faith in humanity.
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Xta said it best - I can't recall the last time you destroyed anything, except for my faith in humanity.
Posted: Mar 13th 2009 2:36AM UnnXandros said
Dunno bout this guy but, here (Argentina) for example, we get simoultaneous releases with MANY games. To release a game the same day that USA does, u need of course, to have the game a few days earlier (LBP was a good example, i had it 1 week before launch, 2 weeks before servers were up :D).
RE5 was here on 11th, the box that they sent to the retail had a huge sticker that stated clearly that the game should be sold on Release Date and blah blah. So its is possible to get games earlier, at least here :)
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RE5 was here on 11th, the box that they sent to the retail had a huge sticker that stated clearly that the game should be sold on Release Date and blah blah. So its is possible to get games earlier, at least here :)
Posted: Mar 13th 2009 12:05AM RKN said
So when the RE5 players game online, the American PS3 owners will mostly have Japanese to play with and the Japanese who bought the 360 version will mostly have Americans to play with? : )
Posted: Mar 13th 2009 1:04AM (Unverified) said
PS3 owners will be able to play with most of the world because there aren't any region restrictions.
I don't know about Xbox 360. I was under the impression that Live IS region locked but I'm probably wrong.
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I don't know about Xbox 360. I was under the impression that Live IS region locked but I'm probably wrong.
Posted: Mar 13th 2009 5:12AM GoonieGooGoo said
316000 is impressive?? No wonder Japan is the 3rd (or lower ) most important market now.
North America sales Day 1 will QUADRUPLE that #.
North America sales Day 1 will QUADRUPLE that #.
Posted: Mar 13th 2009 6:00AM (Unverified) said
Those Japanese really are a lot more technically savvy than the majority of Westerners.
They're not tricked by a low price and a flashy advert, and know the value of forward moving technology.
4:1 - 4 Smart people to 1 stupid person, it's pretty much the opposite over here.
They're not tricked by a low price and a flashy advert, and know the value of forward moving technology.
4:1 - 4 Smart people to 1 stupid person, it's pretty much the opposite over here.
Posted: Mar 13th 2009 7:41AM hey buddy said
4 to 1 on the PS3!!?!
This is in stark contrast to how many copies of Gears of War 2 sold to a few moms and grandparents who bought it for the PS3!
This is in stark contrast to how many copies of Gears of War 2 sold to a few moms and grandparents who bought it for the PS3!
Posted: Mar 13th 2009 8:48AM shadowhowl1900 said
someone is still gonna QQ when they release the US stats. Guys stop QQ and start Pew Pewin the zombies. As long as you have a friend to play it with, it really shouldnt matter which units sold more.
Posted: Mar 14th 2009 1:21PM MLC said
You know, considering the the ration of PS3 owners to 360 owners, this doesnt surprise me at all. It actually should be a given. LOL!








