Resident Evil sales as of 2008. (Image courtesy of ChartGet )
Devil May Cry sales as of 2008. (Image courtesy of ChartGet )
Capcom is a Japanese publisher that is most known for its several world famous best-selling game franchises . They own the premiere fighting series Street Fighter , the best-selling horror series Resident Evil , the popular action series Devil May Cry , and the hit action RPG franchise Monster Hunter . They originally made their mark with popular arcade titles like Commando and 1942 , before becoming a worldwide phenomenon with challenging platformers like Mega Man and Ghosts n' Goblins , beat 'em ups like Final Fight , and Disney games.
Best selling games [ ]
See also: Best selling games worldwide
Software sales [ ]
Best selling Capcom games as of March 31st, 2022. Sales data from Capcom's official site,[1] unless otherwise noted. Sales for multiple versions of the same game are combined. See individual articles for more details on sales figures.
Arcade sales [ ]
Best selling franchises [ ]
See also: Best selling game franchises
Software sales [ ]
Franchise
Debut
Titles
Sales (millions)[70]
Resident Evil
1996
141
110
Monster Hunter
2004
50
72
Street Fighter
1987
93
52
Mega Man
1987
158
36
Devil May Cry
2001
35
23
Dead Rising
2005
22
14
Marvel vs. Capcom
1998
16
9.9
Onimusha
2001
16
8.4
Ace Attorney
2001
30
8.1
Lost Planet
2006
17
6.3
Dragon's Dogma
2012
13
5.7
Dino Crisis
1999
13
4.4
Ghosts'n Goblins
1985
15
4.3
Sengoku Basara
2005
31
4
Okami
2006
11
3.4
Final Fight
1989
10
3.2
Breath of Fire
1993
15
3.2
1942
1984
3
1.4
Commando
1985
2
1.2
Arcade sales [ ]
Gross revenue [ ]
Franchise
Debut
Revenue (no inflation)
Revenue (with inflation)
Street Fighter
1987
$12.206 billion
$31 billion
Resident Evil
1996
$5.482 billion
$10 billion
Films [ ]
Resident Evil series – $1,407,388,739
Live-action series (2002-2016) – $1,336,002,453
Animated series (2008-2017) – $71,386,286
Street Fighter series – $217,581,321
Street Fighter (1994) – $132,913,521
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) – $66,000,000
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) – $18,667,800
References [ ]
↑ 1.0 1.1 Capcom's "Platinum Titles"
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Street Fighter
↑ Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5 (PS3 & XB360, including DL) - 8.2 million
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (PS3, 360, including DL) - 2.3 million
Resident Evil 5 (PS4 & XB1, including DL) - 2.5 million
↑ Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4 (GameCube) - 1.6 million
Resident Evil 4 (PS2) - 2.3 million
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition (Wii) - 2.0 million
Resident Evil 4 (PS3 & XB360) - 1.2 million
Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition (PC) - 1.9 million
Resident Evil 4 HD (PS4 & XB1, including DL) - 2.6 million
↑ Resident Evil 7 biohazard
Resident Evil 7 biohazard (PS4, XB1, PC, including DL) - 10.90 million
↑ Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 6 (PS3 & 360) - 8.2 million
Resident Evil 6 (PS4 & XB1) - 2.6 million
↑ RESIDENT EVIL 2 (2019)
RESIDENT EVIL 2 (2019) (PS4, XB1, PC, including DL) - 9.60 million
↑ Monster Hunter 3
Monster Hunter Tri (Wii) - 1.9 million
Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP) - 4.9 million
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS) - 2.6 million
↑ Street Fighter IV / Super / Ultra
Street Fighter IV (PS3, XB360, including DL) - 3.40 million
Super Street Fighter IV (PS3, XB360, including DL) - 1.90 million
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (3DS) - 1.30 million
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (PS3, XB360, including DL) - 1.10 million
Ultra Street Fighter IV (PS3, XB360, PC, including DL) - 1.60 million
↑ Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (PS4, XB1, PC, including DL) - 9.20 million
Monster Hunter World Master Edition (PS4, XB1, PC, including DL) - 20+ million
↑ Monster Hunter Rise
Monster Hunter Rise (NSW, PC, including DL) - 9.0 million
↑ Monster Hunter Generations / Ultimate
Monster Hunter Generations (3DS, including DL) - 4.30 million
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (3DS, NSW, including DL) - 4.40 million
↑ Monster Hunter 4 / Ultimate
Monster Hunter 4 (3DS, including DL) - 4.10 million
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (3DS, including DL) - 4.20 million
↑ Monster Hunter 2
Monster Hunter 2 (PS2) - 520,723 thousand
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (PSP) - 2.4 million
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP) - 3.8 million
↑ Street Fighter V / Arcade / Champion
Street Fighter V (PS4, PC, including DL) - 2.0 million
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (PS4, PC, including DL) - 2.1 million
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition (PS4, PC, including DL) - 2.1 million
↑ Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil Village (PS4, PS5, XB1, XSX|S, PC, including DL) - 6.10 million
↑ Resident Evil (remake)
Resident Evil (GameCube) - 1.35 million
Biohazard HD (Wii) - 89,297
Resident Evil HD Remaster (PS3, including DL) - 3.40 million
Resident Evil HD Remaster (Steam) - 560,000
↑ Dragon's Dogma
Dragon's Dogma (PS3, XB360) - 1.30 million
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS3, XB360, including DL) -2.30 million
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS4, XB1, including DL) - 1.70 million
↑ Resident Evil 3 (2020) (PS4, XB1, PC, including DL) - 5.20 million
↑ Resident Evil
Resident Evil (PlayStation) - 2.75 million
Biohazard (Saturn) - 148,400
Resident Evil: Director's Cut - 1.13 million
Resident Evil: Dual Shock Ver. - 1.2 million
↑ Devil May Cry 5 / Special
Devil May Cry 5 (PS4, XB1, PC, including DL) - 5.0 million
Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition (PS5, XSX|S, including DL)
↑ Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2 (PlayStation) - 4.96 million
↑ Devil May Cry 4 / Special
Devil May Cry 4 (PS3, XB360, including DL) - 3.0 million
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (PS4, XB1, including DL) - 1.90 million
↑ Marvel vs. Capcom 3 / Ultimate
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3, XB360) - 2.20 million
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (PS3, XB360, including DL) - 1.20 million
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (PS4, XB1, including DL) - 1.30 million
↑ Resident Evil 0
Resident Evil 0 (GameCube) - 1.25 million
Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster (PS3, PS4, XB1, PC, including DL) - 3.30 million
↑ Dead Rising 2
Dead Rising 2 (PS3, XB360, PC, including DL) - 3.10 million
Dead Rising 2: Off The Record (PS3, XB360, PC, including DL) - 1.40 million
↑ Street Fighter II Turbo
Street Fighter II Turbo (SNES) - 4.10 million
↑ Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PlayStation) - 3.50 million
↑ Resident Evil 0
Resident Evil 0 (GameCube) - 1.25 million
Biohazard 0 (Wii) - 103,614
HD Remaster (PS3, PS4, XB1, PC) - 1.9 million
↑ Dead Rising 3
Dead Rising 3 (Xbox One, including DL) - 3.0 million
↑ Dead Rising
Dead Rising (Xbox 360, including DL) - 1.80 million
Dead Rising HD (PS4, XB1, including DL) - 1.20 million
↑ Resident Evil Revelations
Resident Evil Revelations 2 (PS3, PS4, XB360, XB1, PC, including DL) - 2.90 million
↑ Devil May Cry 3 / Special
DmC Devil May Cry (PS3, XB360, including DL) - 2.60 million
DmC Devil May Cry Definitive Edition (PS4, XB1, including DL) - 1.2 million
↑ * DuckTales (1989) - 1.67 million
DuckTales: Remastered (2013) - 1.1 million
↑ Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Resident Evil Code: Veronica (Dreamcast) - 1.14 million
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (PlayStation 2) - 1.4 million
Biohazard: Revival Selection (PS3, X360) - 171,000
↑ Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PS3, XB360, including DL) - 2.60 million
↑ Resident Evil Revelations
Resident Evil Revelations (3DS) - 208,906 thousand
Resident Evil Revelations (PS3, XB360, Wii U, PC, including DL) - 2.20 million
↑ Dino Crisis
Dino Crisis (PlayStation) - 2.40 million
↑ Devil May Cry 3 / Special
Devil May Cry 3 (PlayStation 2) - 1.30 million
Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (PlayStation 2) - 1.0 million
↑ Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (PS4, XB1, NSW, PC, including DL) - 2.20 million
↑ Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry (PlayStation 2) - 2.16 million
↑ Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny (PlayStation 2) - 2.10 million
↑ Lost Planet 2
Lost Planet 2 (PS3, XB360, including DL) - 2.10 million
↑ Onimusha: Warlords
Onimusha: Warlords (PlayStation 2) - 2.02 million
↑ Street Fighter II Turbo
Super Street Fighter II (SNES) - 2.0 million
↑ Street Fighter x Tekken
Street Fighter x Tekken (PS3, XB360, including DL) - 1.90 million
↑ Okami HD
Okami HD (PS4, XB1, NSW, including DL) - 1.90 million
↑ Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (PS4, XB1, PC, including DL) - 1.90 million
↑ Monster Hunter
Monster Hunter (PS2) - 315,555
Monster Hunter G (PS2) - 223,025
Monster Hunter Freedom (PSP) - 1.3 million
↑ "Million titles" . Company Profile . Capcom . May 2001. p. 7. https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/data/pdf/fy2001b.pdf#page=7 .
↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 Platinum Titles . Capcom . Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved on April 22, 2017.
↑ Lost Planet Extreme Condition
Lost Planet Extreme Condition (Xbox 360, including DL) - 1.70 million
↑ Devil May Cry 2
Devil May Cry 2 (PlayStation 2) - 1.70 million
↑ Street Fighter II' Special Champion Edition
Street Fighter II' Special Champion Edition (MD) - 1.65 million
↑ Ghosts'n Goblins
Ghosts'n Goblins (NES) - 1.64 million
↑ Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (PS4, NSW, including DL) - 1.60 million
↑ Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (PlayStation 2) - 1.52 million
↑ Mega Man 2
Mega Man 2 (NES) - 1.51 million
↑ Monster Hunter 2: Wings of Ruin
Monster Hunter 2: Wings of Ruin (NSW, PC, including DL) - 1.50 million
↑ Kent, Steven L. (September 6, 2001). The Ultimate History of Video Games . New York City, New York: Three Rivers Press . p. 351. ISBN 978-0761536437 .
↑ 1942 (ZX Spectrum) Manual
↑ Mega Man X
↑ Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
↑ Only Xbox One and PC
↑ https://www.polygon.com/2020/7/7/21270906/street-fighter-1-oral-history-takashi-nishiyama
↑ 66.0 66.1 https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/8/22151873/street-fighter-3-an-oral-history
↑ 67.0 67.1 Okamoto, Yoshiki (23 January 2021). (How Darkstalkers Was Born!) Katsuya Akitomo, the Man Who Influenced Character Designs in "CAPCOM" . Event occurs at 6 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-jiOuxVUog .
↑ 68.0 68.1 Meades, Alan (25 October 2022). Arcade Britannia: A Social History of the British Amusement Arcade . MIT Press . p. 184. ISBN 978-0-262-37235-0 . https://books.google.com/books?id=LudaEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA184 . "Capcom's games were excellent, and its Commando was immensely popular, selling more than 15,000 PCBs by early June 1985."
↑ https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/8/22151873/street-fighter-3-an-oral-history
↑ http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/finance/salesdata.html
↑ "Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008" , Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition (Guinness World Records): p. 77, 2008, ISBN 978-1-904994-21-3 , https://books.google.com/books?id=OJQFSlyMEfAC , retrieved 2011-04-09 , "Street Fighter has sold over 25 million console games and 500,000 arcade units generating more than a billion dollars in revenue."
↑ "Call-it Entertainment, Inc. Partners with Capcom to Launch Street Fighter Wireless Game Series" . Business Wire. May 16, 2002. http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/news/2002/137/news9.html .
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