Capcom is celebrating its highest software program unit gross sales for the primary half of a fiscal 12 months within the firm’s 47-year historical past, with video games like Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil 2, and RE7 Biohazard main the fray.
It’s secure to say that 2026 was a vastly profitable 12 months for Capcom, and its subsequent fiscal 12 months is already wanting simply as rosy. Within the 2026 calendar 12 months, the developer launched three Sport of the 12 months contenders in Resident Evil Requiem, the brand new however formidable Pragmata, and Onimusha: Way of the Sword, all of which have been met with vital acclaim.
These latest titles aren’t accountable for making up the majority of its earnings for its present fiscal 12 months, although. As an alternative, older titles like Monster Hunter World (a live-service recreation that launched in 2018), Resident Evil 2 Remake (2019), and Resident Evil 7: BioHazard (2017) took the highest three spots in its high ten best-selling titles for the primary half of its 2027 fiscal 12 months.
Given their reputation and status, it’s not a large shock that these three titles proceed to do gangbusters for Capcom virtually a decade after their launch. For instance, in July, Resident Evil 2 Remake officially dethroned Resident Evil 5 because the collection’ best-selling recreation at 19.75 million copies bought — a quantity that, as of Capcom’s newest public monetary report, has elevated by 2.06 million to sit down at 20.38 million whole copies bought.
Monster Hunter World takes the cake far and away, although, sitting at 30.83 million items bought at a 1.17 million enhance. RE 7 takes third place at 20.38 million items, with a 2.06 million unit enhance.
The entire record of Capcom’s high ten best-selling video games within the first half of its 2027 fiscal 12 months is as follows:
- Monster Hunter World – 30.83m (+1.17m)
- Resident Evil 2 – 20.38m (+2.06m)
- Resident Evil 7 – 18.87m (+1.47m)
- Resident Evil 4 Remake – 17.5m (+3.54m)
- Resident Evil Village – 16.27m (+1.33m)
- Resident Evil 3 – 14.93m (+1.56m)
- Satan Might Cry 5 – 14.78m (+1.83m)
- Resident Evil Requiem – 8.51m (+1.59m)
- Pragmata – 2.73m
- Onimusha: Approach of the Sword – 1.78m
It is price noting that the most recent Monster Hunter entry, Monster Hunter Wilds, is not listed on right here. Nonetheless, the earlier recreation within the collection continues to be a juggernaut for Capcom, going to indicate simply how unpopular Wilds is following oodles of player complaints within the 12 months because it’s February 2025 launch… and that is even after Capcom ‘permanently’ slashed the game’s price.
In accordance with Capcom’s financial report, these figures mark the corporate’s highest-ever whole and catalog unit gross sales for an H1 interval, and most of them have been digital. This identical report exhibits {that a} staggering 92.4% of gross sales have been digital, with 57.1% coming from PC and 35.3% from consoles. In stark comparability, bodily items make up simply 7.6% of gross sales. (That is truly a little bit of a drop from its previously reported digital sales figures again in Q1 2026, which was listed at 93.3%.)
This all comes scorching off the heels of Capcom’s two latest movie variations, with Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie turning into probably the most worthwhile within the collection’ historical past and Street Fighter launching to number one on the field workplace throughout its opening weekend (news of a sequel, nonetheless, continues to be up within the air).
Pragmata additionally carried out properly for Capcom, with company officer Yoshikazu Shimauchi suggesting that gross sales have been so good that the likelihood of a sequel is high. Mix that with Onimusha selling one million copies on day one, it’s clear that 2026 is Capcom’s 12 months. Now, we simply must see how The Sport Awards pan out.
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