In a press release on December 11, Capcom announced that the Resident Evil 2 remake had surpassed the sales original PlayStation game with over 5 million units sold in its first year.
The original Resident Evil 2 had sold 4.96 million units for Capcom since it’s release in 1998 for the PlayStation.
On January 30, we reported that the Resident Evil 2 remake shipped 3 million units worldwide during the game’s first week, beating out a series record set by Resident Evil 7, which shipped out 3 million units in 12 days.