Resident Evil 4 remake is fastest-selling game in the series by far but whats next?Adam StarkeyPublished January 6, 2025 6:05pmUpdated January 6, 2025 6:05pm Its certainly time for bingo (Capcom)Capcoms Resident Evil 4 remake has surpassed nine million copies sold, as it looks to become the best-selling entry in the series.After hitting eight million copies sold in October last year, Capcoms excellent Resident Evil 4 remake has already passed another sales milestone.As confirmed by Capcom this week, the remake has now sold over nine million copies. That means it sold one million copies within the past three months, which is impressive for a title that came out in March 2023.When compared with the sales of other Resident Evil games in their eighth quarter, Resident Evil 4 remake is actually top of the list making it the fastest-selling entry in the series yet.Games industry business development manager Alex Aniel, who is the author of Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History Of Resident Evil, crunched the numbers in a post on X where he described Resident Evil 4 remake as the fastest-selling entry by far.According to Aniel, Resident Evil 4 remakes one million sales during its eighth quarter are higher than Resident Evil Village (500,000), Resident Evil 7 (400,000), and both Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil 2 remakes (300,000 each) during the same period.With over nine million sales, Resident Evil 4 remake is also outpacing Resident Evil Village as the fastest-selling entry ever, which had sold 7.9 million in total during the same timeframe.https://twitter.com/dev1_official/status/1876175498398822673While these updated figures are not yet reflected on Capcoms official list of its best-selling games, this pace suggests Resident Evil 4 remake has a good chance of eventually becoming the best-selling title in the series.As of September 2024, Resident Evil 2 remake holds that accolade with over 14.5 million units sold since January 2019, followed by Resident Evil 7 at 14 million. If Resident Evil 4 remake doesnt drop the pace too much, it should surpass both of them this year or next.https://twitter.com/cvxfreak/status/1876181041783984596What is the next Resident Evil remake?Capcom has confirmed it is working on more Resident Evil remakes, but nothing has been announced about what title they will tackle next.There is, however, good evidence to suggest Resident Evil: Code Veronica and Resident Evil Zero are next in the pipeline. In May 2024, reliable insider Dusk Golem claimed these were both in development, which has been corroborated by both IGN and VGCs Andy Robinson.Ive talked to many others behind the scenes about this at this point, its something I heard over a year ago, think it was going to get out whether I was the one to say it or not, and thats about it, Dusk Golem wrote on X.The same insider has since suggested these remakes will not be as ambitious as Resident Evil 4, describing the latter as the crown jewel for Capcom which proved to be the most challenging one to tackle in scale, scope, [and] expectation.Resident Evil Zero and Code: Veronica were picked for a number of reasons, they wrote on Discord (via Wccftech). But I do believe a big one is theyre good titles to improve from their originals that allow for more horror-focused design up the alley of Resident Evil 2, which was a big success, and continue the remake train, which has been very successful for them.This suggests well have a long while to wait for any potential remake of Resident Evil 5, along with the rumoured revamp of the original.Capcoms next Resident Evil game, however, is assumed to be Resident Evil 9, which was officially announced in July last year. Nothing has been said about it since though and theres little clue as to what it will be like, with the only rumour so far suggesting it may be open world.More TrendingGiven the amount of information that has leaked out about other Resident Evil games though, well likely learn more before the official unveiling whenever that is. Theres a strong thirst for remakes (Capcom)Emailgamecentral@metro.co.uk, leave a comment below,follow us on Twitter, andsign-up to our newsletter.To submit Inbox letters and Readers Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use ourSubmit Stuff page here.For more stories like this,check our Gaming page.GameCentralExclusive analysis, latest releases, and bonus community content.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Your information will be used in line with our Privacy Policy