Resident Evil 4 Leads the Charge in a Hot Month for Japanese Games
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- 04 Apr 2023
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The Resident Evil 4 remake set a series record for concurrent players on Steam. "2023 will stand as a peak harvest year for Japanese games," says Daniel Robson.
March has been a strong month for games from Japan — giving game fans around the world some unforgettable new experiences. They have also kept our editorial team at IGN Japan plenty busy. The headline game release this month was Resident Evil 4, a new-generation remake of Capcom's groundbreaking GameCube survival horror game of the same title from 2005.
Released on March 24, this new version has been widely praised by media and fans alike. IGN gave Resident Evil 4 10/10: "The Resident Evil 4 remake is the series' most relentlessly exciting adventure rebuilt, refined, and realized to the full extent of its enormous potential." At IGN Japan we scored it 9/10: "Resident Evil 4 is simply one of the best remakes out there. It doesn't only modernize the original game, but also gives the player more ways to tackle combat … That being said, in 2023, Resident Evil 4 doesn't leave quite the same impact as the original did back in 2005."
A Record-Breaker on Steam
Resi 4 is the latest in an incredible streak of successes from Capcom. Its past couple of Monster Hunter entries saw massive global sales. Not to mention the huge hype surrounding the upcoming Street Fighter 6.
Capcom has thoroughly revived its zombie-bashing Resident Evil series over the past few years, releasing new titles such as Resident Evil Village alongside comprehensive remakes of Resi 2 and 3. But this updated Resident Evil 4 has outperformed its siblings already. In fact, it set a new series record for concurrent players on Steam (nearly 170,000). Within just two days of release, it sold an impressive 3 million copies. That's a lot of zombies.
Known as Biohazard in Japan, the franchise has always been popular here, but now more than ever. At IGN Japan, we've noticed the uptick in interest in the Resident Evil series. Our audience has responded ever better to our coverage of the series. For example, earlier this month we published a gameplay video for the new game. It racked up some 235,000 views on YouTube, becoming one of our top videos for the month. Read More…
