Resident Evil Requiem Sales Prompt Capcom to Raise Profit Forecast

The occurrence of Resident Evil Requiem means Capcom is raising its earning forecast for the year.

In a newly-released fiscal statement, the Resident Evil steadfast said that Requiem's immense income (now up to 7 cardinal copies and climbing) had contributed to "net sales, operating profit, mean nett and nett profit" that each "outperform our antecedently announced foreast."

Capcom besides said it had seen unexpected maturation successful income of older titles, which had besides contributed to its outsized income performance. The past twelvemonth has notably seen Capcom supporting Monster Hunter Wilds and Street Fighter 6 with further content.

The institution present expects nett income of 195.3 cardinal yen (around $1.2 billion), up astir 3% from its erstwhile forecast for the 12 months ending March 31, 2026. It besides present expects nett net of 54.5 cardinal yen nett net ($320 million), up 6.9% from its erstwhile forecast.

"In our halfway Digital Contents business, successful summation to Resident Evil Requiem (the latest rubric successful the Resident Evil bid that was released successful the 4th fourth of the fiscal twelvemonth ended March 31, 2026) being met with wide acclaim globally, income grew for catalog titles from large bid owed to their dependable popularity," Capcom wrote. "Additionally, Arcade Operations, Amusement Equipments, and Other Businesses each performed favorably."

Requiem has been breaking income records for the franchise since its release, erstwhile it shifted a stunning 5 cardinal copies successful conscionable 5 days — making it the fastest-selling Resident Evil crippled successful the full franchise Happily, fans inactive person plentifulness much to travel from the game, including adjacent month’s mysterious contented update that players expect volition adhd a caller mentation of the franchise’s The Mercenaries mode — particularly aft datamine leak revealed tense caller music. Following that, a full-blown communicative DLC is besides successful the works.

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