Dead Rising ships half a million

Capcom's zombie genocide game ships more than 500,000 units in first two weeks on shelves; title heads to Europe, Japan next month.

Looks like the Xbox 360 is treating Capcom just fine. The Japanese publisher has only released two games for the system, the Xbox Live Arcade game Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting and Dead Rising, but each game has put up some impressive sales figures.

Two days after its early August release, SF2 was announced by Capcom as XBLA's fastest-selling game to date. No numbers were disclosed, but the company did tout the fact that "hundreds of matches were being played every hour."

Now it appears that Capcom's other Xbox 360 game, Dead Rising, is also quite the hot item. The company revealed today that it shipped more than 500,000 copies of the game in its first two weeks of release in North America.

While killing zombies with Frisbees and lawnmowers seems to be a winning formula on its own, Capcom says the sales figures are a result of more than just the attraction of slaughtering meandering meatbags.

"In preparation for the next generation transition, in 2005 Capcom concentrated on creating titles for foreign markets while seeking to improve its marketing, sales, and business-operations functions in North America," the company said in a statement. "Dead Rising's early success is attributable to these changes and Capcom's foresighted philosophy of embracing next-generation development to yield a high quality title with worldwide appeal."

Dead Rising, which was released on August 8, is rated M for Mature and retails for $59.99. The game will be released in Europe on September 8 and in Japan on September 28. For more information on the game, read GameSpot's review.

148 Comments

  • s0ild_snake

    Posted Jan 15, 2007 5:56 am PT

    cool

  • 85072

    Posted Dec 30, 2006 4:55 pm PT

    i love this game!

  • 11010100

    Posted Dec 19, 2006 1:56 am PT

    Shuddup lhardwick692 it's a brilliant game.

  • lhardwick692

    Posted Dec 18, 2006 8:50 pm PT

    the only reason this game sold big is because nothing had came out worthwhile for the 360 so we 360 owners were starving craving games to play--who knew that killing zombies by the thousands would sell so much--its called strategy----keep limited titles down and hype up--people will buy and play anything when very little is offered to play

  • gallagher06

    Posted Sep 4, 2006 2:27 pm PT

    sickboy no one really cares what u say, u gave saints row a 9.1 and oblivion a 9.6

  • death_burnout

    Posted Sep 2, 2006 3:59 pm PT

    stfu sickboy

  • gbrading Site moderator

    Posted Sep 2, 2006 2:48 pm PT

    I wonder if there is any chance that its success will mean it will be ported to the PC or PS2/3. I live in hope of the PC option.

  • posternutbag99

    Posted Aug 31, 2006 5:41 am PT

    hopefully we will see resident evil 5 for the 360
    RE4 was one of the best games I ever played

  • soulknight63133

    Posted Aug 31, 2006 3:19 am PT

    Karjah- You'll still come out on the short end of the stick to people like myself who have BOTH!...lol. YOU....PC GAMER...ME PC&CONSOLE GAMER= YOU PWNED...lol

  • soulknight63133

    Posted Aug 31, 2006 3:11 am PT

    [This message was deleted at the request of the original poster]

  • Sickboy_NOLA

    Posted Aug 31, 2006 3:09 am PT

    This game bites.

  • s0ild_snake

    Posted Aug 31, 2006 3:04 am PT

    its a good game i play it put i wont this game on ps2 or ps3

  • risi37

    Posted Aug 31, 2006 2:19 am PT

    Thats great i want this game for pc or ps3

  • ivan_the_one

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 9:33 pm PT

    dead rishing was incredibly realistic to american malls and the characters were also quite how do I say this....american in presentation.

  • WiiWillRockU12

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 7:50 pm PT

    me and my friend play this game all the time this game is amazing omg i love it the whole concept is perfect for 360 and its made by zombie game experts, its an appitizer for resident evil 5

  • ColdPizzaKid111

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 5:47 pm PT

    "oddworld7
    stupid fanboys. Sticking with one system instead of games. Now ur only limited to games of the system. oh wait fanboys= 13 years w/o no money"


    Atleast most fanboys that are 13 years old have better grammar than you.

  • Seraphim_24

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 4:44 pm PT

    Ya know this took my off guard, and to top it off Enchant Arms and Xenosaga 3 are out. The guy at EB told me they'd be out in October!

  • kellypimps

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 3:36 pm PT

    I've probably had more fun playing Dead Rising than any other game these past few years.

    Lost Planet is way up their on my highly anticipated games list and with half a million copies of DR shipped in North America alone, it looks like I'll be looking forward to a DR sequel as well. :]

  • gameloverx

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 3:05 pm PT

    Way to go Capcom! You guys rock

  • dubanarrieta

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 3:05 pm PT

    dead dead dead, this game is awesone

  • azeos

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 2:41 pm PT

    rckbikes
    capcom should make a megaman zombie dinosaur game. All were missing are the dinosaur's in dead rising

  • gagan21

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 1:49 pm PT

    dead rising is awsome and 1 of the reasons that i bought my 360 for

  • oddworld7

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 12:43 pm PT

    stupid fanboys. Sticking with one system instead of games. Now ur only limited to games of the system. oh wait fanboys= 13 years w/o no money

  • _Sam_

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 11:51 am PT

    I wish I had a 360...

  • polybus

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 11:50 am PT

    This is a good game but the success of this game, I believe, was mostly based on timing. After the drought of releases, the 360 owners were dying for a decent release. This one fit the bill and everyone bought it. It had no competition!

    I hope this shows developers that they don't have to hold back great releases that are finished until the christmas season to get a good return on their investment.

  • HeyzeusNYC

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 11:32 am PT

    HEY HEY CAPCOM U KNOW HOW U CAN MAKE MORE MONEY OUT OF US??

    GIVE US POWERSTONE 2

    AND RESIDENT EVIL 5/ONLINE

    YA ANY IDEAS ON THAT??

  • rckbikes

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 11:31 am PT

    capcom should make a megaman zombie dinosaur game.

  • mcgrawgamer

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 10:45 am PT

    good news. hopefully lost planet will sell like this as well. I think that game would really put japanese developers on the bandwagon no matter how much they don't always agree with working with an american company they still wanna get paid. Especially if phantasy star online sells good for the 360

  • ashuncc2

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 10:44 am PT

    Hopefully, this will entice more of the Japanese developers for X360.....and gamers.

  • gapboi954

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 10:32 am PT

    Thats good news

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 10:11 am PT

    I wonder if seeing how well this is selling it will be able to show Capcom we want a sequel. The first one was good and I would love to see another one. Also I wonder if seeing how well this game is doing will make this game come out on the PS3 also. I hope not I really would much prefer a Sequel to this on the PS3 and 360 over another one of the same game.

    So bring on another Dead Rising game I want to see what happens next.

  • Riverwolf007

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 9:50 am PT

    This is a great game and with the impressive sale figures we will see even more japanese companies jump on the 360 development bandwagon. Now go out and snap up those copies of SAINTS ROW!!!!!!

  • peeweeshift

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 9:46 am PT

    dead rising deserves to be up at the top the bugs are nothing to hamper the game.(that is my opinion of course)

  • SPANNER-MAN

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 9:38 am PT

    Grimbee, what you speak is true, and that's why sony added the hardrive so that can cut down on the load time using the hardrive. Notice they are using the same effect the first xbox did. I do recall when xbox did many people where skeptical about it, but it work beautifuly, now sony is using the same idea, for streaming there games using the hardrive. But if they wanted to get rid of the loading they can do just that on the 360 as well. But i just don't know the concept around it.

  • WESLY_SNYPES

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 9:19 am PT

    I'm glad they banned you lhardwick because you didn't have anything relevant to add to anything last night and it seems you still haven't learned your lesson.

  • master_shan99

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 9:13 am PT

    Can't wait for this game - played the demo about 30 times now and I never get bored of it.

  • Icekxg

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 8:38 am PT

    man, Capcom is on top of their game and with titles like Lost Planet and eventually RE5, they're going to be a juggernaut on the 360.

  • GrimBee

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 8:29 am PT

    No worries man, it's no loss to us (lol). I have been banned for a bit on the forums, because i posted about if people had modded their xbox (which is a no go area apparently). I decorated my xbox up, and wanted to know if people added lights or decorations to theirs (like skins etc mostly), but i was banned for that without any warning.

    Now, every single other forum i go on, gives you a warning from a mod saying "please, dont mention things like this which could introduce illegal activity". And simply removes your post, no harm done. Not just a simple ban for a set period of time aswell as removing the post with a generic "banned for illegal activity" message.
    Not only were the allegations incorrect against me, but i was unaware that skinning an xbox was illegal (lol).

    But anyways, i cancelled my subscription a little while before that (the site was slow, and was down alot when i needed it). But i am definately going to re-subscribe! However, if i get banned for posting something i was unaware wasnt postable, with no warning or anything, then im off to ign.

    Anyways, lhardwick692, if your last post isnt deleted.. something fishy is going on here! hehe

    BACK ON TOPIC (my reason for posting) Incubus420, i totally agree with you about the loading.. there is so much data to load though My friends have this game imported for their usa 360 they have, and even though i only spent a few hours on it, it was really truely a blast to play.
    But the ONLY gripe i had was that the game is very simple, and you just wanna kill stuff, and to have the long loading times in between kinda takes you out of the game for a little TOO long.

    But can you imagine what load times would be for packed blu ray discs??!?!? The 360 discs arent fully packed with data, there is a lot of room left, however, the load times for the entire disc would be crazy.
    But can you imagine the load times?!?! FOR A BLU RAY i ask?! It would be much longer because there would be far more data in random places to access... and i wouldnt expect the ps3's read times get any better with age..

    This game is perfect for the 360, its not worth the price of a full ps3 game (like mgs4.. for like $60) the 360 being dropped in price, its online playability and cheaper games means this game is PERFECT for the platform, and i think it will sell exeedingly well in all territories.

    I think one thing which would be great is to download new characters made by people from the net. Like, it would be nice, by whenever dead rising 2 comes out, the connectivity with the 360 and vista.. capcom could release a dead rising character maker, you would install it by inserting the game into your pc, and you can upload them to your xbox, or to a live network. And who knows, your character might even reach the number one download spot!

    And that is what i like about the 360, possibilities and great games.

  • lhardwick692

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 8:12 am PT

    [This message was deleted at the request of a moderator or administrator]

  • Incubus420

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 8:00 am PT

    Its a good game just gets loading begins to be a Bitcch...

  • shasam712

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 7:56 am PT

    Thats a hell of alot of copies!!! Go Capcom, Dead Rising was a fantastic idea.

    Capcom = King of Zombies.

  • amirkalloe

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 7:45 am PT

    great...great. This is good

  • hemakm3

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 7:18 am PT

    Awesome.

  • UmonDaisuke

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 7:15 am PT

    Very impressive, considering the user base. This reminds me of the original Onimusha sales in the US, which were very good for a new IP in the US within the first year of the PS2. Hopefully DR2 will fare just as good, if not better (unlike Onimusha 2)

    "I surely hope that Capcom changes their tune now about releasing curtains titles only for the PS3 like Onimusha, Devil May Cry4, ect. With 500,000 copies shiped, that number might just double, or even triple once Lost Planet is released! :}"

    Well, each title has its own target sales figures so LP's won't overlap DR's and vise versa. As for PS3 exclusives, they're in the same league as 360 exclusives. So, if any of the titles (be it DR, LP, DMC4 etc) fail to sell well in all territories, there is a chance that they'll get ported. Speculative of course, since the matter isn't that simple. Keep in mind also, that the figure of 500K here is shipped, not sell through. They'll only ship more if there is more demand in the long run.

  • Mr_Bodywave

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 7:12 am PT

    THat is 500k in North America only--in 2 weeks. THat could top 1mil or more in NA. Europe could match that. At $60 each and maybe 2mil copies--that woudl be $120mil. Not bad. I think this just might attract some more publishers/games.

  • aznjeon89

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 7:10 am PT

    zombie genocide....enough said

  • dodgyd55

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 7:07 am PT

    love capcom all i want to see now is some high quality saga games !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE ANOUNCE ANOTHER JSR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • NoShenanigans

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 6:51 am PT

    Lost........Planet..........................more..........Capcom..............games.......................

  • TintedChimes

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 6:48 am PT

    meatbags!

  • rfx76

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 6:34 am PT

    I surely hope that Capcom changes their tune now about releasing curtains titles only for the PS3 like Onimusha, Devil May Cry4, ect. With 500,000 copies shiped, that number might just double, or even triple once Lost Planet is released! :}

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