Resident Evil 7 Expected To Ship 10 Million Units, Still Has A Lot Of Work To Do

@umfan36: My only issue with the game is that it's in 1st Person Mode. I want to see my character. Not hands and guns only. Boring. Make that boring to the max.

However, that did not stop me from playing the whole game and also the DLCs because I only play RE7 for the story, not the gameplay. Also easily forgiven when playing with a VR Headset. That way, it is not Ethan, Mia, Zoe, Chris or Joe who we are playing as. At least not just as them. We are playing as ourselves, seeing those Biohazard monsters up close and there's no alert on whether they are present or not. That's what makes a good Survival Horror game.

P.S.: 1st Person Mode also did not stop me from playing Umbrella & Darkside Chronicles. Just that I prefer Resident Evil to remain 3rd Person Shooter.

@ZeEzO: Based on your dull comment I don't think you've played Resident Evil 7, funnily I commend your attempt to at least try and have a noteworthy opinion.

"If you like boring hide and seek games"

Only time you 'need' to hide is in the Mia videotape mini game (optional), and that's if you want a none detection run.

Also Outlast sucks. No weapons, no way to fight back, it's a walking simulator with a Horror setting.

Lastly you got unlimited Ammo with the Albert when you beat Madhouse, that with enchanted ammo is a "big boy" weapon. And that's not counting the awesome Saw you get that rips bosses to pieces.

#gitgud

@Vatusus: Resident Evil 6 from my knowledge had a much bigger budget, but who cares what the worst of scum in System-Wars think?

I personally liked Resi6 and 7. With that stated I did like 7 much, much more. Resi 6 suffered from an identity crisis yet still had its moments and Merc mode was awesome. Resi7 however just felt right and knew what it wanted to be.

@Vatusus: actually, RE 6 was a failure in it's sales. it had a much bigger development&Marketing cost compare to RE 7.(you can tell that by comparing the two games. RE 6 had multiplayer,4 campaigns lots of cutscenes and set pieces and more enemy types. and in the terms of advertisements RE 6 had much more compare to 7)

capcom expected to sell 7 million copies until the end of 2012 but they sold 4.5 million copies.

but Capcom Expected to sell 4 million copies of RE 7 until april.and they have sold 3.5 million so far.

@7tizz: Survival and Survival Horror share only a word, not gameplay.

You survive in a Survival Horror because you have to decide when to use an item and if you should in that situation at all. Make the wrong choice and you've essentially ruined your entire playthrough because you needed X-amont of this item to defeat the monster that's halting progression. -The Evil Within

In Survival games, you're gathering certain food, material, or objects due to a time limit. And if you don't in that time-frame it's a game over screen. -Don't Starve

@Simulator_Shock: Outbreak being a rare exception but you had to play it during its time to really feel how it worked well.

Outbreak deserves a Remaster with online support :)

@7tizz: "What's wrong with extra modes of play in a game?"

The answer I would love to give is "nothing". Sadly, reality proved that the focus on multiplayer normally (slowly) kills the singleplayer part. So to hell with multiplayer.

@7tizz: Extra modes are within Resident Evil 7, Mad House, Video tape mini games, one even being a card game. But they never change the games focus, when developers do such extreme changes, and practically build two systems in one game, it overall results in a weaker product for lacking a focus.

As for multiplayer in Survival Horror, I'm just guessing you don't play many games in the genre to really understand past failings; either that or you just don't quite get what a Survival Horror game is-

Do you know of Alone in the Dark? Or why the ip is dead now? Last game had multiplayer.

Know why Resident Evil went back to its roots? Resident Evil 5/6s focus on multiplayer

Dead Space 3 being garbage? Multiplayer

The rare exception to this was Resident Evil: Outbreak its concept was the entire game. Its focus of splitting up teams for objectives, so it still feels like a Single-Player experience, you still feel alone in the awful city. However for many it was still a massively flawed game due to it still using tank controls and fixed camera angles.

@silv3rst0rm: GTA V managed to sell 12m copies on launch day but this game was long awaited by the masses!

Kids, Girls, Grown-ups, damn EVERYONE loves GTA!

@cashx002: ps4 has had vr since day 1 BOOOOOM!

@RoccoHout: most of the time you're not doing anything fun. That's why I hate this back to its roots BS! RE 4 and 5 revived the franchise. The rest after was crap! Pleasing the GOW and CODs in 6 and the horror fanboys in 7 I think was the wrong direction. RE 4 received high praise. RE 5 sold more than any other. Capcom should've stay with what's not broken. Look at The Evil Within, a game you win and throw in the corner to collect dust. Look at COD and GTA . They never change yet sell millions! Gamers continue to play the, today.I hope to see capcom return to RE 4 and 5. I could play a million times over and over and never get bored. .

@RoccoHout: 6 was a FPS, not a survival horror game. 5 was borderline FPS/Survial. This one is an actual survival horror. 6 was the worst RE ever released.

@dorog1995: The Evil Within sold 3.5 million copies overall a few years back, so Resi 7 having a more well-known name might at least cap at 5mil.

But. . it's true, Capcom are very stupid thinking this will outsell other modern games that have an actual broad appeal. The glory days of Survival Horror started to decline with the rise of 128-bit consoles (not many bought REmake, Haunting Ground, Silent Hill 3,4, and the Siren series). And Survival Horror has only recently had an invest-able audience return.

Wanting 10 million for something like Monster Hunter is at least in bounds, even if it was a Action Horror Resi like Resi5. But a return to roots Horror game? Nope, thought the game was great but many just can't handle those games.

@dorog1995: re 4 did it, probably. But its pretty much been ported to almost every console imaginable, including mobile ( exclusive to samsung on android) and some obscure console called Zeebo. Probably a switch port up next for both re 4&7 lol.