{"id":125856,"date":"2022-07-15T09:03:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T07:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=125856"},"modified":"2022-07-15T09:03:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T07:03:49","slug":"resident-evil-2-remake-sells-over-10-million-copies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/125856-resident-evil-2-remake-sells-over-10-million-copies","title":{"rendered":"Resident Evil 2 Remake sells over 10 million copies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Capcom has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capcom.co.jp\/ir\/english\/news\/html\/e220714.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>announced<\/strong><\/a> that its Resident Evil 2 remake has surpassed 10 million units sold worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>This impressive milestone has been reached over three years after the remake&#8217;s release in January 2019 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.<\/p>\n<p>The game was also ported to PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S in June 2021, which helped the game achieve its milestone.<\/p>\n<p>The Remake has received critical acclaim for offering an improved experience from the original game by using the latest technology and maximising the game&#8217;s immersive and dramatic story.<\/p>\n<p>Sales have also been aided by the regular release of new content for the franchise, thanks to titles such as the Resident Evil 3 remaster and Resident Evil Village &#8211; both of which maintained the interest of longtime fans and attracted new players to the series.<\/p>\n<p>A new Resident Evil series is now on Netflix, which has also drawn attention to the famous gaming franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Evil 2 was first released in 1998 and is often considered a horror genre classic.<\/p>\n<p>The Resident Evil 2 Remake is currently on sale for 60% off on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/883710\/Resident_Evil_2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Steam<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/125848-the-most-expensive-sci-fi-and-fantasy-series-to-date\">The most expensive Sci-Fi and Fantasy series to date<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The remake of the classic Resident Evil game has reached a major sales milestone. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":125859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11681,4],"tags":[1502,26376,241],"class_list":["post-125856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-capcom","tag-resident-evil-2-remake","tag-sales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}