Spartan_X Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 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. News source: GameSpot Comment: $30.000.000 in just two weeks is more than appealing for Capcom to make a version of DMC and RE on the 360... :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trix Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 YAY! more capcom games on the 360 :D - dr only shipping half a mil? that seems low to me or am i setting my expectations way to high? xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingwo Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Setting your expectations too high. This is excellent, this will definately bode well for a sequel. Shame us UK folk still have to wait till next friday (thursday pre-orders) for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshuggah Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 i still think the only reason these games are even selling this high of numbers is because of the LACK OF GAMES COMING OUT FOR THE 360. Wow, 2 good games this summer. Maybe that's why! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noveed Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 offit them numbers like, i wonder how many get sold in the uk thought ... i doubt there have been 1m 360s sold in the uk, im guessing it will probs ship 100k-200k tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted September 2, 2006 Veteran Share Posted September 2, 2006 I played the demo. It was brain lickin' good! Yep, not out here either, although my local GAME is taking pre-orders. They are also stocking an SE (special edition) copy of it. What's all that about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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