A press release from Capcom today announced that one of my all time favorite games ever, Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition has shipped over 1 million units worldwide. Not surprising as it is one of the most kick-ass games in history (damm straight). But while this is interesting to hear, noticed that Capcom stated that it had shipped , not sold. So the actual sales figures are still a bit flaky. But then again, that’s still not bad for game that’s been around for 2 years. Resident Evil 4 has showed up four different platforms already including the GameCube, PS2, PC, and of course our lovely little Wii. According to GameSpot.com, the combine sales figure since August for all the platform is 2.1 million units and $73.9 million in revenue in the US. There you go Leon, you’re now bankable.

The entire Resident Evil series itself has shipped more than 33 million worldwide and Capcom is going to bank on it again once Resident Evil : Umbrella Chronicles launches for the Wii on November 13 (the day after the “Galaxy”), and later on next year with the next big release of Resident Evil 5 on the 360, PS3 (but no Wii….booooo!). Speaking of Capcom making money with the Resident Evil franchise, anyone hear about the upcoming Resident Evil CGI movie? Apparently Capcom and Sony Pictures Entertainment is going to team up and release three live-action films based on the Resident Evil universe. Except that this time around we won’t be seeing anymore of Milla Jovovich, but rather CGI in the footsteps of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy : Spirits Within. Yeah, we all remember how well that one turned out. Wonder if Capcom does…? 

Put down those guns Milla…you won’t need them in CGI…