Resident Evil Requiem Surpasses $500M in Revenue as Xbox Accounts for Just 8.6% of Sales, With PS5 and Steam Splitting the Remaining 91%
Resident Evil Requiem earns $500M and sells 8.5M copies: PS5 48.1%, Steam 43.4%, Xbox 8.6%, wider than its hardware share suggests.
Background: A Series Favorite on PlayStation While Xbox Trails
Resident Evil Requiem is Capcom's latest survival horror release and one of this year's biggest Resident Evil games. Its platform split is arriving inside a console generation where PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S are not evenly positioned.
By June, PS5 had shipped 95.3 million units. Six years into its lifecycle, hardware prices are rising and sales momentum has notably slowed. But PS5 is still expected to get a shot in the arm this fall when GTA 6 arrives, and the game's marketing is exclusively plastered all over the platform.
Microsoft stopped reporting Xbox Series X/S sales figures years ago, though its current pair of consoles are believed to have sold a little over 35 million units to date. That figure is worryingly below the Xbox One, which shifted 58 million units during the last console generation. Resident Evil also has historically enjoyed a stronger home on PlayStation consoles, particularly in Japan, where Xbox never gained a proper sales foothold.
Development: Today's Alinea Analytics Data Shows the Split
Data published today by Alinea Analytics shows Resident Evil Requiem is still selling faster than any other game in Capcom's survival horror series so far. The game has now passed $500 million in total revenue and has moved 8.5 million copies across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
The platform breakdown is stark. Only 8.6% of those 8.5 million copies, or around 731,000, were sold for Xbox consoles. By comparison, 48.1% of copies sold on PS5, around 4.01 million, and 43.4% sold via Steam, around 3.69 million.
Steam's share is worth reading carefully: it represents a major PC storefront, not necessarily every possible PC sale. Even so, the 43.4% Steam figure shows how central PC remains for this single release, while Xbox sits at 8.6% across the same measured period.
The gap is wider than a simple hardware comparison would suggest. If PS5 and Xbox Series X/S were roughly aligned with their installed bases, Xbox's share might be expected to track closer to its console base. In Resident Evil Requiem's case, PS5 captures 48.1% and Xbox captures 8.6%, a split that makes Xbox look further behind than the believed 95.3 million PS5 units versus a little over 35 million Xbox Series X/S units would alone imply.
Latest Progress: The GTA 6 Preorder Argument That Came a Day Before
Today's Resident Evil Requiem data comes just a day after a report pointed to a similarly significant sales split for GTA 6 preorders. The Verge's Tom Warren stated that pre-sales for Rockstar's upcoming blockbuster were "heavily skewed" towards PS5, something that had set off "alarm bells" within Microsoft's Redmond campus.
In a statement shared with IGN, Matthew Ball of Xbox's chief strategy office responded to that claim by stating that Microsoft was "very happy with GTA 6 preorders," which were "breaking records for Xbox" and "matching our share of the console market." Exactly which records were being broken, Ball did not elaborate.
The Requiem numbers make that hardware-share explanation harder to accept. No one should expect a 50:50 sales split for Resident Evil Requiem or GTA 6 preorders across Sony and Microsoft's consoles. PS5 has clearly outsold Xbox Series X/S this generation by some margin, and no one at Xbox is trying to pretend otherwise.
Still, the Requiem split shows Xbox lagging PS5 far more than its believed hardware situation would suggest. It also arrives while Microsoft struggles through a huge reorganization aimed at ensuring its survival.
What It Means for Players and Microsoft
For players, the data points to a practical question: where will a major third-party hit actually sell? Resident Evil Requiem is Capcom's fastest-selling entry in the series so far, yet Xbox accounts for only 8.6% of its copies. That suggests a large part of the game's audience is buying it on PS5 or Steam rather than on Xbox Series X/S.
For Microsoft, the concern is not one game alone. The 8.6% Xbox share raises a harder question: are people who actually have Xbox Series X/S now leaving it behind to play on PC or another console? If so, Xbox's problem may not be hardware sales alone, but software engagement across the console's installed base.
The next console generation may test whether Microsoft can win those players back. The company is believed to be launching a machine that can also play games from third-party PC storefronts, a feature that could reduce the distance between Xbox and PC gaming. Whether that would be enough to improve a title like Resident Evil Requiem on Xbox remains unproven.
For now, the timeline is clear: Resident Evil Requiem has passed $500 million in revenue and 8.5 million copies sold, with 8.6% on Xbox, 48.1% on PS5, and 43.4% on Steam. The game may be the series' strongest seller so far, but the platform story is the sharper takeaway.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which platforms does the sales data cover?
The article says Resident Evil Requiem’s sales were measured across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. The PC portion is represented by Steam, and the article notes that this may not include every possible PC sale.
How much has Resident Evil Requiem sold?
The game has surpassed $500 million in total revenue and sold 8.5 million copies across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. It is described as Capcom’s fastest-selling entry in the series so far.
What is the sales split by platform?
According to Alinea Analytics data cited in the article, Xbox accounts for 8.6% of sales, or about 731,000 copies. PS5 accounts for 48.1%, or about 4.01 million copies, while Steam accounts for 43.4%, or about 3.69 million copies.
Why is Xbox’s share so low in the article?
The article points to several possible factors: Xbox Series X/S is believed to have sold a little over 35 million units, compared with 95.3 million PS5 units shipped; Resident Evil has historically performed better on PlayStation, especially in Japan; and the data suggests much of the audience bought the game on PS5 or Steam instead of Xbox.
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