
WorthPlaying writes: "It's rare for a series to reinvent itself as heavily as Resident Evil has. The original Resident Evil was the forefather of the modern-day survival horror game. Be it Silent Hill or Fatal Frame, everything in that genre owes a little something to Resident Evil. Yet Resident Evil 4 took the series in a completely new direction, forgoing the series' trademark zombies altogether and introducing more action-heavy elements. It was an unusual change, but it gave us one of the best games of the last generation. Rather than reinvent the wheel, Capcom's Resident Evil 5 is following the same basic structure as Resident Evil 4, but adding some interesting new features to the mix."

Circana data shows Resident Evil 5 as the best selling Resident Evil game in the US, ahead of Resident Evil 4 remake and Village.
So the most successful RE is the one where a white man is killing Africans.
This can't be real.

New leaks from Dusk Golem detail cancelled Resident Evil projects, including a Rebecca focused Revelations game, while stating no Resident Evil 5 remake is in development.
Capcom's willingness to invest in experiments and scrap them sets them apart form many other developers (Nintendo have a similar methodology). Far too often companies push a game setting or game mechanic that is just not that good and the final product is middling or poor.

Dusk Golem claims a Resident Evil 5 remake is not coming this year, with a Code Veronica remake expected instead.
Hopefully if and when they do a RE5 remake, they give it the RE3 remake treatment, because this is certainly one title that I don't want a faithful remake of.