Monster Hunter Wilds may not have been the earnings driver that Capcom’s investors would have wanted, but Capcom is far from down. Bloomberg reports that its stock price rose by 12 percent, the biggest single-day gain on a Wednesday in the past 18 months.
While Street Fighter 6 and other older titles performed well, the Resident Evil franchise performed especially strongly last month. Furthermore, pre-orders for Resident Evil Requiem have exceeded Capcom’s internal forecasts.
The company initially forecast ¥73 billion in profit and ¥190 billion in sales for the fiscal year ending March, but Toyo Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda says it’s likely to surpass both. In the ninth month period ending December 2025, Capcom sold a whopping 34.64 million games – up 13.5 percent year-over-year.
Resident Evil Requiem made headlines weeks after its first trailer by crossing one million wishlists. The development team and marketing have helped sustain interest since then, especially following the reveal of Leon S. Kennedy as the second playable character.
Launching on February 27th, Resident Evil Requiem will be available for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2. You can check out all the latest information here and learn more about how Capcom leveraged lessons from Resident Evil 7: biohazard and Resident Evil Village for its environments here.
