Capcom sells record 59 million games in FY25, wants to sell a staggering 65 million this year

Capcom sold a record 59 million games in FY25, making it the most successful year for the company to date.

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It's not all dour news in the games industry as Japanese games publisher Capcom has reported strong results for its Fiscal Year 2025 period. The company sold an impressive 59.07 million games throughout the year, up by over 7 million from last year (+14%). The volume was driven mostly by catalog game sales, but Resident Evil 9 Requiem delivered a heavy boost at the tail-end of the year.

Capcom overshot its sales estimate for the year, beating its original 54 million game sales target for FY25. According to the results, Capcom also had its best-ever Q4 of all time with 24.4 million games sold in the quarter alone, and RE9 represents about 1/3rd of these sales, or 8.3 million.

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What's perhaps most interesting about Capcom's data is how much of its sales volume is made up of already-released games, which makes sense, but it's not every company can move as many units as Capcom.

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83% of the group's yearly sales were made from catalog games, likely due to the steep discounts that the publisher offers on what seems to be a quarterly basis (case in point: Capcom is currently selling Devil May Cry 5 for $4.50 Steam).

Capcom wants to up the ante and push the milestones even farther this year. The company expects to sell a staggering 65 million games in FY26, which ends in March 2027.

Based on the thunderous sales results we've already seen from games like Pragmata, and the long tail of Resident Evil 9 coupled with the incoming Onimusha: Way of the Sword game, Capcom might be able to hit this mark if it continues strategically discounting its games while simultaneously launching new titles and re-releases on multiple platforms.