Capcom’s ninth mainline entry in the Resident Evil franchise, Resident Evil Requiem, is 2026’s best selling physical game yet.
Requiem, which released back in February, has sold over 8.5 million copies across all platforms with the game selling 6 million copies in just two months. While not Capcom’s best-selling Resident Evil game, the ninth mainline entry is continuing to sell after launch.
In a report from Alinea Analytics, Capcom’s survival horror game has sold over 1 million physically copies on PlayStation 5 alone. While PlayStation is still planning to end production of physical game discs in 2028, the report shows that there is a significant amount of support for physical copies of Resident Evil titles.
Alinea reports that 1.3 million copies of Resident Evil Requiem have been sold on disc, which makes up “30.2% of the game’s revenue on PlayStation”. While this only makes up “15% of Requiem’s revenue” overall, that’s largely due to the fact that the game sold massive amounts of copies on the digital-only PC platform.
While only accounting for 30% of PlayStation revenue, the game’s physical sales are even more impressive when compared against other platforms. Resident Evil Requiem’s physical PS5 sales alone generated “1.8x more revenue than all copies sold on Xbox,” the report states.
While Resident Evil Requiem made up the bulk of physical game sales across 2026, other games have also performed admirably. In second place, IO Interactive’s 007 First Light sold 873,000 copies on disc. In third place is Marvel’s Wolverine with 799,000 copies sold on disc.
Alinea also notes that “PlayStation first-party games tend to have a way higher share of physical sales than your typical game”, noting that Wolverine is now different. “Of it’s now 2.6 million copies sold, almost 800,000 were physical,” they said. That means around 30% of Marvel’s Wolverine copies have been sold on disc.
While a considerably smaller percentage than it used to be, these numbers still show a desire for players to own their games on physical media. Both Resident Evil Requiem and Marvel’s Wolverine are games that are complete on disc and do not require an online internet connection for any major features, and players still have a desire to own those games.
Unfortunately Sony doesn’t appear to be backing down from its elimination of physical media, despite online backlash and the extremely cheap manufacturing costs compared to Nintendo’s cartridge format. However, with Xbox seemingly attempting to use continued physical game support as a win for the next generation, there’s hope that some physical media will survive in the years to come.
