Capcom's Wii Sales Estimates

Capcom have released approximate figures on what one of their current retail Wii games has sold and their hopes for another title later this year.

From German gaming site Gamefront, the Japanese Gaming Giant wishes to push 500,000 copies of the port Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop onto customers, although less-than-stellar previews and a strong lack of the original game's key Element may hinder sales greatly.

Great news for fans of Clover Studio's Masterpiece Okami; The Wii port of the game has managed to sell very well, reaching the 300,000 mark across all territories, in particular 210,000 in the US and 90,000 in Europe (no Japan figures are known). Certainly not bad for an overlooked port with no new features that didn't sell well first time around. And who knows, if sales continue (Zavvi, 13 pounds), that sequel might not be too far away...

Update

Capcom have released even more sales data.

Since the last sales data gathering, total units of Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition sold have jumped up by 100,000 to 1,400,000 worldwide. Also, spin-off Resident Evil The Umbrella Chronicles has increased by 50,000 to 1,150,000.

The Wii version of Resident Evil 4 has had the largest jump in sales relative to its LTD, and surpassed the sales numbers of REmake on GC, as well as matching Dead Rising on XBox 360 and Resident Evil CODE: Veronica X for PS2.
Combining the sales of Resident Evil 4 on all of its platforms, Gamecube, Playstation 2 and Wii, the number comes to 5,050,000, swiftly surpassing Resident Evil 2 on PSOne, and if the Wii Version sales continue, the forth game in the series could become the best-selling one in less than a year.