When you take into account the age of the game and the 3 previous releases, yes, that is indeed awesome.  But apparently Mature games don't sell on the Wii.  Or perhaps, the really good ones will and that is the message developers need to understand.  

Perhaps mature titles can sell well on Wii?

I have it on the PS2 and I played the hell out of it back then. I have resisted rebuying for the Wii thus far despite all the temptation.

A good game sells well - nice to see.

" Perhaps mature titles can sell well on Wii? "

Given the fact the game received little to no advertising in any region after Capcom decided not to TV advertise, these numbers are certainly impressive. The only question is now is if Capcom see potential in creating a ground up Wii game using Motion Plus, alongside a good promotional package to prompt sales. I think they could get a 3m seller in the same time frame easily given the Wii userbase in want of such a game.

I played it for the first time on the Wii, and it's my absolute favorite game on the system. That might be sad, considering it's a Gamecube port, so I might be missing the point, but that is just a quality game.

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" Perhaps mature titles can sell well on Wii? "

I think the counter-argument would be that it's not only a franchise with a legacy, but a game with a legacy.  Resident Evil 4 was almost universally praised when it came out, and makes all sorts of those "greatest games of all time" lists.  All of that on top of the fact that Resident Evil as a franchise is very popular.  "

That doesn't change the fact that 1.6 million people bought the game again.  It must have brought in a number, a significant number of new players.  It only shows that a good game that is mature will sell on the Wii.  There really hasn't been a Mature game of the quality of Resident Evil 4 on the Wii yet as near as I can figure.  When a developer truly puts out another Mature classic designed for the Wii, we will see.  "

I'm one of the 1.6 million. Shame I only played it for about 3 hours and felt completely hopeless trying to aim with a Wiimote.

"Who knows, Monster Hunter could be the one.  I don't think it helps or hinders the apologists.  There just hasn't been a solid, high profile mature game to judge it by.  Madworld and HoD:Overkill are quite limiting in their appeal and no real surprise that they didn't sell large numbers.  I tend to think that if another high profile game was made exclusively for the Wii, from the ground up, it would sell.  It is just a theoretical point though."

Maybe its due to the fact that it controls better with the Wiimote and is 20 bucks, has a better story and more compelling game than RE5.

I just hope that Resident Evil REmake will sell well once it's released on the Wii. I think the REmake is just too good for so few to have played it. I never really understood why Capcom broke the agreement with Nintendo to port RE4 to the PS2 and never bothered porting the REmake as well. I think fans of the first game who have never played the REmake owe it to themselves to do so.

Anyway, I'm eager to play the Wii version of RE4 someday since I've heard so much praise about the controls.

" I just hope that Resident Evil REmake will sell well once it's released on the Wii. I think the REmake is just too good for so few to have played it. I never really understood why Capcom broke the agreement with Nintendo to port RE4 to the PS2 and never bothered porting the REmake as well. I think fans of the first game who have never played the REmake owe it to themselves to do so.Anyway, I'm eager to play the Wii version of RE4 someday since I've heard so much praise about the controls. "