Resident Evil has overtaken Final Fantasy to become the best-selling Japanese video game series not published by Nintendo, according to a report highlighted by GamesRadar+. The milestone reflects the continued commercial strength of Capcom's survival horror franchise, which has been bolstered in recent years by a string of successful remakes and new instalments.

Resident Evil 2 Remake is cited as the current best-selling entry in the series, underlining how the remake strategy has helped revive and expand the franchise's audience well beyond its original 1996 debut. The article notes this shift in standing relative to Final Fantasy, long regarded as one of Japan's flagship gaming exports, though full underlying sales figures were not detailed in the available text.