Talk:Resident Evil 5

Just a declaration of intent - I will nominate this article for FAC as soon as my current nomination (Dark Angel (TV series)) is closed. If anyone has any suggestions for improving this article now is the time to mention them. Freikorp (talk) 01:24, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

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First, Steamspy is not reliable and it's estimates are wildly off. The deeper issue, is that the article was double counting the Steam sales, leading to the sales number being 12 million instead of 10.9 million, 1.1 million off. Capcom lists all their games that sell over 1 million copies, and Steam sales are lumped into those as "DL" (download). DL covers all Steam, PSN, Xbox live and other download services. I believe the Steam versions sales are specifically RE:5 Gold edition right? In any case, just use the Capcom official numbers, and steamspy isn't needed as they already are counting steam numbers. Harizotoh9 (talk) 15:57, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

:Thanks for letting me know. The steam figures got added by someone else and I didn't realise they'd already been counted in the Capcom figures. Damien Linnane (talk) 23:50, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi all,

I just realized that Resident Evil 5 did have a easter egg appearance in Japan's comic GTO: 14 days in Shonan, a spin off of Great Teacher Onizuka. Is it a good idea of mentioning it in this page or at GTO: 14 Days in Shonan page?

Here is the comic page of proof:[https://tw.manhuagui.com/comic/4693/40667.html#p=143]

Thank you. - JC1199154 (talk)

:Hi {{u|JC1199154}}. This appearance would definitely count as triva, and I'd encourage you to read WP:TRIVA for information on how to deal with this in general. Since it's just a small appearance in one panel, I personally wouldn't mention it in the article as it currently stands. If the article had a plot section it possibly would be OK to mention it in passing there, depending on how relevant them playing the game is to the overall plot, though I assume it wasn't really relevant at all. Hope that helps. Damien Linnane (talk) 08:38, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

There are no citations for the entirety of the header or subheader? What the hell? 2804:1530:104:A793:ECF5:7281:A238:8CEF (talk) 12:45, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

:Generally, information within the header or Lead section does not need to be cited so long as it later cited within the body of the article. Please see MOS:LEADCITE. --  StarScream1007  ►Talk  13:14, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

:Exactly, it's standard procedure to not have citations there as long as it's cited later in the article. So in regards to your question, the sources are later in the article. And please read WP:AGF. Saying 'What the hell' in regards to what is simply the standard policy for writing on Wikipedia for isn't a great way to open a discussion. Damien Linnane (talk) 22:51, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

According to Capcom's website, even if you exclude remakes, RE7 has sold more copies than 5. Shouldn't that be mentioned, or are some of the version of RE7 "different" somehow and it doesn't count? PanagiotisZois (talk) 20:02, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

:I'm only seeing one version of RE7, clocking in at position No. 4 with 13 million sales: [https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/business/million.html#tab6]. For RE5, I'm seeing versions at No. 7, No. 33 and No. 47, which add up to 14.4 millions sales. Damien Linnane (talk) 00:53, 25 February 2024 (UTC)