Despite Capcom’s odd desire to not publish Resident Evil 5 on the Wii (although we will be getting a sure to be enjoyable RE rail shooter), Wii fans continue to express their love for the franchise. So much so, in fact, that the port of Resident Evil 4 has now moved over one million copies for the Wii. That’s right, a game which has already been thoroughly played by most serious gamers has sold an additional million copies — no doubt many, many of those to people who already own a version of the game for a different system, such as yours truly — based largely on nothing but the anticipated joy of playing the game on the Wii’s fantastic new control system.

Obviously, this says tremendous things about how much gamers are enjoying the controls of the Wii. People can continue to insist that it is a “gimmick” all they want, but let’s be honest here — the controls are fun, and they bring a new dimension to games, even old games. Hopefully the success of this port will encourage Capcom to bring more titles our way. Maybe even some new games.

[via Wired]