

The latter has indeed done a lot to popularise the series even further by completely revamping its control system, becoming more accessible for the masses and helping it sell millions of copies worldwide. Suffice it to say that the Resident Evil series has been tremendously successful since its initial release on the PlayStation in 1996, being responsible for not only popularising the then-nascent genre that is survival-horror, but also for pioneering the third-person 3D action game as everyone knows expects it to be today, through the release of Resident Evil 4 back in 2005.
