Resident Evil effect on media
The games are not the only thing this franchise has produced, however. According to ScreenRant, "Resident Evil is one of the most successful survival-horror franchises of all time, and its influence has spread into live-action films, stage plays, novels, and more." Of course, there are multiple merch items for the series including shirts and normal merch items. However even though there are 28 games there are also multiple movies including some animated movies as well as a new show that premiered in 2022. The game even has a whole series of books for the Resident Evil Franchise. The franchise has inspired many different games as well as has many film adaptations. The game was also the reason the Horror genre of video games is even a genre because of its cult success.