Devil May Cry 5 on Capcom’s mind. Devil May Cry 4 record sales of 2 million make plans all but certain

24 May 2008

Posted by:Ferry

Devil May Cry 5 Xbox 360 fake boxart Devil May Cry 4 producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi said back at E3 2007 that he wanted to make Devil May Cry 5 if Capcom let him. This week Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto announced in a press release that Capcom’s fiscal year 2008 sales increased to over 83 billion Yen ($806 million), in part thanks to Devil May Cry 4′s record sales of over 2 million units worldwide since its early February 2008 release, making it the fastest selling Devil May Cry game so far and taking the entire series from 7 to 9 million sold*. It now seems all but certain Capcom wants a sequel with Mr. Tsujimoto closing off the PR by saying “We hope to continue meeting and exceeding the expectations of gamers with our dedication to developing solid titles for the best gaming platforms available.”

To quote Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi’s words from last year: “Continuing the storyline is always possible. However, we do work under a corporate system, so unless Capcom gives us the green light to go ahead and continue on with releasing Devil May Cry 5, 6, 11, whatnot. It’s totally up to them.

However, personally I would like to continue with Devil May Cry and create more and more games for this franchise. Devil May Cry 4 has turned out to be a very cool-looking stylish game for those that have a PS3 or a [Xbox] 360. If you don’t buy Devil May Cry 4 you would think ‘Why didn’t I buy it?’ There’s no worth of having a PS3 or [Xbox] 360 without Devil May Cry 4. That’s the kind of game it’s going to turn out to be.”

Watch the full Gametrailers interview on video:

Maybe in the hack and slash, action game sequel they can explain the story behind the Devil Bringer!

Picture courtesy of VGboxart

* Devil May Cry series sales as of March 17, 2008:
Devil May Cry 1 sold 2.16 million
Devil May Cry 2 sold 1.7 million
Devil May Cry 3 sold 1.3 million
Devil May Cry 4 sales are at 2.3 million

Update May 2010: Heavenly Sword developer Ninja Theory has long been rumored to be working on a project in collaboration with Capcom. When Ninja Theory studio boss Tameem Antoniades was recently asked if the project was Devil May Cry 5, he said: “Well, there’s no way I’m gonna confirm or deny if we’ve got anything to do with it.” But it’s a good possibility with Capcom also recently announcing that any new IPs from them would be made in-house in Japan, with Western studios being brought in to do sequels.

Would make for a nice E3 2010 announcement mid-June, don’t you think?

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Bhavesh

i love devil may cry verrry much i’ve completd 3 & 4 it was just rockin n m waitin 4 next new series so i request u 2 continue the new DMC series.
plz plz plz do continue….
moh3nllica

i lov this game.i want to continu this game for the rest of my life plz f*cking continu.i want 2 kill that basterds in the game with pressing j.k.l.i ok.tanx
Alesandman

Vergil’s lust for power got him in the demon world, and he returned as Nelo Angelo (3 is a prequel of one so..), now I wouldn’t be surprised if he is the ancestral spirit of Nero oh yeah and Nero IS his son (says so in the DMC4 Novel) but who is his mom?(who did IT with Vergil?)
GIJAN

I really want to have Devil May Cry 5(The Real One From Capcom) please do make Devil May Cry 5 me and my friends keep wishing for that one. and about nero he’s cool and dante more cool stylish freaking slashing dreadnought armor, devil trigging demon COOL COOL COOL COOL!!!!!!! I like the new skills of every STYLE too bad he does not have any skill for DarkSlayer style except imitating VIRGIL’S MOVE you should have made a skill that dante only have during DarkSlayer Style!! PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE WHO LOVED CAPCOM’S DEVIL MAY CRY!! please allow the making OF DEVIL MAY CRY 5
David

The first time I played Devil May
Cry I was all like “Damn, this is a really great game” then I got the second one and it was amazing. but what really started it off was Devil May Cry 3. This one is the one that really set it off the top, it made everything more clear, and the Stylish-ness of Dante also helped out a lot. Then Devil May Cry 4 Came along with Nero And Dante still Being as Hilarious as ever. I hope that Devil May Cry 5 comes out, and soon.
Sylvester

i love DMC and DMC4 and 3 r my favs! i hope this one stays true to DMC series. id love to see old characters return especially nero even tho i agree that the main character should b dante but i doubt those ppl will b in simply cas in the story dante is suppossed to b younger then he was in 3 which was his youngest in the series so he hasnt met anyone we love yet (except virgil and i think he should definatly b in the game)I would like to know more bout neros story with his arm and all and itd b great to see sparda in action! plz capcom PLZ!!!! work with DMC5 and make it great like always! make me cry tears of joy! =’D
DevilHeart

i really look foward to 5th dmc game. No 4 was awesome, even for a girl like me to play. you just gotta love that game, and i’m sure that 5th will be even better.
Luv ya Dante! <3<3<3<3<3
Baptistshenry

DMC is the best game ever made. I stop playing DOTA because of that. I already finished the game and waiting for the extension of DMC5, plzzzzzz, if DMC5 is developed, can CAPCOM still make next of it…..
Ajespinoza55

i just hope i get my ps3 back and play DMC 5 and im lk o ”SHIT!!!!! DMC 5 is comig OUT X_X