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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jmfrazier

idk, ive been a dmc fan from the begining and i wasnt to impressed with 4. they could have done alot better with the story. its a pattern

1 was great 2 sucked 3 was great 4 no so good
jason

i want to play devil may cry 5 on pc
Gabe

Yea I agree. 1 was great. 2 sucked. 3 was great. 4 was meh-ish but not as bad as 2 which was just boring.
Gabe

4 didn’t have enough weapons or skills.
Soul

i wanna play devil may cry 5 for pc
Voja

I have been devil may cry’s fan for long time but I personally don’t agree with goble and jmfrazier cuz 4 part was great best of them all, I agree that second sucked and third I don’t like either, but 4th is best of them all…
and story is great, too….
CornerCheck

I don’t see why people like dmc4 the most… as far the story goes they didn’t reveal anything and nero is just plain boring compared to dante (+ he’s a noob), I was expecting more from the devil bringer.
DMC3 was the best: it had a killer plot and dante had more styles and weapons then in dmc4 + you could play as vergil… what did dmc4 offer? an noob with a devil bringer that doesn’t anything more then buster, snatch and guard and dante with less styles and weapons + a vague plot!
Voja

hey first Nero is not a noob, his story has just started and its obviously that Nero is nothing compared to Dante, but what about DMC 5 maybe there Nero will be made better and yeah I aggre with that DMC3 has more styles and weapons than DMC4 so I would like to DMC5 has more moves, styles and weapons of course….and I bet that Nero in DMC5 will be lot more stronger than Vergil in DMC3…. and I personally think that DMC4 is far better than DMC3, not to mention graphics in DMC4…..
Rachel

I wasn’t to happy with the 4th one. They just dropped a lot of the characters and threw in Nero. I want to see Vergil again. He is no doubt my favorite character and I think they could do a lot with him since he is Dante’s twin brother. I think he is one of the strongest characters in the game but they just dropped him. I don’t think it fits that he was so easily removed. They need to bring him back somehow.

Out of the two, I like DMC3 more than DMC4. I know that 4 had better graphics and such but 3 had a better plot, weapons, and styles. I also think it gave us a more personal view of Dante because his brother was in it.
burnnuckles

i was a lil disapoint with dmc 4. nice graphics but a very disappointing plot. and the game was to short for the price i payed to get it. and wtf was up with Nero