Devil May Cry 5 on Capcom’s mind. Devil May Cry 4 record sales of 2 million make plans all but certain
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!
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* Devil May Cry series sales as of March 17, 2009:
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 2.2 million
23 April 2009 20:06devilmaycry
Devil May Cry 4 was so awsome, so if Capcom makez a 5 that would fantastic
although people that like DMC and aren’t fanatics like me would’nt understand wat happen if u were good enough in DMC3 you’d know that Vergil is still alive because of the film clip show of him in the demonic realm fighting deomons off
there for Nero is not the reincarnate of veril why peeps think that is beyond me that would ruin verils name to say something like that
dmc4 had some f*cking awsome tactics if another one comes out in 09 i’ll be sure to buy it.
jk anyways.. DMC5 would be very good.. but i think that playing as sparda would be good story wise… cuz then we could know more about dante and virgil’s past.. and maybe learn how nero fits into all this… sure he’s powerful.. but he’s not like all that mighty.. it wouldnt ruin the game if they made him the Main Char in my opinion BTW… DMC4 was good.. but the backtrackin levels.. made the game go down alot in my opinion.. i think they just got lazy and wanted to finish it lol
