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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Sakudon

no just keep it on ps3 but go deeper and harder on the dante vs nero beef
mcjakeqcool

No make it 360 exlucive but go deeper and harder on the dante vs nero beef. mcjakeqcool
Dante

No make it Pc exlucive. Because pc gamers aren’t getting very good tittles.
yoyo

hoo cares if its an exclusive or w/e? just release it on all of them so everyone could play if they want to
THREE MUSKATERES

why the hell make it exclusive ! do all 3 and get more $$ an easier accessibility durr
JQ

I agree with THREE MUSKATERES, it should be multi platform, that way there aint that stupid fanboy debate, I put my hands up I am a Xbox fanboy, but that’s only because a perfer the Xbox controler to the PS controler. JQ
Chuck_bz

This whole dumb fan boy stuff is really dumb. JQ over here only has the X Box because of it’s control. Are you kidding me?!?!!?!? WOW that to me sounds so dumb!!! anyways DMC4 was good but it still had its weak points. What they could work on if anther game comes out would be the camera control! that just gets annoying! Nero was a great character I must admit but Viergil was off the chain. the chain combos for nero were better. better weapons for the characters, heck more playable characters. HEY HOW BOUT ONLINE GAME PLAY????? DUH!!! DMC3 was a great game and I could argue that it was better than DMC4. PEOPLE THE STORY LINE!!!! COME ON!!!!!! DMC4 was a bit DULL!!!!! STEP IT UP!!!!!!
Shendow

I beated both 1 threw 4 with one hand after I played the 1st one alittle, Playstation is the controller for it.
jim

another devil may cry would be amazing.but ditch nero dante was the star and always will be the favourite.or give us 2 seperate games to play 1 for each character.dmc needs dante to survive after all its a hit because of him.ps3 bluray disk space could provide a bigger journey than the last.do it now capcom DITCH NERO NOW
code

Keep Nero. In fact bring out the whole cast…Bring back Vergil, Lucia, and Lady(for a longer time than in DMC 4). And maybe include at least 2 new characters…at least 1. and dante, nero, vergil, and the newbie should be playable…and plz more than 20 missions…and i thought the dmc4′s storyline was good..i mean, working for someone your whole life thinking ur doing good things only to find out that he wants to kill all humans….dude. DMC5! DMC5! DMC5!