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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G-no

erm,
nero is definitely worthy of the storyline,
they’ll probably reveal some kind of connection to sparda/virgil,
seeing how his devil trigger form resembles both virgil and ”nelo angelo from the previous games”

If you look at virgils DT, you see that he has a sheeth kinda growing out of his arm,
look at nero’s DT, it has the almost exact same look.

now look at what virgil became near the end of the previous game ”nelo angelo” some kind of evil devilish thing, look at his helmet, and the whole style of his armor/body build-up.
then look at the body ”yamato” has when in DT form, it looks a lot alike,
so it wouldn’t come as a surprise if they revealed sparda had either a third son,
or some other brother who also had a child with another human (or maybe even 2 fathers but one mother :O!!! )

i have to admit that the storyline in dmc4 wasn’t ”all that” but i also think it was necessary for that story to take place, if they ever wanted to create another sequel !

and now, I think i’ve typed enough already XD
loko

c’mon pals!spect man,you saied that kyrie was just a doll an bla bla bla but in the others devil may cry was just “wtf?the demon world is opened,we have to close”and nothing more!i’m not trying to defend nero because i like more dante too!i agree when u say that he can still kick asses!
mcjakeqcool

As long as DMC 5 is on the 360 (or 720) I’ve still got the will to live. mcjakeqcool
Dante

You know what it will be really awesome if there are 3 separate story lines in which you can play with nero,dante or vergil.And there should also be a major weapon and character upgrade.
JQ

@mcjakeqcool
Same here, could’ent agree with you more. JQ
http://www.Yahoo.com Marwan

Plz man release the devil may cry 5.Me and my friend’s are witing for it.And one more think.If there are 3 separate story lines.That we will play with Nero Dante and vergil!!!!!!!!!!
red fang

maaan we really need DEVIL MAY CRY 5 SOON!and i dont care how it`s ganna be! as long as vergil comes back(and gets WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY HIS! YAMATO!!!!)and a decent story line (NO KILLING VERGIL YA!) and more WEAPONS AND missions hmmm maybe like 40 or 60 missions! oh well everyone can dream right? besides i dont think Kobayashi b*st*rd is ganna let us down CUZ he`s such a nice guy right??!!!!
nero

PLZZZ make numeber 5 cuz number 4 did not relly finished as i was thinkin it would but still good and in number five keep nero he rules try making so u can choose charector it will b awsome
Dante

I really hope DMC 5 comes out soon cuz half of my small town are waiting fore it.
Obie

Would love Capcom forever if they could make DMC 5!