24 May 2008
Ferry

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!

Picture courtesy of VGboxart

* 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

25 July 2009 07:37
DaNe

What I’m expecting from DMC5 is add more storyline regarding the Dante’s 2 lady assistants. Besides that, let Dante and Nero’s character become optional, sure it will become fantastic!

26 July 2009 11:29
JQ

AWSOME! Don’t forget a PC port though, don’t want us 360 and ps3 fanboys to get to carried away. JQ

27 July 2009 04:43
Camicase

A good thing would be selecting a character whenever we wanted
we could replay the level with the diferent character
the returning of vergil would be awesome too

28 July 2009 02:45
Me

in DMC5 it would be awesome if they didnt have the same 3 bosses to fight other than that anything they come up with will be great

2 August 2009 20:04
jeremy

they should pick up from part 2 where dante went to hell n while he was there vergil sneaks up behide him n ram him with a sword then held up a amulet and try to absorb dantes power but trish comes in n knock out vergil n throws dante on a bike n they both rode outta there n went back to his shop thats when lucia heres the bike outside thinking its him and run outside

8 August 2009 03:30
james

Hope it will also release on pc version

HOPE

1) There will be 3 playable charecters ( dante, nero & virjil )

2) Each are having a different story and lastly merge to the main story

3) Speed kill system

4) 3 clone bosses of dante, nero & virjil .

5) a huge story

6) appearence of sparta ( and battle with him )

7) like dmc3 (battle of brothers) dante and virjil fought together in last to defeat the last boss … … that type of appearence

say ( dante& virjil ) or, (dante & nero ) or, (nero & virjil) or ,( dante, nero & virjil .. all of them )

8 August 2009 09:45
Sone85

James not Virjil and Sparta it’s a Vergil and Sparda !!!

9 August 2009 04:05
mcjakeqcool

@james
I agree with you. mcjakeqcool

10 August 2009 06:17
Nima

Guys….Guys…Guys…
it would be cool if ever
NERO and KYRIE had a Son
in DMC 5 and would be a
usable character in DMC 5.

11 August 2009 09:44
AndyDick

@Numa sure, why not? ^^
Hey I got an idea let’s start an entire family tree and Dante gathers them in a building for a party. And then sets the building on fire.
Then Dante lives his days slaying demons haply ever after…
THE END!!!