‘Not in a million [sales]’
Capcom has a lot to be happy about as they just announced at GDC (by way of the cute “one quick thing” finale) thatDevil May Cry 5hadsoldover two million copies, presumably across all three available platforms. Note: Capcomuses the term “shipped” in a more formal announcement.
Things really have come full circle for director Hideaki Itsuno. After being saddled with the moniker of “director” when the production of the disastrousDevil May Cry 2was nearly at a close, he came out swinging withDevil May Cry 3, then4, and now5, all of which can be considered successes. Amazingly, this news also comes back to Ninja Theory’sstance that “Dante wasn’t cool anymore”in 2010 when trying to hype upDmC. Well, with very little alterations to his character design, he’s still cool enough to shift over two million copies: a stark contrast to Capcom’s revised “1.2m shipped” target forDmCafter its launch in 2013.
What you’re seeing aboveis an actual image from a Ninja Theory presentation forDmC, in which they tried to convince us that the old Dante was bad and New Dante was good. It’s a huge reason why, despite the fact thatDmC: Definitive Editionis actually a decent action romp, that people were against Ninja Theory’s direction for the series. “If Dante, dressed as he was [in the original series], walked into any bar outside of Tokyo, he’d get laughed out” is probably the most famous quote.DmCwould go on to push less than half ofDevil May Cry 4‘s sales at launch in Japan.
It’s safe to say that Capcom is happy it brought Itsuno back into the fray and that there will probably be a follow-up in the original continuity.Given how goodDMC5is, it deserves one.
