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A story chronicling the roller coaster ride that has been theDevil May Cryseries would make one hell of a book. Kicking off with a stellar first entry that was born out of theResident Evilseries, famed director/producer Hideki Kamiya knocked it out of the park.
The blame for the disastrous second entry, one that many fans disavow, was placed on Hideaki Itsuno (who was installed later in development, replacing a mystery initial director), but that incident was the fuel that fed the fire to createDevil May Cry 3: one of the gold standards of the action genre. From thereDevil May Cry 4faltered a bit but still kept the momentum rolling, then the series wandered into new territory: a westernization, compliments of Ninja Theory, withDmC: Devil May Cry.
While Capcom has basically ignoredDmCcompletely as they’ve been singing the praises ofDevil May Cry 5, the Ninja Theory effort struck a chord with many folks who had no prior interest in the series, and it went on to sell roughly two and a half million copies over the course of five years (not including theDefinitive Edition). That’s not bad at all, but given thatDevil May Cry 5shipped over two million units in a little over three weeks, you may say that Capcom is happy they shifted back to internal development (which is just as well, given how conflictedDmCwas from a production standpoint).
In fact they actually state thatDevil May Cry 5has “successfully reinvigorated the brand,” in their financial report detailing the fiscal year ending in March 2019, which is clearly going to lead to a lot moreDevil May Cryrelated media in the future (a show is already in the works). WhileDmChad its moments, it’s great to see the series back at the forefront without any provisos.DMC5is pretty much universally beloved by all: including Capcom itself.
Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year ended Jun 02, 2025[Capcom]
