Devil May Cry 5 Sales Spike After TV Show, Even DMC 4 Outsells Monster Hunter Wilds in Q1

Wow, Wilds selling 477k copies it's second quarter is absurdly bad. I guess you really can't get away with a bad launch, it always catches upto you eventually.

Holy **** those are some extremely healthy lifetime sales, people need to show the respect to RE7 as it single handly saved the RE franchise.

@Oram77 actually RE7 performed below sales expectations for its first year. It was the RE2 remake that turbocharged the franchise again, and a lot of people bought RE7 later.

Awesome news for DMC and I hope it means the sequel has at least been greenlit!

Separately, much praise to Capcom for being transparent about sales, unlike some other fellow Japanese publishers

@SeaDaVie You are just speaking on numbers. the actually fans of Resident Evil also agree that if RE7 failed then the franchise was dead, RE2R obviously did proformed way better (obvs), but the context/stakes RE7 faced should never be down played.

@get2sammyb "Also shows how Sony's strategy of adapting its franchises is going to pay dividend" Bu-bu-but nobody likes anime, remember 🙄🤦‍♀️

DMC 5 deserves all the love! Best DMC in my opinion.

Also Monster Hunter Wilds dropping in sales is great too. It sends a message to Capcom to not be sloppy with their games. Monster Hunter are games that consistently sell well and this huge decline for Wilds could be a wake up call.

The big issue with Wilds is there's no real end game and barely anything to do once you have your build. I've been playing the new event as it has the new Arch Tempered but once that's done i'm done until the new content update.

Impossible. Didn’t internet people tell them the show is terrible?

@Oram77 Why would the franchise be dead? Literally every mainline game was financially successful and RE2 remake was already deep into production?

RE5 and RE6 might be considered poor games but they sold well. RE6 shipped 4.5m at launch and lifetime was 13.8m. RE5 sold 15.3m.

New DMC when Capcom?

@SeaDaVie You are just missing the point I'm trying to make, I'm fully aware RE6 sold well, but the damage it did to the franchise did not heal until after RE7 became a success.

@SeaDaVie highly doubt it's to do with the bad launch, I think most people are just waiting for the expansion. Because their content updates are a tad lacking, I still haven't gone back for the last festival update they pushed out haha

The fact that DMC5 has broken 10M in sales is incredible and entirely deserved. At least Adi Shankar did some good

Legs aren’t there for MonHun Wilds but it still broke 10 million and has higher sales than DMC V. Sort of crazy how well it must have performed at launch.

Edgerunners effect. I wonder how many games will release an anime now.

Did anyone actual watch the show... Next to Blue Eye Samurai, it was one of the best anime I've seen, not to mention how awesome the sound track was, having Dante wreak soldiers while RATM played in the background was super cool.

Out of all that data, my biggest surprise is how well MH Rise did. It's most successful in the franchise
I love that game (primarily played on Switch) and it's scaled down approach. Very nice to see the world agrees.

Glad I waited on Wilds. I'm guessing performance optimizations will be more of a priority going forward lol.

It'll probably be in a better state and have a way better endgame loop by the time the inevitable expansion/G-rank campaign drops.

@SeaDaVie RE 6 sold well but it doesn't received well by the majority of RE fans and gaming media. It was the reason why RE 7 goes back to the horror route and not over-the-top action Michael Bay garbo like RE 6.

Just like @Oram77 said, RE 7 was a succeed when comes to rejuvenate the series health but it also gave positive impact on Capcom image. RE 7 along with MH World are the two games that started Capcom redemption arc.

@Overmind Yes it IS a silly thing to say about anime and you sound like you don't know much about the medium. If you think anime is just about fans service and cringe stuff then you're wrong.

@Overmind Do yourself a favour and watch REzero that will change your mind about anime, trust.

@Oram77
RE was on life support for me after RE5 - I really did not like that game as it just didn't feel like RE (and I really enjoyed all the mainline games up until then including CVX which still is one of my favourites).

I didn't even bother with 6 after I saw reviews and footage and just considered the series dead.

It took 7 and RE2R before I was convinced the series was back, as I just did not like the last 1/3 of 7 - the first 2/3 were amazing.
But you are right, if 7 hadn't impressed so much (at least in the first 2/3), I dont think RE would be in the position its in today - maybe they would still be doing remakes, but no new entries.

Edit: oh, and the dlc for 7 was brilliant too, even though it was told from an odd perspective.

@Overmind I don't know what your taste and what modern anime that you've watched and made you think modern anime are disgusting that only offer fans service and same trope.

But if you hate so much about fans service, cringe stuff, and samey trope then don't watch anime that target mainly towards teens audiences like shonen-battle, issekai, or romantic.

Go search anime that gear toward mature audiences. Maybe try The Way of the Househusband, Death Parade, Psycho Pass, Urasawa Naoki Monster, or Vinland Saga. But if you already watched these and didn't change your opinion then well i guess anime isn't for you anymore...

@PuppetMaster Vinland Saga season 2 is a master piece.

@Rich33 Oh yes the last 3rd of RE7 is very poor and you could tell it was rushed. the Baker estate is the true defination of survial horror in my eyes.

I wish we were getting a 6, maybe these sales can convince Capcom to bring in the people that left after V. Also I do have just one small little gripe, why do they have to make the Platinums 10/10 hard as hell? 😅

@Oram77
Its an interesting fact that RE7 is considered by nearly all to be a game that saved a series - yet approx 1/3 of said game is bad - but 2/3 was so good it didn't matter. Its not like its a long open world game or something. Im sure there are other examples out there, but still.

Holy crap I'm loving all the love devil may cry is getting great series

Lol the Netflix anime was straight garbage

@naruball They did, that's why they bought DMC 5 to have a better experience

@get2sammyb Iirc wasn't there a linkedin from some Sony Exec that said TLOU2 sales jumped up by 2 millions units because of season 2? It's clear that this stuff makes a huge difference. For DMC, I remember Capcom putting the games on massive sales for Netflix show period.

It's smart business and DMC on Netflix was a decent show despite Adi Shankar being an idiot and the show being kinda forgettable. I wonder If Konami saw similar boosts with Castlevania?

I know LoL didn't get that big a boost from Arcane. Reputation too toxic

It's NOT an adaptation it's a re-imaging and a bad one. Terrible dialogue. Terrible characterization. It totally ignored the games themes. The show runner throwing tantrums online. Also it's wasn't greenlit for a season 2. Netflix ordered 20 something episodes and they broke it up into 2 "seasons." The only people who like it are non fans, casuals and those guys who like anything that says DMC on it regardless of quality.