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Devil May Cry Series Hits 10 Million Sales

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By Rob Crossley

March 18, 2009

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Capcom has announced that its Devil May Cry series has now shipped over ten million copies worldwide.

Of that landmark sum, Devil May Cry 4 accounts for sales of 2.2 million copies. Capcom was reluctant, however, to compare the sales of the fourth instalment to its predecessors.

Back in February this year, Capcom announced that around 2.5 million copies of the original Devil May Cry had been sold. Further back, in September 2006, Capcom announced that Devil May Cry 2 had shipped over 1.6 million copies. This implies that Devil May Cry 4 is the third-biggest selling edition of the series.

Capcom adds that Devil May Cry 4 achieved its sales figure “despite being released early in the life cycle of the current generation of systems.”

“Capcom plans to continue developing more franchise-related products,” the publisher concluded.

AndyLC's picture
On March 18th AndyLC said:

Resident Evil sequel? Never heard that before.

ReyBrujo's picture
On March 18th ReyBrujo said:

Capcom was reluctant, however, to compare the sales of the fourth instalment to its predecessors.
Well, it is easy, just go to their list of platinum games:

  • Devil May Cry 4 (PS3, Xbox 360), 2.35m

  • Devil May Cry (PS2), 2.16m
  • Devil May Cry 2 (PS2), 1.7m
  • Devil May Cry 3 (PS2), 1.3m

Although data is missing (there are like 3m units missing!), you can easily see DMC2 is the best selling single platform game.

Dan_Chippendale's picture
On March 18th Dan_Chippendale said:

I read somewhere else that it's 10 million shipped not sold. Agh! the internet.

Rob Crossley's picture
On March 18th Rob Crossley said:
It is ten million shipped, not sold. And though in many cases there’s a huge difference behind the two terms, that’s not quite the case with an eight-year franchise (of which the latest release was over a year ago).
SaintJude's picture
On March 18th SaintJude said:

I'd go with EDGE on that one. They generally know their shit.

SaintJude's picture
On March 18th SaintJude said:

The last one was the videogame equivalent of a wet fart - satisfying for a moment but left a bad smell.

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On March 18th Bleak Corner said:

I thought it was a very well-made videogame - and the best one since the first.