All this proves is that the fanbase / consumers decides whether or not a franchise sells well or not. Nothing has changed.

I see where you are coming from, but at the end of the day whatever the reason  was is irrelevant. Seems alot of people wanted 5 and not a reboot, there mind was made up before hand. Capcom knew this, and them being Capcom went ahead with it anyway and now are suffering. They just dont want to listen to anyone, its not just with DmC, their fighters, RE, Mega Man, etc.

The plot would at least seem like a viable reason, his different look or fighting mechanic don't seem good because one is a shallow reason and the other seems rather similar.  But yeah, Capcom has a knack for this, I want a new good Legends game lol.  Thanks for not jumping down my throat, that helped.

Gaming journalism. We know what you should like.

*Sigh*

Hopefully Capcom does acknowledge that at least something went wrong on their end... Money seems to be the only language they know, so there's a start.

But... Dante was invented in the 21st century...

I don't think you understand Devil May Cry if you think the plot is more important than the gameplay.

Looks like the author is an intelligent, measured person...

Apparently hiding is his way of defending the article.

People were never going to give DmC a chance. That's the attitude about this game. Many people did not buy this game because they changed things. It doesn't matter if the game is good or not, if people don't get their way they wont buy it.

I hope they never make another DmC and we can thank the fans for ruining it.

The plot is a forgone conclusion, its a reboot which means that what came before is irrelevant and i imagine alot of people didnt like that. As for his look ill be honest, i think its bland a step down from the original Dante, with those two factors right there I imagine would have turned some people off and IMHO those are not shallow reasons at all.  Unless the gameplay was a huge step forward from the originals(and seeing its Ninja Theory, i would have doubt it) I would just play the past DMC games and just ignore the new one. Im not big into DMC so i dont get too riled up, there just games. 

Tbh the are alternatives to DMC now days in the genre so I doubt as many people will be impacted.

I didn't think it was, but the person who replied to me implied that, and it seemed more reasonable than a look change.  What was wrong with the gamplay, it seemed very frenetic and quick, like in the past.  I haven't played this one yet though, is the fighting more shallow somehow?