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A203D on 06 February 2013
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Rafux said:
A203D said:
That is a sensationalist article. This is a sales site. I encourage users to check the numbers:

DMC4 week 1/2 sales: http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/39481/Global/

DmC week 1 sales: http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41294/Global/

Year on year sales are down. This game is coming in at the end of the console cycle.

And DMC4 had much weaker competition.

Capcom made those sales predictions last year assuming the game would enter the market in the same conditions as DMC4.

The point is its just a bad time to release a new IP or a reboot. DmC has actually done pretty well in my opinion. What Capcom need to do now is release a special edition of the game next year in the same conditions DMC4 entered the market. Because this game isn't about DMC fans buying the game, its about getting new players to do that. New players WILL NOT buy this game at this point in the console cycle.

Personally I think the sales are good, not great, not bad, but good!


Forecast lowered from 5M to 2M, then from 2M to 1.2M

Yea I'm sure Capcom is very happy with this good numbers, but keep spining it I enjoy all the delicious tears.

The article in the OP is a 'spin' itself.

Are these so called DMC fans to blame for the year on year decline of every game in the chart?

DMC4 came out as a launch title, with much weaker comeptition.

Capcom should've waited until the PS4/720 launch to relaunch the DMC brand, it was dangerous releasing a reboot or a new IP at this stage in a consoles life cycle.

Capcom still have that option by releasing a special edtion of the game, like they did for DMC3 or Resdent Evil 5, to relaunch the game on the new consoles.

That being said, Capcom have never said they expected DmC to sell 5 mil copies. They forecast 2 mil sales for the end of the fiscal year (March 2013). The game won't immeditiately stop selling after March 2013. We have two weeks of sales data. I don't make predictions about games after two weeks of data.

Capcom made those sales predictions under the impression DmC would end the same market DMC4, that is not the case. That was their mistake! Either way I think the game will do fine. Its sold 0.7 mil copies in two weeks, thats not actually that bad!