Rafux: "
Capcom wanted DmC to sell 5M initially: http://www.play.tm/news/31931/capcom-dmc4-s-2-7m-sales-not-enough-wants-5-from-reboot/
That was the whole point of westernize the franchise, to get the God of War audience and sell more, they will sell less than DMC4. Failure.
DMC3 and RE5 Special editions are not a good comparison because they were made for the same console the original titles came out. RE4 on the other hand first release on GC, then PS2 and then the special edition (Wii Edition) did came out for a new generation console at the time and it only sold because of the motion controls.
DMC4 was not a launch title, PS3 launch in 2006 and Xbox 360 in 2005. Games released in 2007 would be launch titles but DMC4 came out in 2008.
DMC2 was so bad it almost killed the franchise, sold a lot less than DMC1 thats why DMC3 initially didn't sell as well because fans were still burn by DMC2 but when they got to play it they discover it was the best and thats why the DMC3 Special Edition sold so well and overall DMC3 is the best selling title so far also DMC4 (2.73 M on PS3/360) has probably sold 2.99M (DMC1) with the PC version and digital downloads.
DmC dropped 80% in its second week, thats horrible. The people who wanted it had buy it already."
This is what Capcom originally said: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-22-dmc-devil-may-cry-interview
They never predicted sales of 5 mil. They said the series has the potential of selling 4 to 5 mil copies, thus they wanted to improve on DMC4s 2.7 mil sales.
They originally expected 2 mil for the first fiscal year which ends this year March 2013. They slashed those expectations to 1.2 mil. Like I said thats to do with the year or year decline in sales since DMC4 was released 5 years ago. The game would've been better off releasing early in the next generation of consoles in the same way DMC4 did. Which is what Square Enix looks like their doing with FF13V.
DMC2 didn't kill the franchise, a lot of things came from DMC2 into DMC3. Things like wall hike and dodge were integrated into DMC3's Trickster style. Dante's main weapon became the Rebellion replacing the Force Edge and Alastor from DMC1. The Chrono Heart was integrated into Dante's Devil Trigger which went on to become the Quick Silver style in DMC3:SE. Bloody Palace was introduced in DMC2 and became an important part of the game for future instalments. There are probably other things I haven't thought of as well.
Either way, if you want to make prophecies after two weeks of sales data then go ahead. I'm not making predictions after two weeks. The game hasn't come into the market in the same conditions DMC4 did which is why Capcom's initial sales expectations were wrong when they made them last year. Like I said the best option for Capcom is to do what they did with Resident Evil 4. I can't tell you if they will do that, but I would be careful of making predictions before the game has had a chance.
Edit: Mods, I'm not sure whats wrong, but I can't quote or edit posts properly.
