Change in Sales Game of the Day

(Article to be posted 10/14)

Devil May Cry 4

Description: The Devil May Cry franchise debuted last generation, and the original title was praised by reviewers and gamers, and the title went on to sell an impressive 2.8 million copies. When the sequel released it was met with mixed reviews at best, and declined about 35% from the original.  Devil May Cry 3, performed slightly better than its predecessor, but it still seemed as if the franchise had lost a big portion of its audience.  This generation Devil May Cry 4 was released as a multiplatform title, and despite having a smaller install base compared to the Playstation 2, the franchise regained some steam having sold 2.42 million copies so far. On average the game is up 15% from last generation's games, and is up 33% from the series low point in Devil May Cry 2.  So why was Devil May Cry 4 able to see an increase compared to last generation? Vote in the poll, and then leave a comment letting us know what you think.

Also next week is reader appreciation week for the "Sales of the Day" articles/threads, and so I'm asking you all to pick the games we'll be looking at, so be sure to vist this thread and vote.

Previous Change in Sales threads

Need for Speed (article link)

Halo 3 (article link)

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (9/18)  (article link)

Good sales for a good game.

great game. in my opinion the 2nd best hack and slash game this gen after Ninja Gaiden 2.

released early in the gen so it had les comp.

also it is a good game

I could use some more comments in this thread. Anybody else have an opinion?

Can't believe anyone voted for higher quality, it was a good game, but DMC3 was so much better.

I would still like to get some more votes and comments before I start the article write up in a few hours. It seems like so far people think releasing on multiple platforms really helped the game. But even with the combined platforms, it is a much smaller install base compared to the PS2 last generation. So why do you think releasing on both the 360/and PS3 helped sales?

Releasing in multiple platforms helped, but the game also had less competition than during the PS2 era.

It was due to DMC4 going multiplatform and the success of DMC3. It wasn't quality though since DMC3 is a much better game...