VG247: Capcom UK's just told VG247 that the 360 Platinum Triple Pack announced overnight won't be releasing in Europe.
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Capcom just announced that the Devil May Cry series has passed the 10 million unit shipped mark.
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Capcom updated their all-time sales data at their investor relations site. Notably, two PSP games are in the top 10 (both Monster Hunter) and Devil May Cry 4 weighs in at 8th.
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When it comes to keeping PC gamers in the loop on their console games, Capcom have long been one of the good guys. And how do PC gamers repay the favour? Same way a lot of PC gamers always do: with mass acts of piracy. When quizzed about the state of Devil May Cry 4's PC sales on Capcom's forums, Christian Svensson replied...
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From NextGen Player:

"Hobby Star Marketing have announced the featured guests that will be appearing at this years Gaming Expo 2008 on August 22-24 in Toronto. The event is part of the larger Fan Expo Canada, a multigenre fan convention showcasing comic books, science fiction, anime, film/television and more.

The list of scheduled Gaming Expo 2008 featured guests includes:

- Jon Bates, Business Development & Strategic Marketing, Mindark / Entropia Universe

- John Meadows, writer of LOST video game for UBISOFT

- Johnny Yong Bosch, Nero in Devil May Cry 4

- Steven Jay Blum, Vincent Valentine in Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

- Michelle Ruff, Arioch in Drakengard

- Wendee Lee, Alyssa Ashcroft in Resident Evil Outbreak"

The Gaming Expo 2008 will also features three members from Mega64, as well as RPG Designer, Don Perrin, Authors Pieter VanHiel and Brand Robins, RPG Creator Jason Holmgren, and the Lead Developer at Firestorm Ink Games."
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There can only be one king of the action game genre and in the last few weeks, words have been traded between rival game developers, Tomonobu Itagaki and Hideki Kamiya. In the latest publication of Edge magazine, Kamiya states that since his last game the action genre has become stale and that his upcoming title, Bayonetta, will deliver the type of action only his team, PlatinumGames can provide. In the other corner, Itagaki-san states that Ninja Gaiden 2 is the definitive action game, that only Team Ninja can develope. So the question is, who makes the best action games? Itagaki or Kamiya?
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Capcom has revealed that profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, were up 33.4 per cent to JPY 7.8 billion, while sales for the same period were up 11.5 per cent to JPY 83 billion.

The company singled out Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles and Devil May Cry 4 as strong performers, particularly in markets outside of Japan.

The company's home videogames unit saw sales rise 18 per cent to JPY 51.67 billion, and operating income rose 44.1 per cent to JPY 11.6 billion.
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Capcom did a fine job handling the multi-platform Devil May Cry 4. You know, making sure all versions looked the same. But was that easy? Producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi explains.
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GameDaily BIZ reports that it has received the latest Japanese video game sales data from Famitsu Marketing Data Service covering the month of February (technically the period from Jan. 28 to Feb. 24), and while the overall market was down 7.7 percent year-over-year, largely because of a 24.6 percent drop in hardware sales, software sales did increase 8.1 percent.

Leading the charge was none other than Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which racked up sales of more than 1.3 million units in its first month and broke the million mark in its second week ¿ the fastest sales pace yet for a Wii game in Japan. The popular Wii Fit took second place with over 309K units sold, and the game now has over 1.5 million units sold since last December. Capcom's Devil May Cry 4 on PS3 took third place with a respectable 275K units sold. For comparison purposes DMC4 on Xbox 360 sold 51K units.

In terms of hardware total:

Wii: 331K units
DSL: 230K units
PSP: 223K units
PS3: 89K units
PS2: 38K units
360: 14K units
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In response to GamePro's article, Microsoft's global marketing director, Albert Penello, offered the following response:

"We have to disagree with your conclusion that the trend of Xbox 360 versions of games being best is changing, especially when you look at the entire catalog of multiplatform titles available. We also feel there were some key features of Xbox 360 games that deserved a little more play in your reviews. For multiplatform console owners, Achievements and Gamerscore have to be listed as an influencing factor to purchase the Xbox 360 version; their success and popularity is undeniable. The fact that other consoles have not implemented anything like this across every game should not be a reason to leave these features out of consideration. Plus, with Xbox 360 the capability for controller rumble comes standard, not as a future option and you get all the benefits of Xbox LIVE and its community of more than 10 million members.

'The cold, hard truth' is that Xbox 360 has the best games - and industry reviewers and consumers agree. Xbox 360 has more games with an aggregate review score of 90 or higher than the competition combined and multiplatform titles regularly sell better on Xbox 360. The majority of games are still lead developed for Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE simply makes games better. The competition between platforms is great for gamers and in 2008 we are going to continue to work with developers to push the boundaries of our platform and the LIVE service to make sure the best game experiences continue to be on Xbox 360."
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There's a new number one in the Xbox 360 charts, knocking Devil May Cry 4 down the list...
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The Devil May Cry series leaps onto next-gen platforms with a sneer, a smart-ass word or two, a nonchalant attitude and a more combos that a fast food drive through. Welcome, Devil May Cry 4, to the high definition world.
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It's pretty much the same as last week in the Xbox 360 charts...
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DigitalBattle writes:

"With the Devil May Cry series going multiplatform starting with DMC 4, everyone thought a Wii version would be released, too. As it stands, the developers have no intention of releasing a Nintendo edition of the game anytime soon, since porting it over to the Wii would mean they would have to sacrifice a lot of things.

This comes straight from DMC 4 producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi, who says: "You know, a lot of people ask us if we are going to bring out a Wii version. I simply don't think you can make the game the type of game it is, with the awesome graphics and control - I don't think that would work on the Wii. So, I don't think we're going to bring one out, no."

"I would take that as a big, fat 'no'. Hardcore optimists may differ."
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Capcom is beating its chest to the rhythm of two million sales. In total, the Devil May Cry series has shipped over nine million units worldwide as of this February and has "become a banner franchise for Capcom". In an official press release, the company said, "It is our continued goal to bring our properties to multiple platforms to provide the best entertainment experiences in the next-gen gaming arena. ... » Read More

Gamespot Writes:

When Capcom announced Devil May Cry 4 was going multiplatform last year, PlayStation loyalists decried the move as a betrayal. Since its launch in 2001 with the original Devil May Cry, the franchise had only appeared on the PlayStation 2 with the fourth installment originally announced as a PS3 exclusive.

However, the Japanese's publisher's decision to release its demon-slaying game on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 has paid off. Today, Capcom announced that since its release in the US and Europe earlier this month and in Japan in January, Devil May Cry 4 has sold over 2 million units worldwide.

DMC4's rapid success makes the game the fastest-selling installment in the seven-year-old series. It also accounts for just under a quarter of the entire franchise's total of 9 million units in sales, according to Capcom. The well-reviewed game's haul is also poised to increase later this year, when DMC4 is released on the PC.
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Can Devil May Cry 4 hold off the challenge of Turok for another week...
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Burnout Paradise has been knocked off top spot, but by which new release?
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Xbox accounts for 61 per cent of units sold in UK.

The latest title in the former Sony exclusive franchise Devil May Cry has debuted in the UK's All Formats charts at number one, with the lion's share of sales on the Xbox 360.

Sixty one per cent of sales were on the Microsoft console, with the rest on Sony's PlayStation 3 and PC. The game is number one in the All Formats charts but also the individual format charts as well.
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Chris Kramer, PR Guru at Capcom, fresh off the heals of telling gamers to go make a sandwich, shot over a line letting Loot Ninja know that the Devil May Cry 4 demo has been downloaded over 1 million times on the Xbox 360. No word on the number of PS3 downloads.
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