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.
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...
From NextGen Player:
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?
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.
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.
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.
In response to GamePro's article, Microsoft's global marketing director, Albert Penello, offered the following response:
There's a new number one in the Xbox 360 charts, knocking Devil May Cry 4 down the list...
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.
DigitalBattle writes:
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. ...
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Gamespot Writes:
Xbox accounts for 61 per cent of units sold in UK.
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.
Rumors - and we stress, RUMORS - from QJ.Net regarding the March issue of OXM claim that, among other things, OXM reports that:
Gamer reports: "Apparently it all has something to do with DMC4: Capcom has revealed that we Brits aren't quite as reserved as we're made out to be, after posting the results of a survey conducted as part of its Devil May Cry 4 marketing push.