Hideaki Itsuno Was Ready To Leave Capcom After DmC: Devil May Cry

Hideaki Itsuno almost resigned from Capcom following the release of DmC: Devil May Cry.

[AK91]

I don’t blame him after how bad that game was and how poorly it sold (almost killing the series) I wouldn’t want to be at the company that greenlit that abomination.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

The other article won’t let me respond anymore but quit saying it sold the worse and almost killed the series because that isn’t true. I don’t use wiki’s that anybody can put whatever they want the stats I posted were from capcom themselves from just back in August. I’m pretty sure they themselves know better than the wiki you tried to link.

[Segata]

Capcom wanted the original release to sell 2 million. Which was lower than DMC4 sales. When they were not on track for that 2 million they lowered it to 1.2 million. The numbers only went up when they re-released it on everything else and even then DMCHD collection performed relatively better. Get over it. Donte is dead and the real Dante lives. Troll harder and elsewhere kid.

[AK91]

To further add to what Segata said the wiki takes the sales data FROM Capcom, silly boy you can rage all you want but the fact is only a loud minority liked DmC, the game is a faillure and a black mark on the series the fact that we got DMC5 instead of DmC 2 should make that obvious.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

@Ak91 lol no it doesn’t what I posted was from capcom and so the poster below can see what I’m talking about ill post them again. 4 sold 3 mil,DmC sold 2.4 mil,3 sold 2.3 mil,1 sold 2.16 mil,2 sold 1.7 mil and the hd collection sold 1.1 mil.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

@segata how is sharing my opinion that DmC isn’t bad like the hardcore gate keeping DMC fans try to make it out to be trolling? There’s a reason you see a lot of people on the web wanting a sequel to DmC and there’s a reason it sold well and is one of the highest rated DMC games there is. Trolling is saying hurr durr the DMC series sucks and only DmC is good which I’ve never said. Now I’ve said the series only has one masterpiece with DMC 3 while 1 and 4 are just ok and 2 is straight bad and I’m sorry but that’s not trolling. You don’t share my opinion that’s fine but don’t resort to the trolling accusation because you don’t agree with someone that’s just childish and not a good look.

[Heavenly King]

DMC is the worst selling Devil May Cry game. That is a fact.
DMC is the worst Devil May Cry game; but it still is a good action game.

[Chexs1990]

Yeah, so, the game was actually a pretty good action game bro. Not as good as DMC 1,3 and 4, but a good action game.
In no way, shape or form was it a "bad game", it just wasn't really a DMC game.

Now a bad game would be DMC 2. That one was just a disaster

[MadLad]

It wasn't a bad game by any stretch of the imagination.
It was a stylistic reboot that did it's own thing, nodding towards the tone and mechanics of the original.
That's usually how reboots work. It was a solidly made game through and through, thus any opinion of the game is just that - opinion; based on whether you enjoyed the new take on the series.

[agnosticgamer]

The game reviewed rather quite well. Fans of the original series just didn't like the take on the reboot. I actually enjoyed the game for what it was. Solid story, good combat/gameplay. But, I was also never a very big DMC fan so I didn't get caught up in the the remake controversies.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

This isn’t true this was on resetera and its worded like that to make it sound like DmC made him want to quit and that’s not what happened.

[Cikatriz_ESP]

Then what happened? Do you have a link?

[Melankolis]

Outsourced development to external team was an insult to internal team, more so if they think they can do that.
I never liked DmC, i tried to like it, but i couldn't. It just didn't appeal to me.
But strangely i liked dmc. I finished it.
Now i am interested in DmC5. It feels so realish/americanish like dmc compared to DMC 1-4 Which felt more fantasy-ish/manga-ish.

[Prubar]

Meh. All these cry baby purists can suck a fat one. Devil may cry 5 is the definitive one but DMC rocked and got phenomenal reviews. You guys should just be happy the DMC future isn’t just pachinko.

[Melankolis]

Yep. I loved it too. dmc has more "mature" atmosphere than DMC, like American TV series. It's more suited to the setting and characters in Devil May Cry universe. The DMC 1-4 was more like a US comic book written by Japanese mangaka.
I haven't played it yet, but it seems DMCV has that "mature" American TV series atmosphere.

[PhoenixUp]

I still enjoyed the game

[Elda]

Oh well...imo the game was hot!!!

[Tapani]

Going to buy DMCV at one point, liked the first the most, though. Third was an ok game, but I played the first through thrice, compared to 3 and 4 which I just played once.

[VileAndVicious]

Meh, I'll take this with a grain of salt. Everything that has been reported on in the past suggests the opposite of this actually. It was Itsuno that wanted to work on projects other than the DMC series after 4 (Dragon's Dogma anyone?).Itsuno himself has stated a couple of times that he actually liked the game and wanted to do a DmC sequel but ultimately didn't. Not only that there are several things in DMC 5 that are directly inspired by DmC (all though some will refuse to admit it).

Itsuno probably was fed up with Capcom about "something" but I doubt things went down exactly as Reuben Langdon says.

[ShockUltraslash]

Then he fought for us fans and gave us Devil May Cry 5?
Not all heroes wear capes.

[trooper_]

Didn’t play DmC. But DMC5 is absolutely amazing.

[Brave_Losers_Unite]

Wrong.

[Chocoburger]

I'm glad to see Itsuno stand up for himself against dumb Capcom executives.
Itsuno is the only man that can lead this series after Kamiya started it.
If you stand for nothing, you fall for everything.
Makes me want to support Itsuno even more in the future!

[Jon_Targaryen]

I must be the only dude who enjoyed the game

[BlaqMagiq1]

I'm not surprised with how garbage that game was.

[Gaglaush]

So he wanted to leave because someone else made a better Devil May Cry game then he could ever do. Also contradicts what he said himself when he said he loved DmC. Not really going to take the word of a voice actor

[MrSwankSinatra]

What the hell are you talking about? Itsuno made DMC3 which is the best DMC and he now made 5.

[Germaximus]

That game was awesome.

[Platformgamer]

smells like fake, or like words misleaded from hideaki interview.
DmC got good reviews, it was a very good game (haters gonna hate) and it's also liked by hideaki itself, so stop being edgy by hating on DmC.