Youād think, at face value, that the appeal of a game series starring an effeminate, shirtless man in leather pants would be limited. Think that, though, and youād be dead, dead wrong.
Instead, Capcom have today announced that the series, which first began on the PS2 in 2001 (and has since moved to the PS3, PC and 360 as well), has shipped ten million units worldwide. Itās another annoying āshippedā statistic from Capcom, meaning itās not ten million sold through to customers, but for a series thatās eight years old, the sell-through numbers are probably very, very close to that ten million mark. So weāll cut it some slack.
As an interesting aside, the announcement press release concludes with āAside from the announcement of a Blu-ray release of the Devil May Cry anime today at the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2009, Capcom plans to continue developing more franchise releated (sic) products.ā
With games, books, comics, figures, statues and an anime series, thereās not much left to do but make a movie. That or a line of official leather clothing.
