bigdom93 posted...the short answer is Devil may cry 2 destroyed any momentum that the first game built up
This. DMC3 was a really awesome game. but it didn't sell near what it could have because DMC2 ruined the series reputation. Though they made up some of the sales with the Special Edition of DMC3, so overall if you combine DMC3 + SE they probably hit around 2 million. DMC4 sold even more than DMC1 and DMC3+SE with around 2.7 million.
DMC4 might have sold even more had they not cut it's budget. They lost half of their budget, and that forced them to reuse Nero's levels for Dante rather than have him fight in Hell closing hell gates. It still sold pretty well despite this. They had finally got their momentum back, and they throw it all away to try and make some edgy, immature, westernized DmC game.
Here's the problems: They let Ninja Theory of all people do it, they went about it the wrong way, and it really didn't need a reboot at all.
Ninja Theory is a mediocre developer who had no business ever touching a series like DMC. It's like letting the guys who made Big Rigs make the next Gran Turismo. If they wanted an edgier DMC, they should have kept it in the same style that the game was known for. Not some stereo-typical game that involves random swearing, and immature/poorly written attempts at edginess and humor.
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