Capcom’s Devil May Cry 5, which was released back in 2019, has just surpassed 10 million sold units with the publisher referring to the recently released Netflix anime as a huge factor for boosting the sales numbers of the game.
Regarding the long term financial success of Devil May Cry 5, Capcom has stated in an official press release: “The title has garnered strong support from users due to it’s exceptional gameplay experience, leading to expanded sales as a catalog title since its release”.
“Capcom provided an even more advanced story and action elements in the game with the addition of a new playable character, and more recently, on April 3, 2025, the company released the new Devil May Cry animated series on Netflix, in line with the company’s Single Content Multiple Usage strategy.”
“The animated series has garnered critical acclaim from around the world, and with more than 5.3 million views it ranked fourth during its first week globally in the “Shows | English” category, while also ranking in the top 10 for seven consecutive days in Japan. As a result of the game’s exhilarating action, and due to efforts to enhance brand awareness by leveraging the title beyond the scope of video games, including television adaptations, the title has now exceeded 10 million units in cumulative sales worldwide.”
The long term sales is also made possible by the sublime combat system of Devil May Cry 5 which is universally lauded as one of the, if not the greatest ever seen in gaming history. By perfecting over the already great combat system seen in Devil May Cry 3 and Devil May Cry 4, DMC 5 easily ranks among one of the greatest action titles of all time which you should definitely play, if you haven’t already.
And though the huge sales numbers do a lot to spark the question of whether or when Capcom will release DMC 6, there’s actually several reasons why another game in the series may be highly unlikely. First off, the story of the entire series is wrapped up perfectly in Devil May Cry 5 with character arcs that are more than a decade old getting their definite closures and secondly, the combat in DMC 5 is so unfathomably amazing, there’s actually no room for further improvement at all.
Also if Capcom really wanted to continue the franchise, they would’ve surely announced something in the past six years regarding the future directions of Devil May Cry, as going completely silent never bodes well for a series (for example, Half Life 3). But we’ll find out whether the publisher has something in the works or not, for sure.
