Capcom has lowered the sales foreast for dmc, its new devil may cry reboot, from 2 miss units to 1.2 million units.
Over at MCV, Ben Parfitt Laments This Poorr-Than-EXPECTED Showing, calling it all "very sad."
Here’s Parfitt:
Then, then
YET The Fans Revolted Because Capcom Dared to Reinvent its IP for the 21st Century and DARED to Change the Color of Dante ’s Hair. It’ s Really Very Very Sad.
A headline suggested by a collection: "Devil May Cry Fans Destroy Brand Out of Spite." That About COVERS It.
This is interesting to me.
On the One Hand, Parfitt Is Abs Absolutely Correct. Thanks to Fans Not Buying the Game, It Sold Worse than Expected. When you strip away motive, all that remains are cold, Hard Numbers.
hair "bit has me chuckling audibly.
I hear quite often when we enter the turbuice.
If you do, like it, so the advice goes, quit whining and just doon’T’T’T’T’T’T’t.
I Certainly Think The Most Effective Possible Protest in A Capitalist Economic System is to Vote with One’s Wallet, Though I Have No Probly Vocalization Complracyts Alonsids
YET Here we have an example of that very self-sme things.
It’s Almost — Almost! — As if some people Think Game Publishers Are Entitled to Sales Regardless of WHETHER or Not Customers PARTICULALLLTALALALALALALALALALALAALAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAEAAAAAAAAEationationationationationationationationationssationssationssationsationsationsationsationsationsationsationsationsationationationchedatesesesightchesiesightesightightightightightightightatthatth numberat -atatesatat-numberat-produces
of them believed dmc itset was the desRass of a beloved Brand.
I’m Not Sure I Agree with that Entirely — I Had Fun with DMC Which I Thought was an Entertainment, if somewhat average, game — but i do think, faw, we gotIP Entirely, OR A spin-off, Rather than as a Reboot. As a new ip i think we can enjoyed it as aSETHING New Rather than Simply It Endlessly to SomeThing Old.
Oh, and to Answer My Own Question (from that headline way up yonder) — in a word, yes are. Fans are to blame. That’s how it is played.