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Devil May Cry 5 Posts Best Single-Year Sales Ahead of Switch 2 Launch

Renewed purchases were driven by steep platform discounts alongside exposure from Netflix's animated series.

Overview

  • Capcom's updated sales page shows Devil May Cry 5 sold 2.7 million copies in the fiscal year ending March 2026, the highest annual total in the game's seven-year history.
  • The publisher added title-by-title, year-by-year figures to its 'Consumer Business Sales Volume' chart to make the game's sales trajectory publicly visible.
  • Journalists link the sales surge to repeated deep discounts on PC storefronts, with SteamDB-tracked lows near $7.49 in April 2025 and about $4.49 in May 2026, and to the Netflix Devil May Cry animated series increasing exposure.
  • Capcom will extend the game's commercial run with Devil May Cry 5: Devil Hunter Edition for Nintendo Switch 2, confirmed for release on June 23, 2026, and offering 60fps gameplay in both TV and handheld modes.
  • Despite the late-career sales boost and Capcom's company-wide record of 59.07 million games sold last fiscal year, no sequel has been announced and several original DMC5 team members have left, leaving the series' creative direction uncertain.