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Capcom Q1 Profit Jumps 90% as Devil May Cry Sales Climb

Cross-media success of the Devil May Cry anime sparked a surge in back-catalog sales that fueled Capcom’s first-quarter results

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Overview

  • First-quarter net sales rose 53.7% year-on-year to ¥45,502 million and operating profit increased 90.8% to ¥24,597 million
  • Devil May Cry 5 led the quarter with 1.78 million units sold between April and June, pushing its lifetime sales past 10.5 million
  • Remastered titles drove additional growth, with Devil May Cry HD Collection near 600,000 sales and DMC4 Special Edition at 495,000, both outselling Monster Hunter Wilds which recorded 477,000 units
  • Netflix’s Devil May Cry animated series drew over 5.3 million viewers in its first week and has been greenlit for a second season
  • Capcom raised its full-year net sales target to ¥190 billion as it leans on media synergy and catalog strength amidst a lull in new major releases