Andre Yoskowitz
1 Aug 2008 14:29
The American branch of Capcom has revealed that sales of the PC version of Devil May Cry 4 have been "pirated to hell" and that Capcom Japan now refuses to release it digitally.
Capcom vice president of strategic planning Christian Svensson noted, "I'm not sure about how Capcom in general feels but it's not doing as well as I would like in the US at retail."
"It's such a good version and it really deserves better sales. I know it's getting pirated to hell and back (it was up on torrents literally the day it shipped)."
"I certainly have pushed for digital distribution on the title but Capcom Japan so far has not allowed it," added Svensson.
The VP also noted that Capcom hoped to eventually release all their US titles digitally, alongside their physical media brothers.
"For the record all Capcom Entertainment developed titles will be distributed extremely widely via digital channels (not just Steam or Direct2Drive, but more than a dozen partners across more than 100 sites/portals for everything we do).
"I've spent the last year building up that channel and I'm continuing to add partners even in advance of Age of Booty, MotoGP, Neopets, Dark Void and Flock shipping," he said.