GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links.

UK Chart: DmC tops the charts with only a third of its predecessor's sales

Ninja Theory's reboot knocks FIFA from the top spot.

By on

254 Comments

DmC: Devil May Cry, Capcom's warmly-received but slightly controversial reboot of the Devil May Cry series, has taken the top spot in the UK charts in its first week, knocking FIFA 13 down into second place after its two-week stint at the top.

No Caption Provided

It's Capcom's first UK number one since Resident Evil 5 in 2009, even though Ninja Theory's DmC could only manage just over a third of what Devil May Cry 4 sold in its first week way back in 2008. DmC even had a three-day head start thanks to its worldwide Tuesday launch - games in the UK are traditionally launched on Friday.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II rounds out the top three, with Far Cry 3 dropping two places to fourth and Need for Speed: Most Wanted sticking in fifth.

DmC is the only new release to chart in the Top 40 this week, although 2K's NBA 2k13 returns in 19th, Paper Mario: Sticker Star pops in at 35th and Battlefield 3 enters at 39.

The Top 10 UK All-Format Ukie Games Charts for the week ending January 19, 2013:

1. DmC: Devil May Cry
2. FIFA 13
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
4. Far Cry 3
5. Need for Speed: Most Wanted
6. Just Dance 4
7. Football Manager 2013
8. Hitman: Absolution
9. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
10. Assassin's Creed III

Click To Unmute
DmC tops UK charts despite weak sales
  1. Another Crab's Treasure Is A Soulslike 3D Platformer | GameSpot Review
  2. Stellar Blade Review
  3. Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble - Official Multiplayer Features Trailer
  4. Nintendo 64 – April 2024 Game Updates – Nintendo Switch Online
  5. PUBG | Erangel Classic Returns
  6. Gori: Cuddly Carnage | Meow Launch Date Announcement Trailer
  7. Genshin Impact - "Arlecchino: Afterglow of Calamity" | Collected Miscellany
  8. Marvel Rivals - Official Loki Character Reveal Trailer | The King of Yggsgard
  9. Fortnite Festival - Official Billie Eilish Cinematic Season 3 Trailer
  10. Remnant 2 - The Forgotten Kingdom | DLC Launch Trailer
  11. Stellar Blade - Official "The Journey: Part 2" Behind The Scenes Trailer | PS5 Games
  12. Dead by Daylight | Tome 19: Splendor | Reveal Trailer

Want us to remember this setting for all your devices?

Sign up or Sign in now!

Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos.
This video has an invalid file format.
00:00:00
Sorry, but you can't access this content!
Please enter your date of birth to view this video

By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Got a news tip or want to contact us directly? Email news@gamespot.com

Devil May Cry 4
DmC: Devil May Cry
Far Cry 3
FIFA Soccer 13
Join the conversation
There are 254 comments about this story
254 Comments  RefreshSorted By 
GameSpot has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to toxic conduct in comments. Any abusive, racist, sexist, threatening, bullying, vulgar, and otherwise objectionable behavior will result in moderation and/or account termination. Please keep your discussion civil.

Avatar image for FreedomPrime
FreedomPrime

25

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 0

FreedomPrime

I really hope this game tanks. hard.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for karin_2049
karin_2049

28

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By karin_2049

DmC tops the charts in UK? against what?! there are no other "big" releases right now, and FIFA was released like 4 months ago btw

Upvote • 
Avatar image for bongsyas_23
bongsyas_23

498

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

bongsyas_23

this series did not need a reboot, the original was doing just fine. besides, the old dante looked way better.

5 • 
Avatar image for deactivated-57fce817a4cf5
deactivated-57fce817a4cf5

4117

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 21

User Lists: 0

Edited By deactivated-57fce817a4cf5

The only DMC I liked was the very first one. The second was a let down, 3 brought back a little bit of credibility. And 4 buried it.

This revamping of the series is just what I needed. I loved the demo, I now own the game. And for the first time since DMC1, I have respect for the series again.

Getting rid of that floppy, white haired, Japanese anime freak was the best thing they ever did.

4 • 
Avatar image for chasind
chasind

25

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

chasind

@kavadias1981 I completely agree 100% I guarantee all who don't like the new DmC haven't played the entire series or haven't even tried the demo to the new reboot. I was a skeptic at 1st with the new Release, honestly thinking it was going to be the same crap DmC4 was loaded with- the japanese anime/overtones which was really old. I even didn't like dante's new look at 1st but now- I prefer it. For those who won;t play the new DmC bc of the way he looks, or bc ninja theory helped develop it; TRY THE DEMO 1ST.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for zfair89
zfair89

35

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

zfair89

@kavadias1981 I still don't understand why Dante is the main object of criticism for a lot if people. I had this crazy notion that it was the combat that made DMC the series it is today, not that 'floppy, white haired dude'. Maybe I was wrong.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for evil-zodiark
evil-zodiark

129

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

evil-zodiark

@zfair89 thing is DmC sucks at both...

5 • 
Avatar image for AdrianJNYC
AdrianJNYC

76

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

AdrianJNYC

It's good to see DMC having great success and topping the UK charts. Hopefully, with this early success will come a sequel in the future - perhaps on the next-gen consoles.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for DarkSaber2k
DarkSaber2k

105

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

DarkSaber2k

@AdrianJNYC To be fair, it wasn't exactly hard to top the charts in a week where literally NOTHING ELSE of interest was released.

5 • 
Avatar image for AdrianJNYC
AdrianJNYC

76

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By AdrianJNYC

@DarkSaber2k @AdrianJNYC Nevertheless, DMC is selling pretty well and this game has taken so much criticism throughout its development cycle.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for DarkSaber2k
DarkSaber2k

105

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By DarkSaber2k

@AdrianJNYC @DarkSaber2k "Pretty well"? It struggled to barely beat a game that has been out since SEPTEMBER. It'll be gone & forgotten by next week for all except the bitter "you changed it now it sucks" types..

Upvote • 
Avatar image for 179107199999
179107199999

44

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

179107199999

@PSYCHOV3N0M @Coco_pierrot DOA2 ultimate was the best because you unlocked everything by playing.I hate what DOA 5 did.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for cfstar
cfstar

1979

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

cfstar

Well, those 5 million units you wanted to sell do look very close now, don't they Capcom?

Upvote • 
Avatar image for jark888
jark888

78

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

jark888

When Capcom has too many post-released versions of a game, they won't make a good sell on the first version of the game. There're not many people buy new these days. Especially not from Capcom!

5 • 
Avatar image for isaacyassar
isaacyassar

37

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

isaacyassar

Capcom pissed off many loyal fans = Capcom deserves piracy. Nuff said.

10 • 
Avatar image for tightwad34
tightwad34

25

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 0

tightwad34

Topping the charts after the holiday rush is ho hum, though I suppose someone has to be #1. Topping FIFA in Europe is impressive.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for Mortz_88
Mortz_88

525

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 9

User Lists: 0

Edited By Mortz_88

@tightwad34 Its not impressive because Fifa has been out since September 28th in the UK, and in the third week of January DmC has just barely outsold it.

2 • 
Avatar image for tightwad34
tightwad34

25

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 0

tightwad34

@Mortz_88 Well, it's still impressive to me seeing how FIFA is huge in Europe. These are the numbers for the last month, correct?

Upvote • 
Avatar image for Mortz_88
Mortz_88

525

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 9

User Lists: 0

Mortz_88

@tightwad34 Nope, just for the week ending January 19, 2013

Upvote • 
Avatar image for cfstar
cfstar

1979

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

cfstar

Do note that the HD Collection of the original series outsold this on Amazon. Lol

Upvote • 
Avatar image for steelmouth
steelmouth

1084

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 7

User Lists: 0

steelmouth

is it just me or this martin gaston really looks like dante, have anyone checked if they related

4 • 
Avatar image for Mortz_88
Mortz_88

525

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 9

User Lists: 0

Mortz_88

@steelmouth He looks like Gok Wan mixed with Dante

Upvote • 
Avatar image for musalala
musalala

3131

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

musalala

@steelmouth LOL i noticed as well

2 • 
Avatar image for tgwolf
tgwolf

67

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

tgwolf

That would be because Dante was modeled after your's truly...Yeah, the face and swagger wins again, forget all the action...

Upvote • 
Avatar image for robbiejones
robbiejones

236

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

robbiejones

@Plasmid_king @robbiejones criticising peoples spelling on "game" websites is lame

Upvote • 
Avatar image for Sampawende
Sampawende

126

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Sampawende

Fairly deserved

Upvote • 
Avatar image for tibbydriver0540
tibbydriver0540

25

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

tibbydriver0540

Great game. Beat it once already. Playing it again on easy just to upgrade my health and weapons more so I can tackle the higher difficulties.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for speedcrysis
speedcrysis

25

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

speedcrysis

@Simplythebest12 listen broo.......i m from india....uk is the one of the great country in the world may be ur nation is not popular but dont talk like this.....

Upvote • 
Avatar image for ranzikiel
ranzikiel

256

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 42

User Lists: 0

ranzikiel

I like this DMC but i like the older one better.
DMC 3 gave me alot of headache but it was fun and challenging..
this one was uhmm...easier i think??..or i'm alot better than i supposed to be than last time =D

Upvote • 
Avatar image for deactivated-58bd60b980002
deactivated-58bd60b980002

2016

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 50

User Lists: 1

deactivated-58bd60b980002

Well since it is #1 it may be considered a success but if that game sold one third of DMC4 ... someone may conclude that gamer buy less game now than ever ... and NO wonder ... so much great franchise became aweful and plagued by DLC ...

The gen EA, Activision and Capcom are the one to avoid

9 • 
Avatar image for deactivated-58bd60b980002
deactivated-58bd60b980002

2016

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 50

User Lists: 1

deactivated-58bd60b980002

@chipwithdip Seriously dude ??? Street Fighter wasn't saved at all ... 3 Street Fighter games in a very short amound of time. All of them crippled with DLC and at each new incarneation they put the DLC of the previous game as starting caracters ... yeah ... Capcom raped every game they made this gen

Upvote • 
Avatar image for YoungPrinceT
YoungPrinceT

25

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

YoungPrinceT

Who wants to pay $60 for a 6-8 hour game? I don't understand developers these days.

11 • 
Avatar image for deactivated-58bd60b980002
deactivated-58bd60b980002

2016

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 50

User Lists: 1

Edited By deactivated-58bd60b980002

@YoungPrinceT You obviously never play videogames during the NES days ... because a Mega Man games lasted no more than 2h when you know what you do... and it costed 70$ ... I remeber buying Mega Man 3 with Christmas money in 1989 it was the first game I bought with my own money.

The problem isn,t the lengh of the game ... because they created very long game but they feel shallow like an empty shell. Once you beat the game and got every Acheivement/Trophy there is no reason to play it ... While I played so many hours of MegaMan3 I could finish the game with only the mega buster and do kinda a perfect run.

Or in the past gen ... there were collectible that gave something in the game not just a stupid Acheivement ... stuff like that that make a 10h game a shallow experience while a 1h game could be so fun

5 • 
Avatar image for 179107199999
179107199999

44

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

Edited By 179107199999

@Coco_pierrot @YoungPrinceT agreed totally agree. In the age after Carts we got more content with more hours when disc based games came out and we pretty much were getting what we paid for.now in this generation we get less.All this new tech and the greatest thing lots of companies learned to do is rip off consumers and expect us to pay full price.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for Mortz_88
Mortz_88

525

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 9

User Lists: 0

Edited By Mortz_88

@Coco_pierrot We're not playing NES anymore, games have advanced a lot since then, so to expect people to pay £39.99 for a game that you can finish in a day, and apart from higher difficulty, offers very little in terms or replay value, is ridiculous.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for deactivated-58bd60b980002
deactivated-58bd60b980002

2016

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 50

User Lists: 1

deactivated-58bd60b980002

@Mortz_88 What replay they have now ??? Tacked on Multiplayer ? Right now I'm playing Final Fantasu 1 and Final Fantasy Tactics ( the PSOne version ) and I still love it. I still play My Mega Man Collection on PS2 from time to time and still enjoy it. The moment I finised Uncharted I didn't care for it anymore

It's been a very crappy Gen outside of a few gem like Demon Soul.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for 179107199999
179107199999

44

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

179107199999

@Mortz_88 @179107199999 totally agree.Before it was stolen I had Dark Souls.I absolutley loved that game.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for Mortz_88
Mortz_88

525

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 9

User Lists: 0

Edited By Mortz_88

@179107199999 Just one example but Demon's Souls is one of the better games to come out in a very long time. The combat is very smooth and can be mastered fairly easily. It has good replay value through making new characters or exploring hidden areas. Also its one of the most challenging games I've ever played. I think that this was more the direction DmC should have gone in, and not taken the steps back in terms of combat and simplistic design.

4 • 
Avatar image for 179107199999
179107199999

44

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

179107199999

@Mortz_88 @Coco_pierrot Funny how advanced they got that that some games you still can beat in a few hrs and you still pay full price for it.And on top of that some games have sections locked away only for you to buy it as DLC. I'd rather play an NES game because the rewards for victory were sweeter.Those games back then were challenging.And the Music...they were so limited with Tech but a lot of that music is still memorable. This generation is trash well close to it anyway.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for YoungPrinceT
YoungPrinceT

25

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

YoungPrinceT

@Coco_pierrot Ok.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for RustedTruck650
RustedTruck650

204

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 7

User Lists: 0

RustedTruck650

@Strider8009 HA!!

Upvote • 
Avatar image for Lotus-Edge
Lotus-Edge

50513

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Lotus-Edge

Go DMC....

Upvote • 
Avatar image for burn_oren
burn_oren

25

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

burn_oren

they like it...so what?? get a life dude. everybody got OPIUNION

Upvote • 
Avatar image for 179107199999
179107199999

44

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

179107199999

@burn_oren No that's not what it means.It beat out a game that was 16 weeks old.Fifa's sales were already beyond slow at that point.In other words DmC didn't do anything remotley special

4 •