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[h1]The Netflix bump is working its magic once again, sending Devil May Cry rocketing up the Steam top sellers in a $20 franchise bundle[/h1]

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ByLincoln Carpenter publishedyesterday
Half-devil does sell.

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The Netflix boost is a phenomenon so predictable that it should qualify as legitimate economic theory. It follows a simple pattern: Netflix releases a videogame adaptation, and the people who watch it want an excuse to linger in that world, causing related game sales to spike shortly afterwards.

We saw it when Henry Cavill's Geralt performance drove a 554% increase in people tossing coins to their Witchers. It drove increases in daily concurrent player counts for Cyberpunk 2077 after the airing of the anime adaptation. And it's not limited to Netflix, either—the Fallout show on Amazon caused a fourfold increase in daily active Fallout players.

Now, Netflix is working its spell once more: Its Devil May Cry animated adaptation released last week on April 3, and now the Devil May Cry Franchise Pack is—at time of writing—the 9th best selling Steam listing in the US, while Devil May Cry 5 is the 12th best selling Steam game worldwide.
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Of course, the heavy discounts don't hurt here. The Franchise Pack, which includes Devil May Cry 1 through 5 (but not 2013's DmC reboot, though that's on sale too if you want it), is currently enjoying a 71% discount, getting you all of Dante's endeavors for $20.

The interest isn't just limited to sales. According to SteamDB, there were more than 13,000 people playing Devil May Cry 5 at once yesterday—its second highest player count since its 2019 release. Concurrent player counts for singleplayer games are only so useful of a metric, but it's clear there's plenty of people who are fiending for a demon hunting fix.
I'm tempted to grab the bundle myself. Devil May Cry is one of the bigger gaps in my gaming history, and considering the enthusiasm of our Devil May Cry 5 review—and how much Capcom action I've been enjoying in Monster Hunter lately—it almost feels like a professional obligation at this point.
Plus I hear Dante can use his motorcycle as a weapon. That sounds alright.
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You really overselling it there CBR. The franchise was already and still is doing fine. Without or without the Netflix. It didn't "save" anything. Just added even more popular appeal or those interested in playing games.

[h1]Love it or Hate it: Devil May Cry's Netflix Adaptation Just Saved The Franchise[/h1]


After seven years of development, Adi Shankar's highly anticipated Devil May Cry anime has finally arrived on Netflix. This should be an exciting moment for the Devil May Cry fandom, but things haven't panned out that way for everybody. Many longtime fans have left Netflix's DMC adaptation with a sour taste in their mouth, due to how different the characters feel from the ones in the games, the overt political themes, or the divergence from the stories in the games they know and love. While those criticisms are mostly warranted, there's at least one thing all fans should be celebrating about the new DMC anime's release.

The Devil May Cry franchise has seen plenty of ups and downs as a game series throughout the years, with planned reboots like 2013's DmC: Devil May Cry, to the eventual return of the canonical series with 2019's Devil May Cry 5, which went on to be the most successful entry yet. Since 2019, though, there has been uncertainty around a sequel, with nothing having been announced even 6 years later. However, the Netflix anime could finally be the thing that turns that all around for the Devil May Cry game franchise, turning the game series into the highest of priorities for Capcom. And there's already an indication that it's doing just that.
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In recent years, the video game adaptation has grown in popularity. What was once a genre dominated by disappointing entries, the past few years have seen the likes of The Last of Us and Fallout restore faith in the video game adaptation. With that in mind, it's understandable that the hype is high for Netflix's next introduction to the genre, Adi Shankar's adaptation of the popular video game series, Devil May Cry. The Castlevania producer first acquired the rights to the series seven years ago, with anticipation steadily growing ever since.

Well, it seems as if the anticipation has paid off, with the series benefiting from a superb early response on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. From critics, Devil May Cry has earned an enormous 93% rating, with a worse but still strong 76% score earned via audiences. After its debut on Thursday, April 3, 2025, the early reception has been ultimately positive for the series, with many citing the stunning animation, a penchant for more mature themes, and creative, colorful action sequences for the show's success. One person who agrees with this positive critique is Collider's Aidan Kelley, who gave the series a 9/10, concluding:


"To put it simply, Adi Shankar and Netflix have done it again with Devil May Cry. This is a show that could have easily gotten away with being just a fun and simple action romp with a few good jokes and action setpieces. Instead, Devil May Cry goes above and beyond to deliver a brilliant animated series that is as thematically rich as it is wildly entertaining."
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The famiboards forum doesn't have this issue with bot threads. They have a sort of "ranking" filter so that brand new users can't post new threads until they're at a certain rank. And that's done by getting reacts and posting messages. I suggest maybe having a similar practice?
 
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ExtraWildGames said:
The famiboards forum doesn't have this issue with bot threads. They have a sort of "ranking" filter so that brand new users can't post new threads until they're at a certain rank. And that's done by getting reacts and posting messages. I suggest maybe having a similar practice?
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Problem is there's no one left to implement something like that. No admin or techie. Management has essentially abandoned the place for a couple years now. I'm not sure they even know there still people here, or care to.
 
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Problem is there's no one left to implement something like that. No admin or techie. Management has essentially abandoned the place for a couple years now. I'm not sure they even know there still people here, or care to.
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They posted some website content to the forum board for it, but it saw like no traction so they might have stopped?

With how often I thought this board would die only to be just fine, I'm pretty sure its immortal at this point, so bring it bots!

Although someone must still do some maintenance here, since they cleaned up all the bots crap. Thank you to whoever that is (or some moderation bots fro all I know).
 
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They posted some website content to the forum board for it, but it saw like no traction so they might have stopped?
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I mean, ignoring the whole abandonment thing, kinda hard to get traction when you post content in a subforum no regular users have posting privileges for.
Although someone must still do some maintenance here, since they cleaned up all the bots crap. Thank you to whoever that is (or some moderation bots fro all I know).
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That would be JoJo, last of the mods, final bulwark against the darkness.
 
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