Monday, September 7th 2026

Capcom Teases More Retro Revivals As Onimusha: WotS Hits 1 Million Day-One Sales

Capcom has just confirmed that Onimusha: Way of the Sword has been as much a commercial success as it has been a critical one—Way of the Sword has a Steam review rating of 87% positive, and a Metascore of 85—with the gaming giant announcing on September 7 that Way of the Sword has sold over 1 million units on its launch day. Notably, way of the Sword is first new mainline game in the Onimusha franchise in 20 years, following the 2006 launch of Dawn of Dreams.

In the announcement confirming over a million sales on the latest Onimusha game, Capcom also announced that it "is focusing on re-activating IPs that haven't had a new title launch recently," and will be "working to further maximize corporate value by leveraging its rich library of content." This confirms once more that Capcom will be pursuing not just remakes, like the alleged Resident Evil Code Veronica and Resident Evil 1, but also new installments in its classic game franchises, like Marvel vs. Capcom or Dead Rising.
Source: Capcom
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7 Comments on Capcom Teases More Retro Revivals As Onimusha: WotS Hits 1 Million Day-One Sales

#1
Onasi
Make a Devil May Cry 6, you cowards. You can’t possibly tell me that with the departure of Itsuno there is just nobody at Cspcom who is interested in the series. What, not even his old team that he specifically nurtured to take over for him?
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Kinsa83
OnasiMake a Devil May Cry 6, you cowards. You can’t possibly tell me that with the departure of Itsuno there is just nobody at Cspcom who is interested in the series. What, not even his old team that he specifically nurtured to take over for him?
Maybe they burnt out of their ideas with the Netflix series or they are using that to see how interested people are still in the series at all. I would welcome another DMC game. Next season is the last for the netflix series.
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#4
Onasi
Kinsa83Maybe they burnt out of their ideas with the Netflix series or they are using that to see how interested people are still in the series at all. I would welcome another DMC game. Next season is the last for the netflix series.
The Netflix series has fuck all to do with Capcom beyond the licensing, they are barely involved. It’s a glorified fanfic at best. And using it to judge interest in the series would be… a questionable move, considering that quite a lot of series fans have… opinions, negative ones, on the whole thing. Me very much included.
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#6
Kinsa83
OnasiThe Netflix series has fuck all to do with Capcom beyond the licensing, they are barely involved. It’s a glorified fanfic at best. And using it to judge interest in the series would be… a questionable move, considering that quite a lot of series fans have… opinions, negative ones, on the whole thing. Me very much included.
You are clearly in fandom spaces getting information from there. Personally, I find fandoms particularly problematic and not because they hold different opinions than I do. Yeah, no... most story telling today whether its professionally done/supported or not is just glorified fanfiction. Look at the Gladiator sequel as an example, the recent Mortal Kombat 2 film and Alien: Earth more examples and yet they got money and professional support due to someone with accolades being involved and not based on the merits of the new stories being told. Storytelling is storytelling regardless of who is behind the work. Ive seen original creators screw up their own work before. All this to say there are people out there that disagree with your assessment of the show and Im not using an echo chamber or group think to browbeat others in submission just because 1 side appears to have the bigger numbers at a particular point in time and place. If DMC Netflix wasnt making money off this and it was actually as universally disliked as you claim they wouldnt be completing the series they would just drop it and move on, which they have an ample history of doing. So there is enough people watching and liking it for it to continue and be completed. Capcom will notice that and use that information to impact how theyll come out with new DMC material.
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#7
FierceRed
Kinsa83Maybe they burnt out of their ideas...
Combos, guns, heavy metal riffs and midriffs.

Boom, I just set them up for the next trilogy in the franchise. :)
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