"For me, based on my age, this is my last chance," Itsuno told VGC during a recent visit to his new studio, Lightspeed Japan, where he was given the opportunity to build an entirely new team and project by owner Tencent. "The gaming industry has decreased the number of AAA releases, and I was asked to create a new AAA. I'm not young anymore, so more than 'now it's the right moment' it's more like, 'this is my last chance' to challenge myself."
He continued: "For Capcom, creating Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma sequels is the top priority, and keeping in mind that making a game takes four or five years, this might be my last big opportunity.
Before you realized you are working on making the Devil May Cry 6 or 7. It's not like I don't want to make them, I do, but it's hard to balance the time it takes with the personal satisfaction of making them, and with Devil May Cry 5 and Dragon's Dogma 2, I already did what I wanted to make."
Insert joke about not even finishing DD2 below.