To be honest I don't think he cares about DMC anymore. While I'm sure he meant all those things he said about DmC I get the impression that he has become indiferent twards the franchise. I don't think it's recent, ether, but rather it's something that came about way back.
I've mentioned this before, I think, but I figuered the way alot of us reacted to DmC is how he felt about DMC2, and since that was about 10 years ago he's had pleanty of time to get over it and move on, and since he no longer has any influence over it itdoesn't matter.
It's just the impression that I get.