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NPD: DQ XI had the biggest launch month in franchise history, dollar sales more than double DQ9
- Thread starter patapon
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Because Jarod is discounting the other platforms Monster Hunter (Xbox/PC) and Dragon Quest (PC) were on to play up the PS4 even more.
There were some niche jRPG that sold pretty well outside Japan with minimal marketing, like Nier and Persona.
I think this is a game people will buy up readily in the 20-40 range. A lot of people have backlogs. This is on the top of my list on Steam, but I am finishing up way too many games here. I suspect after a bit this one will do really well when people have time for it.
Agree, but it is going to have a second swing at US sales with the Switch version, which should make this a net win over DQIX. Switch owners have consistently seen ports of games sell well, even with ports that were very late.
Is SteamSpy not global, or is that just extracting the US sales?
OMG OMG OMG YESSSSSS!!!!!!
This makes me wanna cry out of happiness and relief :"-)))))
This will assure the franchise to continue coming to west on consoles and Steam which is the best compo.
I'm so happy.....
This makes me wanna cry out of happiness and relief :"-)))))
This will assure the franchise to continue coming to west on consoles and Steam which is the best compo.
I'm so happy.....
Extracting the US sales, but the share is more of 30%. I did the math earlier in the thread.
The series has done relatively well outside Japan for JRPG (DQ8 and DQ9).
DQ11 result is pretty much a side step from those 2 entries.
If SE hasn't done anything after DQ9, I doubt they will change with DQ11.
They probably will just do the same thing again for DQ12.
Release without much promotion and expect mid-tier result outside Japan.
I doubt this will happen even if DQ11 Switch has huge additional contents.
The downplaying team sure was quick to handle things in this thread <3
And no, I'm not discounting anything : Monster Hunter World has been a huge success on Xbox One and Steam, and DQXI benefited greatly from the Steam release for sure.
My remark still stand though and there's no need to be upset about facts : worldwide, both Monster Hunter and Dragon Quest came back with huge success on PlayStation after a long absence on this platform. 2018 is really a year to be remembered on a lot of front.
And no, I'm not discounting anything : Monster Hunter World has been a huge success on Xbox One and Steam, and DQXI benefited greatly from the Steam release for sure.
My remark still stand though and there's no need to be upset about facts : worldwide, both Monster Hunter and Dragon Quest came back with huge success on PlayStation after a long absence on this platform. 2018 is really a year to be remembered on a lot of front.
It's more than decade ago but upon deciding DQ9's platform the CEO had to say the retail price would be set to "highest possible" (of the DS standard I presume), at the investor's meeting. I suppose it was to dodge the bullet thrown from investors and they were the target audience of that quote, but that of course the quote got leaked to Japanese news outlet and gamers started to throw brick at him (usual greedy pubs / lazy devs shit). It's worth nothing that the CEO guy back then was very positive and optimistic on Nintendo platforms, and he still had to say that to shareholders..
I don't think Nier: Automata is comparable to Persona and DQ, sure, you can say Persona and Dragon Quest share similiarities, but Nier? Nah.
Nier and Persone 5 were Q1/Q2 titles compared to the September release of Dragon Quest, and releasing Japanese games at the beginning of the year proved to be a successful move.
Very unlikely considering how late it will be released and that the PS4/Steam versions will have had multiple price drops and sales by then.
If they launched around the same time? Sure...but like this? They would have to add bunch of extras to make the Switch version worthwhile for fans that already bought it and maybe launch it at a cheaper price as well. Especially latter isn't something I wouldnt expect SE/Nintendo to do....when they are charging 50 bucks for TWEWY and DQ Builders 1 ages after the initial release.
Hope I'm wrong though.
OT but it seems that some of you don't really like VR and can't even bear the notion of the some of us liking VR....like us loving VR is hurting you somehow.
Ah yes, I see it. Hopefully the game will continue to pick up sales as its a lot of fun. First Dragon Quest I've properly played, did try #1 on my phone but didn't get very far as don't get on with games on mobile.
But then I really enjoyed World of Final Fantasy and sales of that never set the world on fire.
Considering this is physical and digital between two platforms and the game costs $60 vs $35... pretty whelming. Could have been so much better if they had released it in a timely manner and not during fucking Spider-Man month.
Yes, we need one in this case.
Some people here for months says that DQ XI flop and SE choice was wrong ( like when Capcom was suicidal with Monster Hunter World it seems...) and what we have now ? The best launch in the franchise history. Really funny facts.
Overall Square Enix didn't make the franchise grow at all since DQIX which doesn't bode well for future releases. If it released a month before things would have been much better.
Good that it sold slightly more than DQ9? Probably a bit on the equal side with the LE edition and its pricing.
The production values were absolutely not the same
Would you agree an August or November launch would've yielded more sales and a higher placement.
Well, to be fair, this should have been worldwide release in the first place.
Dunno why SE always takes ages for DQ localization.
By hearing what Horii has been saying recently I'm sure DQ12 is coming, and unsurprisingly Horii himself would be leading the project again.
It absolutely should have been if SE was remotely serious about this release.
Exactly.
SE release dates are unbelievable to me, why did they release Dragon Quest, Shadow of The Tomb Raider and Life is Strange in the same month?
Just Cause 4 is the only game with a decent release date and Octopath.
DQ is one of their biggest franchises, so there's going to be a DQ12 lol.
DQ has always been massive in size and script since DQ7.
Development of DQ is also controlled by Horii with SE having little say, so I'm not sure if they can change it to incorporate localization at the same time.
