So SE is already saying it's more successful and you still doubt it? lol
As I have said it before on the other thread. 3DS underperform. SE expected it to sell more not to get toe to toe with the PS4 version because of the install base. 
As you have said SE also expect it to perform better in the long run but that is yet to be seen. As of the moment PS4 version is stronger than 3DS version.

It isn't 'as of this moment' since the statement was made August 4, 12 days ago.  Even then the PS4 digial sales would have to be massive and the 3DS digital sales practically nonexistant for that to work out.

It's not that he doubt it, but like he pointed, the interview was made on august 4th. Two weeks have passed since then and we don't have any sales figures for digital that show that the PS4 is still on top or vice versa.

"Tomb Raider was a flop"

Oh god.... Square Enix is treating Dragon Quest like it's one of their western games.

Why this Alkibiades is always so negative when it comes to Sony and PS4?

Jesus, just stop it. I see you love attention, but it's getting annoying

The 3DS game (which has been done for many, many months) would have generated huge sales in 2016!

4 million would have been achievable on that platform alone last year. Instead they delayed the 3DS release to align with the PS4 game, which cost many times more to develop and sells for around 50% more at retail. In the end, the PS4 sales cut into the 3DS market more than they actually added to the fan-base. 

No doubt quite a few portable fans are now holding out for the Switch verison, as well. The Switch would have had a much lower impact on sales of the 3DS version back in 2016, whereas now the 3DS is beyond old-hat to much of the portable market. 

A better strategy might have been to release the 3DS game last year and align the Switch and PS4 releases. I seriously hope that SE is getting some of that Capcom money from Sony to push the PS4 as a trade-off for total units sold. 

I don't know who this article/quote is directed towards.

But sayings "stonger" sales is a PR talk imo, or a shareholder morale boost talk. The PS4 version obviously cost more to make, no one woudl doubt or question that. Thus peopel would want to hear that the more expensive version is doing better than the cheap one. So they spin the talk to make it sound like PS4 version is doing better, when in fact it probably isn't.

Using the numbers provided above you, we have:

3DS: 1,566,217

PS4: 1,242,260

Now lets use revenue.

3DS price: 5,980 x 1,566,217 =  9,365,977,660

PS4 price: 8,980 x 1,242,260 = 11,155,494,800

Would you look at that. DQ11 has brought in more money from the PS4 version than the 3DS version. So one could say that its sales are stronger on the PS4 in a way. But what do you suppose each version of the game cost to make? I'm guessing the PS4 cost more to make than the difference between the two's revenue. (FYI, above revenue is with SE brining in 100% of the retail price, which they don't.)

It has to be because of digital sales. Digital sales on ps4 are very good.

We still don't have the complete data so I guess your point is moot. Again as of this moment PS4 is still stronger.
We may have the sales for retail but the digital is still unknown. Could be higher could be lower.

Yeah PS4 didn't do great it's just PR so SE will feel better about the PS4 version. Why would they even do that? Annnd Yeah it cost more to make why do you think SE priced the PS4 version more? By pricing 3000 yen more they are trying to cover the expenses that way. Also, do you think DQ XI cost  the same as FFXV? for all we know the PS4 version is having a nice profit already. 

Judging by the shipments it blew SE and retails expectations already. On it's 2nd week it aready sold it's initial shipments and we all know there's also a good chunk of Digital sales there. There are anecdotal reports that PS4 version is selling out faster than 3DS. 

I would rather believe SE PR more than a random guy who is speculating if PS4 version did great or not. 

"On July 29, we released “DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age,” which has generated a great customer response and garnered praise for its contents. We have seen stronger sales of the PlayStation®4 version than the NINTENDO 3DS version, but given the installed base, we have high hopes for growth in sales of the NINTENDO 3DS version going forward as well."

Q: Do you look likely to reach your target for unit sales of “DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age?” Also, you say that you are seeing strong sales of the PlayStation®4 version, which has a high sales price. Does that mean we can expect sales to beat your plan?      

A: We believe that we can reach the lower end of our unit sales plan. Our goal is to reach the upper end of that plan, but we believe that that will depend on how sales of the NINTENDO 3DS version trend going forward.

I think you can read between the lines here. So far 3DS version is lagging with their expectation They expect more from it given the install base. They expect it to sell more but looking at the 3rd week of PS4 DQ and 3DS DQ again it is very close. Given the install base who do you think is having a stronger sales at the moment and blewing up expectation?  

FYI I know that they don't get all the money at retail because they are not selling DQ XI at 9000 yen at retail. Obviously they are selling it less.