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Forums - Sales Discussion - FFXIII or Dragon Quest IX? Which will have the most imposing Japan sales?

johnsobas on 25 April 2009

it's not about userbases, FF13 could easily sell on par with other final fantasy games despite being on a much smaller userbase, FFX already proved it anyway. A series as popular as FF does not depend on userbase.

DQ wins for sure, even if it was DQ on PS3 and FF on DS, i would still choose DQ, although it would be close.



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rafichamp on 25 April 2009

FFXIII



Xen on 25 April 2009

Ah, as for that argument, DQ IX will outsell FF XIII.



Sephiroth357 on 25 April 2009

DQIX will without a doubt not win!

This time around its coming to 360!!!




kazad91 on 25 April 2009

i would think DQ, both will be huge, but since the DS is so much bigger than PS3 it would some logical, also i think that DQ has historically being a little bigger than FF



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TheSoldier00 on 26 April 2009
Dianko said:
TheSoldier00 said:
Dianko said:
TheSoldier00 said:
Paperdiego said:
The Anarchyz said:
Paperdiego said:
its pretty obvious which one will sell more.
Dragon quest is the BIGGEST franchise in japan.
its going to smack final fantasy right in the face

 

If by THE BIGGEST you mean "The biggest JRPG franchise", wrong, Pokemon is the biggest.

If by THE BIGGEST you mean "The biggest franchise overall", wrong, Mario is the biggest.

 

..and thats why japan has ordinances forbidding the release of a dragon quest game on any day but a week day.

 

 

 

What do you mean?

 

There's an urban legend that the Japanese parliament banned the release of DQ games on a weekday cuz too many kids and workers were taking a sick day to get their hands on the new hotness. While there is no actual law, it goes to show that Dragon Quest is a cultural phenomena here.

Anybody arguing that FFXIII has a snowflakes chance in hell of beating DQ9 should just stop. It shows that they don't understand Japan at all, and one of the biggest things about the Japanese game market. FF is popular. DQ is culturally ingrained. Hell, if DQ9 was going to be on the PS3 and FFXIII on the DS, I would still put my money on DQ9 being the winner in the sales battle here. It's like arguing that Killzone 2 has a chance of outselling Halo 3, or the Xbox 360 will sell more in Japan than the Wii in the end. It's not gonna happen. Looking at old numbers one might be lead to think the two are close in popularity but that is so not true. FF exists BECAUSE of DQ. Square emulated Dragon Quest when they made Final Fantasy as a last ditch effort to stay afloat (hence the "Final" Fantasy. It was do or die for them at the time). As it is, the more popular series is going to come out on the system with 8 times the userbase. FFXIII will be lucky to sell half of what DQ9 will sell here.

 

Yeah, dude, I know Dragon Quest is very popular and huge in Japan. That's what I've already written, and it's cool about that urban legend and so, but I believe that in Japan, the gaming is known thanks to Final Fantasy (mostly), and I think the people in the world agree with me, that Final Fantasy is a stronger trademark than Dragon Quest in Japan.

 

No, just no. Trust me on this. I grew up in Japan. I live here currently. I know what I'm talking about from first hand experience. Yes, worldwide Final Fantasy is stronger. But we are talking only in Japan, and its not debatable here. DQ is stronger, and it doesn't matter what people worldwide think on this matter. No ifs, buts or whatever. FFVII and FFVIII was the closest that series has ever gotten to DQ in popularity, but since then FF has waned. The entire JRPG genre started with Dragon Quest, so that part (where gaming is known due to FF in Japan) is blatantly false.

Trust me, you're looking at this from a western perspective, and you couldn't be more wrong.

OK, I trust you. But even if Dragon Quest is the biggest franchise in Japan, I think Final Fantasy can sell more in its first week.

 



reptile168 on 26 April 2009

DQ is THE most popular RPG in Japan EVER. Thus, DQ will win



koffieboon on 26 April 2009
reptile168 said:
DQ is THE most popular RPG in Japan EVER. Thus, DQ will win

Ever heard of a little game called Pokemon?

 



Bobbuffalo on 26 April 2009

You are joking right? The love japanese have for DQ doesn't compare to the one to FF at all!

FF is more popular in the west thanks to FF7 and their corny cinemas but DQ is a phenomenon of epic proportions in japan. EVEN 80+ YEAR OLDS ELDERS  AND SPORTS STARS PLAY IT!!



reptile168 on 26 April 2009
koffieboon said:
reptile168 said:
DQ is THE most popular RPG in Japan EVER. Thus, DQ will win

Ever heard of a little game called Pokemon?

 

 

Well, I forgot Pokemon was RPG. let's stick to traditional RPGs, shall we?