Dragon Quest 9 delayed to July

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

outlawauron said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:
The major thing I see with this announcement is 2 fold. One, it might impact the RECORD slaes for DQIX. It'll still sell in the millions, but it might not sell the 6-9 million I thought it would because some people feel angry by all the waiting and the delay (hey, some people just get angry whenever a game gets delayed).

Two, this effects the launch of DQVI DS yet again. Which probably was only recently finished, but they weren't going to release next to DQIX. Now they're probably going to hold its release until next Christmas in Japan because DQIX has to be stalled until Summer....

It just means America once again is going to be devoid of Dragon Quest for a long time. Which is bad because its not like they're handling it well over here, in advertising or localization, in the first place.

It would never sell that much. DQ9 selling more than 4 million would be an accomplishment in itself.

Dragon Quest 8 only sold 3.63 million on PS2 in Japan.

 

And it may not get up there.  But while the PS2 was suppose to be the BEST SELLING SYSTEM EVAR!!!!, Dragon Quest VIII its still not the best selling Dragon Quest game.  Which goes to DQVII for best single selling title and DQIII for best accumulated sales in the series.

And this is the DS we're talking about.  Which is pretty much becoming synonymous with Japanese gaming.  I think its at least going to topple all other DQ sales, if not break 5 million easily.

 

Soriku said:
Oh, how I love DelayEnix.

KH3 not coming out this gen confirmed. :(

@Ken

Nintendo said they were gonna advertise DQ IX A LOT.

 

Well, they also advertised (and published) the original Dragon Quest in America.  And we all know how that turned out...

Trust me, I'm happy that Nintendo has jumped on board to advertise DQ.  Especially since Square-Enix has decided NOT to advertise the series AT ALL.  But I wish they'd address the real problem.  Which is how the series is being handled in its localization.

They can increase the advertising all they want, but if people are getting an altered product with cheesy accents, altered names and even portions of the game missing, what's the point?  People aren't stupid, they aren't going to get all ecstatic over an inferior product.  The game might sell more copies, but it won't gain a long term fanbase.  That takes actual effort and quality control.  Something it seems only the actual producers of the series seem to be able to have a handle over in their native country.