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naznatips on 19 September 2007
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davygee said:
naznatips said:

I mean even most of your ideas were for games that sell under 2 million copies in Japan (some under 1 million). That's not going to completely change the direction of the market. I hope its a good game and a big game, but the fact is that single games just don't mean much. It's the collective amount of games that make or break a system.


Highest selling PS games in Japan:

1. Dragon Quest VII (PSOne) - 4.1m

2. Final Fantasy VIII (PSone) - 3.6m

3. Dragon Quest VIII (PS2) - 3.6m

4. Final Fantasy VII (PSOne) - 3.2m

5. Final Fantasy IX (PSOne) - 2.7m

6. Final Fantasy X (PS2) - 2.7m

7. Gran Turismo (PSOne) - 2.5m

8. Final Fantasy XII (PS2) - 2.3m

9. Everybody's Golf (PSOne) - 2.1m

10. Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2) - 2.1m

It's obvious that FF and DQ games are extremely popular as well as being popular on the PS platform as well. IMHO, Dragon Quest would be the biggest franchise to get an exclusive for. I understand that SE is pushing Dragon Quest IX for the DS at the moment. But if Sony were to get the exclusive rights for Dragon Quest X for the PS3 and only the PS3, then I reckon this would be a big seller. The only downer is that it would likely be 2 years away before it was to be released.


Square tends to only release one DQ game a generation.  Or at least that's been the trend the last two generations. Also, the DS game has been in development more than 2 years already.  A PS3 game would take at least 3 to be done right.  Again, look at Square's development trends.  They have released numerous Dragon Quest games, remakes, and spinoffs, but not a single one of them has been on a non-Nintendo system this generation.  With Square's promise of "equal support" accross all platforms, it seems pretty clear that they decided Nintendo was the place to stick their second largest franchise.