Dragon Quest IX Street Date Broken In Japan

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SaviorX said:

nordlead said:

Chris Hu said:
@routsounmanman I think I remember reading a story about this its because its very popular and they don't want people to skip work just to buy a game am I right?

interesting, does anyone have a link to this?

There is a LAW in Japan that no Dragon Quest game can be released during the week. Previous entries in the series caused children to skip out on school, and grown adults to abandon work, so the games may only be released on Saturday or Sunday.

 

Getting it beforehand is technically illegal. I doubt we cancount these "broken date" sales either. VGC has enough of DQ to track with a "Week 0" getting in the way.

I was looking for something more like the following

for the full story of DQ go here - http://rpgland.com/specials/special-features/the-history-of-dragon-quest/

Anyways, this won't be a week 0 issue, since the early sales are occuring in the same week as the release week. (week ends sunday, game launches saturday, street date broekn thursday) Week 0 issues occur when games luanch on Sunday in America and the street date is broken (week ends saturday, game launches sunday, street date broken on friday/saturday)