Kenryoku_Maxis on 13 July 2009
| Lafiel said: hmm.. DQ8 had a start week (first 2 days) of ~ 2.268m and total sales of 3.68m in Japan (1.62 multiplier) I wonder what kind of multiplier/total sales DQ9 can achieve.. arguments pro higher multi: - higher userbase - DS games generally have good legs contra: - first non-home console non-remake main line iteration - seemingly lukewarm reception (might not be the case for the normal DQ buyer but only for "hardcores") For now I think a 1.50-1.75 multiplier seems to be the most probable, which would put the game at 3.51m-4.1m in total jpn sales |
I'm thinking that its going to depend on two things. The amount of stock the game has in Japan and how much of an effect the 'DS' craze has on the series. If its true that most Dragon Quest fans in Japan are already set as fans, then the game being on DS won't help the game sell better and it'll pretty much just sell near the same amount as DQVIII. But pretty much every DQ game has sold about 15% better than its last main series game (except DQVIII, which sold about 3-4% less). So its reasonable to think this game might as well. And if you add the DS craze to the equation...it might pick up even more fans.
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