NEW DRAGON QUEST Wii - No its not DQ X -

[trestres]

saicho said:

trestres said:
If it gets to 5 million it will mean that MH is going to have a game sell more than any DQ game ever released. As for the DQ9 expectations, I don't think that's going to happen, hence why I said Famitsu doesn't have an impecable record. But they are very knowledgeable about the matter and have a lot of data to work with, DQ9 will probably end over 4.5 million sold, but I will have to add that MH popularity is on the rise on a much steeper rate than DQ at the moment judging by how games sold in comparison to previous ones.

That's a big if.

MHP2/MHP2G never sold that many units in the first two months though and it relies on the best release and re-release and re-re-release to sell to this point after two years. Do you think MHP3 would have the two years time period in Japan to sell?

There's no doubt MHP3 will be more frontloaded. If the MHP2/MHP2G situation is any indication, the userbase expanded astronomically from one title to another. I don't think the userbase expansion will be as big this time, but there's no doubt it will bring more people to the table. Also, it will be extremely frontloaded. There's 3.5+ million MHP2G owners right now (Not counting pirates), many of those will go out during the first weeks to buy the game. If Capcom provides enough units, there's no doubt it will sell a lot during the first 2 months. MH is a hardcore fan franchise now after the big expansion. Much like DQ and FF it now has a solid established fanbase. The legs will probably come from newcomers or people that just recently bought MHP2G. I doubt it will take MHP3 very long to reach MHP2G numbers. It will manage them in much less time I'd say.