DQX becoming vapourware?

[Mr Khan]

Gamerace said:

Mr Khan said:

Gamerace said:

trestres said:

I still think the game will be a 2012 release, but by that time 3DS will have a big userbase and the Wii will be close to dead, so I'm guessing they are now trying to figure out if it's a smart choice to keep the game a Wii exclusive, make it multiplat 3DS/Wii, or simply switch platforms.

I agree.  This will be Wii's last big Christmas.   And frankly no RPG has done well enough on Wii to really justify it having DQX.  I can't imagine it'll remain on Wii or at least remain as a Wii exclusive.   Most like be 3DS or Wii/3DS.   Slight chance of moving to PS3 but that would mean massive rewriting of code, a 3DS port would make more sense and the Japanese love their portables anyway.     I would expect sales on 3DS>>>>>>PS3>>>Wii

You completely underestimate the pull of Dragon Quest in Japan. Dragon Quest will make Japanese gamers come to the Wii, regardless of the performance of past RPGs there. They could put the game on the Original Xbox and have Japanese gamers turn the Earth inside out looking for used copies of that console

I'm not underestimating anything.   Same could be said of Monster Hunter.  But that's still no excuse to not put your biggest title on the system that will give you the best returns.  It's no secret Japanese prefer portable consoles to home consoles and with the 3DS line-up it looks like it'll be more 'traditional' or 'core' than the Wii's audience so the potential is much greater there.

Monster Hunter less so, because the ones with local multiplayer are the really compelling ones in Japan. The console game was big, but not in the same league as Dragon Quest

I'm not saying it will definitely stay on Wii, but i am saying that their decision to move it will in no way be predicated upon the Wii's appeal, because this is a definite killer app that overrides a console's appeal itself.

The question is how much of the game has actually been developed that they're just not telling us about. Is it at a point where it still could move to another platform or not?