| postofficebuddy said:
I didn't say DQX wouldn't sell 2 million, I said it wouldn't sell that much if it didn't release this year. Has a mainline DQ game ever released on an effectively dead console? Because that's the state the Wii will likely be in next year, probably selling at a 360-like level. And besides that it's clear the DQ fanbase isn't as active on the Wii as it used to be, you only need to compare Battle Road Victory with Swords to see that. Not to mention the fact that this wouldn't even be the first time something like that has happened. Look at Monster Hunter, a series that has effectively eclipsed DQ. It barely cracked a million on Wii. |
DQVII released after PS2 did, it's not like DQ hasn't launched late term on a system (and after that system's successor is already on shelves) before. DQX could instead launch in 2014 on Xbox 360, and it would still outsell FFXIII. There's pretty much no scenario where DQX doesn't sell more than FFXIII... and given it's likely release situation (late 2011 on Wii) it's going to likely sell about twice what FFXIII did.
DQ Swords versus DQM Battle Road Victory isn't the best comparison either, given the former was fairly high profile, had original Toriyama designs, voice acting (a first for the series in Japan) and was an actual RPG. Looking back though, BRV still managed to be the best selling console Monsters title in the series, beating out the PS1 entry (which also substantially undersold Torneko 2 on PS1, by an even greater degree).
As for your Monster Hunter remark, the series didn't eclipse DQ until over a year after Tri released. And considering it had subscription based multiplayer, Tri's actually the best selling game of it's kind in history in Japan (better than *anything* on PC, 360, PS2, DS, etc). "Barely a million" looks pretty fantastic when put up against PSO/U, FFXI, Nobunga Online, or any other subscription based game in Japan. Hell, it even looks great compared to MH1-2 or MHFO. I wonder how well the PSP entries would sell if you had to pay $15 a month to play with anyone else?
