Has Monster Hunter Surpassed Dragon Quest in Japan?

[DitchPlaya]

Carl2291 said:

DitchPlaya said:

Im just stating the fact, the PSP and PS3 have sold less units than their counterparts and yet their third-party games sell way better, in fact the biggest third-party franchise now happens to be on the PSP.

DX 8 and 9 were jokes compared to 7, it simply shows that abandoning the core gamer will do you good in the short term but ruin you in the long run. If DQ10 comes out on the Wii, which it will even if SE dont want it given Nintendos draconian ways, it will be the start of the decline of the franchise. In fact you can say it already has given both the DS games sold roughly the same despite being on the most succesful platform ever.

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1. Dragon Quest IX is the best selling Dragon Quest ever. Monster Hunter Tri is the best selling Monster Hunter on home consoles and was followed up by the best selling MH ever too. Being on Nintendo platforms doesn't suddenly equal a series decline.

2. This thread isn't about what you think Nintendo are doing to big games.

3. Click the following link, read what it says, then please leave the thread. Nintendo hating is not wanted here - http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3993800

So discussing the short-comings of not even Nintendo but Nintendo-related products got me a warning. Thats sad. = (

Besides, you can spin it all you want, DQ9 was made to cater to your average gamer and was marketed as a result in the West. As for MHT, its a flop, no way round it, it crashed and burned in Japan after a few weeks of release, never seen something so front-loaded, it was so bad that it was probably why Nintendo had to market the game in the West.

Had MHT stayed on the PS3, it wouldve sold at FFXIII levels and catapulted the franchise to top status on home consoles.