Turkish said:
It was definetly a flop userbase wise, going from a big userbase of FFX to such a small userbase. But business wise it wasn't since its still making them money. |
You need to start distinguishing between non-MMO and MMO RPG installments. They require a different metric of success and you seem to agree based on what you said. "Business wise" is what matters for an MMO. FFXI was not a flop by any means if it made Square tons of money vis-a-vis subscriptions.
Therefore, saying DQX did horrible for a DQ game (not an MMO game) is a little silly given that we won't know how well it's done until a long time from now. But I understand why you would choose to look at DQX's first week as an ordinary DQ entry rather than an MMO entry... ;)
