OMG.. Square Enix brings it to the West

[Kresnik]

NiKKoM said:

don't believe him.. DQ8 in Japan is 28 dollars and did great.. first month it stayed nr 1 top download and grossed quite some money..
SE isn't going all mobile if it wasn't working for them.. You have to realize.. this version is entirely rebuild with the UNITY engine.. an engine that runs on Vita and pretty soon on the 3DS..

Do those iOS charts have any actual units attached though?

The game sold between 50k and 100k on Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix.android_googleplay.dq8j

 

If you take into account that a remake of Dragon Quest VII on 3DS sells like 1.25m copies, they're going to have to sell a hell of a lot of copies on iOS (1.15-1.2m) to make it "worthwhile" compared to porting to a handheld.

And that's not taking into account the fact that 3DS games sell for a higher price than this Dragon Quest VIII remake ($28 vs. $50)

 

I don't think that's performing great.  That's not a worthwhile port.  Fair enough, it did okay if you look at it in a vacuum, but DQ VII has shown that there's a bigger market willing to pay a higher price for Dragon Quest remakes elsewhere.