torok said:
sc94597 said:
Yes, but the 3DS has a huge Japanese active install base that is 18 times larger than the PS4's and will continue to sell more than PS4's. It just isn't anywhere near comparable. PS3 has a better chance of getting the game, and that might just happen.
There hasn't been a new single-player DQ released on the 3DS. They were either remakes or an old port of a subscription MMORPG. So that would be like estimating the sales of Final Fantasy XV based on FInal Fantasy VII's and Final Fantasy XIV's performance on the PS4.
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The install base isn't important if the games are selling just 1M. The DS entries varied between 2 and 5M. It isn't a number that can't be reached by the PS4 that has a higher software sales ratio. And we can't affirm that it will keep selling better than PS4 since it's down YoY and pretty much starting phasing out.
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Again stop with the 1M thing. No mainline Dragon Quest (except for the MMORPG - X) sold that low in Japan. Besides Nintendo games and Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest is the best selling video game series in Japan.
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=197629&page=1#11
So by the time of a 2016 release, let's guess the PS4 is between 3-5 million Japanese sales. You are asking for a near 80-100% attach ratio for the game on PS4. Meanwhile right NOW the 3DS has 18 million Japanese sales.
And even with the 3DS' decline, it is outselling the PS4 3:1 at the least in Japan.
