PS4 v Wii U lifetime Japan sales.

[outlawauron]

Materia-Blade said:

outlawauron said:

Holy cow! Hard to believe this level of arrogance despite the sales situation in Japan. 3DS and Vita will likely be dead or dying by the time DQ11 would release (2017 maybe?), so it's irrelevant. If the newest entry is indeed a console game, there's no chance it'll be a Wii U exclusive without some assistance.

He was being sarcastic but 3ds will ever remain the 8th gen platform with most potential for DQ sales. Almost 20m japanese sales and counting. Plus, DQ 9 sold 4m+ on the ds, that's twice the wii u installed base and quadruple of ps4's. That means A DQ for 3ds has the installed base for the sales potential of a multiplat DQ between Wii U and ps4.

Fanbase is far more important than install base. If Dragon Quest Heroes, Final Fantasy XV, and Kingdom Hearts 3 all do well, Square has good reason to believe their JRPG fanbase has a PS4. That's just the Square titles as there's going to be other series that appear that grow that specific userbase.

I don't think using numbers now is a very fair comparison, because it's unlikely to have that great of an impact unless Nintendo/Sony are unable to convince Square that their respective platforms will suceed and continue to grow.