PS4 v Wii U lifetime Japan sales.

[Materia-Blade]

outlawauron said:

Materia-Blade said:

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.

Square already has proof that their jrpg fanbase has a Wii U, given logic and DQ X sales. Let's be honest, square's fanbase is always on nintendo and sony platforms.