Dragon Quest 11 to be announced on july 28?

[johnsobas]

darkknightkryta said:

johnsobas said:

stop trolling.  How in the hell is the wii a dead console in Japan in 2009?  Bottom line about monster hunter is it will only sell 3 million on a portable console.  There is no evidence that a home console version will sell anywhere close to that.  It is popular because it is played with friends on wi-fi.  The portable version will sell more even if it comes out afterwards as a port.

Selling slightly above the PS3 isn't dead?  Or was the PS3 selling gangbusters in Japan in 2009?  Monster Hunter will sell 3 million on whatever platform it lands on if that's the only platform it will have.  Same with Dragon Quest.  You're also assuming there will be a portable port for either franchises from now on.

Who said selling slightly above PS3 is dead, much less even bad.  What does that make the PS4 then?  Wii sold 2 million that year in Japan, PS4 might get 1.5 million if it's lucky this year.  You gotta be kidding me here.  So it will sell 3 million on any console it goes to even though it didn't even come close before on any other home console and it's popularity in japan was based on it being wi-fi and playing with your friends and also wii doesn't count.  MH became popular on PSP because it was portable, and that continued onto 3DS naturally.  It was popular on Wii but not a mega franchise.  The game on Wii U sold a tiny fraction of the 3DS.  The PS2 one didn't sell that great either.  MH will sell 3 million on 3DS or vita, but on Wii U or PS4 you're looking at around a million maybe 1.5.  

We haven't seen a real DQ on a home console in 11 years (probably gonna be 12 or 13 before it comes out), the home console market has really shrunk since then.  Most games that sold a million in the PS2 era don't anymore, actually million sellers on home consoles are a rarity now.  DQ will be one of them no doubt, but we have yet to see if it can get to 3 million anymore.