| Kerotan said: It's insane that without the Asian and WW release DQ11 is doing anything close to the 3DS version. Safe to say none of you expected that. And SE didn't either because they thought the 3DS version would do better then it's done. Just not aswell that ps4 digital will be a lot higher then 3DS. The ps4 version costs more and a digital copy is far more profitable to them then a retail copy. SE will be very happy with the extra margins generated from these sales that they couldn't make in the past. |
It's really not that surprising:
- 3DS is currently in its seventh year already. It's a dying system and its replacement is already on the market.
- The Switch caught Japan by storm, as well as the rest of the world. Many publishers completely underestimated how succesful a Nintendo console would be (again) and now they're caught with their pants off and they're quickly trying to rush games to the system. Should have started sooner.
- Among the Nintendo fanbase DQ XI is competing with the new hype that is Splatoon 2.
- Japanese gamers who own both a PS4 and 3DS will have likely opted for the superior version. Square expected them to buy both versions (just take a look at their commercials), but that obviously did not happen (at least not to the extent they were hoping).
- PS4 version might generate more revenue, but it also had significantly higher development costs, so the extra revenue doesn't mean a lot.
- DQ XI is still underperforming compared to previous installments, hence why the sales are only meeting their lower end target.
"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" - Thoukydides
