Kai_Mao said:
Yea you're right. DQ and MH are as much of religions in Japan as Pokemon is. It's incredible how these three franchises have dominated Japan for quite some time. Mainline DQ games release on weekends to avoid affecting work and school. I think the closest to them are Animal Crossing, Splatoon, and Mario, all Nintendo franchises. And the latter three have incredible sales legs in Japan. |
According to VGC so digital is unknown:
MHW - 1.36m
DQXI (PS4) - 964K
DQXI (3DS) - 1.14m
Similar numbers Sw/Sh's total numbers from launch however already match/surpass the retail numbers of each, Animal Crossing is actually the current biggest seller in Japan more so than Pokemon with it moving 5m units per installment now more than any DQ or MH game even with DQIX and Freedom 3 coming close to 5m, Animal Crossing NL and WW together have moved over 10m between them in Japan.
