Famitsu sales: Week 21, 2021 - (May 17 - May 23)

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noshten said:

I definitely agree with a lot of what you said about big franchises but Dragon Quest XII is not going to magically not appear on the Switch's audience which would be around 22-28 million by the time it launches, this specific franchise being PS5 exclusive is pretty much the last thing I expect.

The only way it makes sense is if Sony is buying Square or partnering with them in some form. Especially as we are about to see Dragon Quest III Remake come out as multiplat likely to sell best on the Switch by a pretty huge margin. 

Have they announced which platforms DQ3 will be on?  I didn't think they'd officially announced the platforms yet.

IcaroRibeiro said:

If Enix bothered to create two completely different games for 3DS and PS4 I will not be surprised if they do the same for Switch and PS5. Standard Switch can handle DQ 11 pretty well, nowadays engines make easier to scale down some games. I'm sure they will release DQ 12 (at least 2 years away) playable at least on Switch Pro. If Pro will really replace standard Switch 2 years in market will be enough to ship at least another 6 million hardware in Japan, so Enix will sell two versions of the game one playable on Switch Pro and PS4 (15-16 million japanese userbase) and another version targeting PS5 and PCs (3-4 million userbase in Japan)

This of course if they really want Dragon Quest to increase its current popularity in western markets like Capcom did with Monster Hunter World without lose market space in Japan 

DQ12 will either be Switch exclusive or it will be Switch/Playstation multiplat.  There is a 0.0% chance that DQ12 will be a PS5 exclusive.  Sony has never given a damn about Dragon Quest, while Nintendo has been trying to sell it outside of Japan since Dragon Quest 1 (and they never seem to give up hope that it will happen one day).  Sony will be fortunate if DQ12 ends up on PS4/PS5 even as a multiplat release.  They definitely won't make some special deal with SquareEnix for exclusivity.  They'll pay for another Final Fantasy game before they'd ever consider paying for Dragon Quest.

Last edited by The_Liquid_Laser - on 30 May 2021