Dragon Quest 11 (Switch) sales enough?

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Mar1217 said:

Blood_Tears said:

I assume you mean the PS4 sku. That one sold the best in the West for the series and was the top seller globally as well. The Switch version that launched a year later didn't even chart in the top 20 of its launch month.

'Dragon Quest 11' Has the Biggest Launch In Series History (comicbook.com)

I mean, they're specifying both PS4 and Steam SKU's while only counting for dollar sales. Which I remind you the previous best seller DQIX was cheaper on the DS. When I discuss sales here, it is about copies sold. Finally, this only accounts for launch sales. 

+ I'm talking about individual sku's here. Sadly, I don't think SE will give us detailled numbers of the sort but I do think DQXI S on the Switch was the best selling version in the west out of them all.

It's certainly, and by leaps and bounds, the one with the best legs. The question is, were those enough to overcome the deficit endured from launching over a year late after the PS4 non-S version?

The PS4 non-S version sold at least 2M+ worldwide. The 3DS version also sold around 2M. With 6.5M total shipped + digital as announced by Square Enix late last month, this gives the Switch version about 2M maximum sales, and since the PS and PS4 also got the S version, proably even a bit less than 2M. So right now, it looks like the PS4 base version is still leading.

However, DQ XI has shipped 1M copies between March 2020 and May 2021, So the game is certainly still selling quite well for a Jrpg. So while the Switch version probably hasn't surpassed the PS4 base version yet, it should do so over the course of the year or next year at the very latest depending how big the gap truly is between the two.