That is a great opening for Dragon Quest Monsters. I can only imagine that if we could get the DQ3 Remake in the next year or so, it would probably put up some phenomenal numbers (not to mention DQ 12).
Gotta say that 79k for a week in December is still a great result for any system in it's 7th year. In fact, I would be surprised if any previous system was selling like this in Japan during its seventh year. However, it isn't like the mind-blowing sales numbers we were getting earlier this year. For example, week 24 this year was the Switch's best week 24 of any year, and it had several weeks like this. That sort of thing is not supposed to happen in a console's 7th year, so it was kind of crazy. So Switch has gone from "mind-blowing and crazy" sales numbers to "great but reasonable" sales numbers this year. It's still selling well, but our expectations were sky high.
curl-6 bet me that PS5 + X|S sales would reach 56m before year end 2023 and he was right.
My Bet With curl-6
My Threads:
Master Thread, Game of the Year/Decade
Switch Will Be #1 All Time
Zelda Will Outsell Mario (Achieved)
How Much Will MH Rise sell?
My Bet With Metallox
