That brings the question, It was Dragon Quest VII or the FF XII demo?

1up: How do you feel about the performance of the Dragon Quest series so far in the U.S. since the release of DQ VIII? What do you think is the key to making DQ IX a hit in America?

RI: We found Dragon Quest VIII made fine results, but the following series of remakes performed less than we expected. For Dragon Quest IX, I believe it is important to deliver customers something fundamental that answers the fundamental questions such as “what is Dragon Quest” and “what is an RPG?”

1up: The first we saw of Dragon Quest IX made it look like a real-time action game. Obviously, the final result is more traditionally turn-based. Why the change? Will you ever explore that alternate design, or was it simply discarded forever?

RI: We gave that older design up. In order to realize multiplayer, at first we considered an action-based battle system. But we decided it could hardly realize the simple but strategic and thrilling battles, which are a tradition of Dragon Quest. We developed turn-based multiplayer as a test and it gave us a fresh sensation of multiplayer fun based on familiar feelings – so we changed our focus to a turn-based system.

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=9036664

And this is why the game will NEVER make the penetration in NA or Europe that it does in Japane and Asia. EVER. There's nothing wrong with turn base, but the culture psychology is different. NA is about quick gratitude than sit and contemplate rewards. This is why Bioware will rule over NA.

I know there are a lot of turn based players happy to know it's going to be turn based. I get that. And your getting what you want. However this article is about SE being unhappy with sales and want to increase sales. So it's going to have to change if they want to increase their sales. If their sales don't increase they may make the decision not to do future ports. The sad part of that is because they will never understand why their games are as successful as they want them.

I remember DW with fond memories, but I don't have the time to play a solo turn based game by myself anymore. My time is short and I would rather share the experience and not many people in my social circle are into sitting around taking turns.

lol It's true that I bought DQVIII for the FFXII demo.

So did I.

I actually didn't even play DQVIII when I bought it ahah

I tried it like one year after cause I really didn't care about it.

But it ended up being one of the best game I've played.

I gave it a shot. I'm not too much of a fan for it. I am like 20 hours in. But I am not really into it.

So did I.

Everybody between Jayderyu and me fails... Euphoria im disappointed in you especailly.

I recall the game's price dropping pretty quickly, so I suspect you guys are far from alone.

You guys just bought it for FF12 demo?

I didn't even buy Dragon quest 8 but I have FF12