ff main series on handhelds... thats the day im quiting gaming.

why? IMO handheld FF games are best.  From my very limited playtime of 4 heroes of light, I think it is far far superior to FFXIII

So you'd say that Final Fantasy Legends I, II. And 4 Heroes of light. Is better than final fantasy's 1-13?

If that's the case, different tastes you have compared to most.

But I have quite different tastes as I think 5,8,10,10-2,13 are the best

Better than current gen FF games on home consoles.

Not better than Final Fantasies IV, V, VI and IX IMO

PS: I meant to put 'this gen' in my original post, hope that clears things up

Uh... FF1-9 are also on handhelds btw.  Usually in superior form too.

Anyway, on topic I think DQIX could manage it, but it's not a sure thing.   I do expect DQIX to continue outselling DQVIII in every market though, and DQVIII shipped a whopping 6.8m worldwide.  DQIX will ship over 7m when all's said and done, guaranteed.

FFXIII basically had no legs in America (selling under 50k it's 2nd NPD), but it may resurge when it hits bargain bins (something less likely to happen for DQIX imo, given it's a Nintendo published game in the west).  An International/360 release in Japan may yet also push it over 2m there imo.  Still, with clever rereleases and budget pricing in all regions, I could see FFXIII also passing 7m eventually.

The profit for the entire company was around $100 million for the fiscal year, not one game.

Didn't Final Fantasy XI alone have the "$100 Million" next to it? Other games had different figures.

smaller screen = not superior on psx versions 7-9 which is also < ps3 version which is the same plus bigger screen. Worse sound on DS, GBA versions Smaller Screen. Final Fantasy's 1-4 You could make the argument with the enhanced graphics. FFIV is clearly better despite the smaller screen. As is FFIII. FFVI advance is reintranslated to the more "correct" form, but the sound quality is aweful.

Plus they're all ports many year old ports of the original versions ported to more powerful hardware (except the small screen/crappy sound of the ds) or the small screen of the psp).

I'm not denying handhelds are great at times  if applied correctly. As TWEWY is the best hand held game ever made imo. Because it makes use of all the things unique to the DS. And the best game this gen. Just the iterations on the DS of the final fantasy series are nothing a console couldn't do better. They don't make use of anything unique to portable DS,

There is no certainty when it comes to MMORPGs. Especially when it comes to sequels. Sure they've been successful to a degree but Everquest 2 was never the behemoth Everquest 1 was. Asheron's Call 2 no longer exist. EA has never been able to for various reasons get a sequel to Ultima Online out the door. Mythic Entertainment hit the mark with Dark Age of Camelot but completely missed it with Warhammer Online. Funcom wasn't able to replicate the success (it was a come from behind to success story) they had with Anarchy Online when it came to Age of Conan.  NC Soft is in the same situation as SOE I think when it comes to Lineage 2 compared to Lineage 1. L1 was  huge but I don't think L2 ever reached the level L1 had. Final Fantasy XI was a success but like other games it's population dropped. It's the nature of things.  Will that success transfer to Final Fantasy XIV? That remains to be seen.

It would be very foolish for Square-Enix to be counting on that money to even out loses elsewhere.