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Capcom has promised to release more Dragon's Dogma games.

The news comes as Capcom announced total global shipments of one million for Dragon's Dogma. That's shipments, not sales, but impressive for a new intellectual property nonetheless.

While Dragon's Dogma failed to set tills alight in the West, it found success in Japan. The big-budget fantasy title sold 302,040 on PlayStation 3 in its first week on sale, with the Xbox 360 version adding another 29,024. That was the highest Japanese week one total for a new IP in a decade.

Week two Dragon's Dogma added another 82,000 units, making for nearly 400,000 copies sold in a fortnight. It is Capcom's 55th game to top the one million mark.

Buoyed by that success, Capcom said it plans to "develop this entirely new brand into a major franchise".

"Dragon's Dogma is part of Capcom's basic strategy of establishing game franchises through the creation of new brands," the Japanese company said in a note released today.

"This game was developed with the goal of creating another pillar of earnings for Capcom alongside Monster Hunter and Sengoku Basara. To further increase the value of brands used for its content, Capcom will continue to utilise a variety of initiatives that include the continuous distribution of downloadable content.

"Capcom plans to add more titles to the lineups of its core game franchises while introducing original titles as well. By focusing on these measures to enlarge the lineup of content under development, Capcom aims to maximise earnings.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-06-25-capcom-promises-more-dragons-dogma-as-shipments-top-1m

Glad to hear. They took a risk and it seems to have paid off though its sad they couldnt get more sales outside of Japan.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so happy. First, because Dragon's Dogma is amazing, and second that Capcom (who really is a just as money-loving and cynical publisher as Activison and EA) decided it's good enough success for a new IP despite it clearly not being profitable.

I've been watching this title eagerly for some time, however the fact that capcom published it puts me off buying it new. Will likely pick it up as I've heard some decent things about it, both on here and irl :), good to see a new IP doing well too!

I thought they were expecting to sell 10 million?? Lol...

Dragon's Dogma XL! with more monsters, Quests!

They never said that. They said they HOPED the game to sold 10 million, whereas they expected it to sell about 1.5 million.

I am glad they are making more games, Dragon's Dogma is one of the best RPGs I've played in quite a while. It has tons of promise though, if they can just remove that roughness around the edges they this series could make it very far.

A lot of Capcom haters seem to be this stupid. "I like their games and I would want more, but there's no way they are getting my support considering they release DLC!"

It's both hilarious and sad at the same time to witness such stupidity.

This is not Capcoms only new IP this year.

It is capcom so his logic is not that stupid...After what they did with all those Street fighter and Marvel VS capcom 3 versions..