While I agree that he's low-balled Splatoon 2's sales far too greatly, you have to be kidding with that comparison. A remake shouldn't be compared to a mainline entry. Dragon Quest is bigger than Splatoon in Japan; anyone who's looking at it without bias would conclude this.

Switch doesn't have 3 million systems to sell on yet over there. Also I was the one saying Splatoon would sell 2 million first year while everyone else was saying be lucky to hit 500k. Splatoon 2 is also releasing the same month as Dragon Quest XI. I don't know what Dragon Quest 7 Warriors is as I never heard of it. Dragon Quest VII however is a remake. Dragon Quest Heroes is a spinoff and while it did well it's still a spinoff and yes Musou sell well. DQXI is a main entry and the first real main Entry since DQ9 on DS which is thebest selling DQ game of all time. DQXI is on 3 systems. 2 in July and the 2 most popular systems over there. Still the two top Japanese series is MH and DQ.

Thanks man!

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Yes I know dragon Quest is big but I was just referring to games released this last generation since it's a more accurate representation of how games are selling today in Japan not how they used to sell. Final Fantasy 15 is a testament on how once massive franchises don't guarantee massive sales anymore. And I do agree the upcoming dragon Quest will do big numbers and surpass FF15 but I doubt it will reach the heights of the previous entry's at least not on a single platform. 

it will solely depend on switch's success in japan, one thing i'm sure, it will surpass splatoon in a year in japan. Splatoon 2 has a big advantage over the first one, play it on the go with 8 player local match or even using 3g, it's brings pretty much the same appeal mh does, just look at the comg numbers, the amount of ppl that skipped splat on wii u cause it's not a decent system and you'restuck to play only in home and that now will have the freedom to play anywhere, splatoon 2 will be big, i think it might reach 3mi units in it's lifetime and if the second game end up being better than the first one, the word of mouth can make 5m happen.

On a single platform? I concur, without a doubt. On all three? It could match DQIX, after all, the combined user-base will be greater than the DS's 30 mil in 2009 by the end of this year. As well as that, double, or potentially even triple-dipping will be prevalent due to the vast differences in the versions of the game. You have to remember that FFXV is very special example. Final Fantasy has been affected by Westernisation and long-term brand-damage. Dragon Quest has suffered neither of these, so to expect a decline as severe is unreasonable.

don't believe it, at the it's doing amazing at comg and i think 2 mil are possible

I dunno if you'll be serving crow with that prediction, but if it did happen, I'd gladly eat crow.

This crow im batching up will be the mos6 delicious ever here on vgc chicago :p