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JRPGfan on 02 August 2017

Includeing say 20% digital sales, its probably in the 2.4-2.5m range then... in 2days.
Thats not bad.



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Mnementh on 02 August 2017
Kyuu said:

I wonder which version will suffer more from the Switch release though.

I strongly suspect the 3DS version will hurt more, because it's big advantage is mobility and this is the Switch also offering.



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xl-klaudkil on 02 August 2017

Insane sales...this shows ps4 is far from dead in japan.

With monster hunter worlds being exclusive to ps4 in japan i expect even better results.
Software 1+mill and hardware 100-120k



 

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Darwinianevolution on 02 August 2017

Those numbers are insane. How many people are waiting for the Switch version? It could reach spectacular numbers there.



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KazumaKiryu on 02 August 2017

Amazing! More than 93.000 PS4s!!!!!!!!!!!
PS4 @Japan: 1 week (& only 2 DQ11-Days) >>>>>>> Xboxone Lifetime. Wow.

My prediction: More than 4 million Dragon Quest XI units on PS4 worldwide, lifetime :)
PS: The PS4-Version has more details, bigger worlds & beautiful monsters/character-scenes than the 3ds version, say many japanese player. 2018, i'm ready!!
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Turkish on 02 August 2017

So that's about 2.1-2.2M with digital, only ~100k shy from DQIX, impressive it barely dropped in this new mobile age. And the Switch Deluxe version is still coming, adding another +1M.

With Western sales, which should be big, I expect DQXI to be the biggest DQ ever.

Kerotan said:
Mar1217 said:
DQ series still so strong in Japan :0

After seeing people claiming the PS4 would sell more copies han the 3DS version, I'm glad the 3DS managed to edge it, especially since we're at it's end life.

When it was first announced people said what's the point of the ps4 version and that it was a waste of money and resources.  People said the 3DS version would outsell it 3/4/5:1 and that ps4 version wouldn't even hit 1m lifetime.  

 

The negativity as usual was a lot worse on gaf then here but I'm delighted to see the ps4 version sell so well.  Including digital and future Asian/western sales ps4 version will beat the 3DS. 

Their Japanese sales thread is the worst, god forbid if you have any optimism in there. Also usually the opposite happens to gaf expectations. Literally every prediction current gen related blew in their face. They laugh at Pachter but they're equally worse lol.



Jranation on 02 August 2017
StarDoor said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Wow! That's really impressive and great for the series!

I have to say, this really surprises me and also makes me wonder how the VGChartz community knew this would be such a smash hit. I just don't get it, everyone has been saying this will outsell big Japan names like Splatoon and Final Fantasy, meanwhile I'm over here looking at the sales and the only games in the franchise to sell well are either extremely old, or a "one hit wonder" DS game as well as a very successful PS2 game.

I'm usually the first guy to say "You can't just look at sales! Look at the context!" But this is a case where I just didn't see a success on this scale coming , maybe it's because i'm not really familiar with the games at all, everyone on VGC got the sales so right. Like literally everyone was acting like this was near MH levels, and apparently they're not far off. I just don't get it though, the only contemporary Dragon Quest to sell so well was from 09 and all of the other DS games did well but not that amazing.

I guess there's just some things that ignorant old me can't foresee. Maybe if I was familiar with the franchise I would have seen this coming. Incredibly happy for the game : D

I think it has to do with familiarity of the games.

If you just look at all the recent Dragon Quest games, it paints a very misleading picture. The "one hit wonder" DS game (Dragon Quest 9) you're talking about was actually the last mainline Dragon Quest game until 11, and the PS2 game (Dragon Quest 8) was the last before that. All those other DS games were just remakes of much earlier DQ games. Dragon Quest 10 was a weird MMO like Final Fantasy 14, which is why it sold low comparatively.

If you look at just the mainline DQ games:

6 (1995) - 3.19 million
7 (2000) - 4.10 million
8 (2004) - 3.61 million
9 (2009) - 4.35 million

Main Dragon Quest games always sell extremely well in Japan, and it's been a pretty long wait for 11.

So its still down? 



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JRPGfan on 02 August 2017
Jranation said:
StarDoor said:

I think it has to do with familiarity of the games.

If you just look at all the recent Dragon Quest games, it paints a very misleading picture. The "one hit wonder" DS game (Dragon Quest 9) you're talking about was actually the last mainline Dragon Quest game until 11, and the PS2 game (Dragon Quest 8) was the last before that. All those other DS games were just remakes of much earlier DQ games. Dragon Quest 10 was a weird MMO like Final Fantasy 14, which is why it sold low comparatively.

If you look at just the mainline DQ games:

6 (1995) - 3.19 million
7 (2000) - 4.10 million
8 (2004) - 3.61 million
9 (2009) - 4.35 million

Main Dragon Quest games always sell extremely well in Japan, and it's been a pretty long wait for 11.

So its still down? 

Supposedly DQ9 did 2.3m in its first 2days (read on neogaf).

This is like 2.1m (without digital), but then factor in digital, and it might not be down at all, it actually be slightly up.

Its going to do well in the west too, because I think we appreciate the home console versions more.

DQ11 might end up selling really well for a DQ title.



Teeqoz on 02 August 2017

Good COMG ratios for both versions. In the end the 3DS managed to edge it out thanks to the almost 20 million installbase difference but the PS4 SKU's performance is pretty insane. I'd wager DQXI generated more revenue launch week than DQIX thanks to digital and the home console SKU being having a higher ASP. SE apparently made the right move by also making it for home console, will certainly help it in the west. And that's the second million seller for PS4 in Japan



Lafiel on 02 August 2017
Darwinianevolution said:
Those numbers are insane. How many people are waiting for the Switch version? It could reach spectacular numbers there.

yea, the Switch version should imo add another 300k+ fw making this the best fw for DQ and maybe the best selling DQ in Japan, while having much more sales potential in the west than previous games

that said the Monster Hunter XX port for Switch right now shows very low preorder numbers, which casts a bit of a doubt over this scenario of mine