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LivingMetal on 16 August 2017

Dragon Quest XI sales stronger on PS4, on track to meet lower end of sales target

Comments from Square Enix's president and CEO.

Despite physical sales in Japan for Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age being slightly higher on 3DS, the PlayStation 4 version of the game has seen stronger sales overall, according to Square Enix.  

“On July 29, we released Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, which has generated a great customer response and garnered praise for its contents,” Square Enix president and CEO Yosuke Matsuda said in an August 4 financial results briefing. “We have seen stronger sales of the PlayStation 4 version than the Nintendo 3DS version, but given the installed base, we have high hopes for growth in sales of the Nintendo 3DS version going forward as well.”

Asked if Square Enix is likely to reach its target for unit sales of Dragon Quest XI, Matsuda said, “We believe that we can reach the lower end of our unit sales plan. Our goal is to reach the upper end of that plan, but we believe that that will depend on how sales of the Nintendo 3DS version trend going forward.”

As previously announced, total shipments and digital sales for Dragon Quest XI have topped three million across PlayStation 4 and 3DS.

Thanks, NeoGAF.

 http://gematsu.com/2017/08/dragon-quest-xi-sales-stronger-ps4-track-meet-lower-end-sales-target



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palou on 16 August 2017

That's likely in value, or comparatively to expectations. But as he said, the 3DS install base will likely allow the version to continue selling in the long run.



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Sam1994 on 16 August 2017

Great performance for DQ PS4!!



think-man on 16 August 2017

I'm shocked that the PS4 ahead :O



 

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Valdath on 16 August 2017

How do we know if this is value or retail + digital?



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Darwinianevolution on 16 August 2017

How many Switch users in Japan are holding out from purchasing it until the Switch version comes? SE should give us news about it soon. Or even better, game footage of the Switch version.



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JRPGfan on 16 August 2017

So how close you guys think it is to 4m sold in japan by now? (if we include digital sales).

Its probably over 3.5m total right?



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VGPolyglot on 16 August 2017
Darwinianevolution said:
How many Switch users in Japan are holding out from purchasing it until the Switch version comes? SE should give us news about it soon. Or even better, game footage of the Switch version.

They're trying to make them hold on until they can't wait anymore and just decide to get the PS4/3DS version, so they can double dip later on.



Kerotan on 16 August 2017

It's insane that without the Asian and WW release DQ11 is doing anything close to the 3DS version. Safe to say none of you expected that. And SE didn't either because they thought the 3DS version would do better then it's done.

Just not aswell that ps4 digital will be a lot higher then 3DS. The ps4 version costs more and a digital copy is far more profitable to them then a retail copy. SE will be very happy with the extra margins generated from these sales that they couldn't make in the past.