Japan's nearly automatic hit, the Dragon Quest (main) series, was pushed back into 2008 for DS. With DS already selling over 100,000 units per week in Japan, the levels of insanity a new DQ would have brought about are mind boggling. However, in my mind, with DQ IX this year in Japan, I had imagined DS would peak (in Japan at least) this year in terms of sales, before slowly dropping each year. Now, I believe DS can match this year's Japanese numbers next year as well. Should be fascinating to watch, regardless.

Interesting, so you are thinking this could prolong the life of the DS by about 6 months then? At least in japan anyways.

Sounds possible considering the fact that its...well DQ + Japan = Insanity.

As big as the DQ franchise is, the DS has grown beyond the point where one game makes a major impact unless that game is Pokemon.

Whoa DQ9 was supposed to hit Japan this year?

Would it has something to do with DQ IX going to the Wii instead?

Maybe Nintendo needed extra white plastic to produce enough Wii consoles.

Why would DQIX go to the Wii when they could just toss DQX on there?

Whoa, huge news. Still - DS has plenty of titles hitting this year, so it might be great to release it early 2008 instead - and for it to be awesomely polished and worth the wait.

We still have FFIV & DQ remakes this year in Japan? Nice prelude to DQIX :)

i think they are waiting for the increase in ds supplies, since that game will sell to almost everyone with a ds in japan.

ds sales will have no impact since no one can find any.

 Early rumors floating around believe that the game was delayed due to Zelda.  Zelda 1up'd DQ9's control system so they delayed the game to fix their controls and up the polish to the visuals.