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Forums - Gaming - DRAGON QUEST X vs FINAL FANTASY XIII , which one will sell the most ?

Xoj on 09 August 2009
nintendo_fanboy said:
I think it isn't as clear as some people make it to be. Dragon Quest could establish itself a bit in the west with VIII, and the DS remakes sure help too for making the name popular. If IX catches fire in the west, X could really outsell FFXIII because FF has been in a decline lately, and although the first one in a generation usually sells the most, the smaller userbase compared to the PS2 probably doesn't help.

So I'm gonna go ahead and say that DQ X outsells the PS3 version of FFXIII w/w, and against both versions it will end up within one million, on one or the other side.

thats mainly because piracy on ps2 got huge but there is no a working ps3 hack yet.



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Kenryoku_Maxis on 09 August 2009
outlawauron said:
Soriku said:
Assuming DQ IX does the 5 mil Wada thinks it will, it'll be close. At least with the PS3. 360 should screw that up. DQ X though will crush FF XIII in JP but not WW unless Nintendo's DQ advertising makes a FF7 like miracle.

Didn't their latest financial report only say they plan on shipping a total of 4 million next quarter. (as in 4 mil lifetime)

 

Also, yes DQ8 did 1.3 million in America + Others, but the game did have a lot of marketing and it also had the demo for Final Fantasy XII. I only bought it for that demo, and so did many others. I'm sure they can work some kind of pack in to push the game like they did for DQ8.

Nintendo has stated they are going to help market DQIX in America.  To quote 'make it popular in America'.  So if this is anything to go on, DQIX should be getting a good marketing campaign outside of Japan.

And frankly, compared to the marketing most Final Fantasy games get, no Dragon Quest game has ever gotten good marketing in America.  Including DQVIII.  And the recent games on the DS hasn't even gotten any aside from Dragon Quest Monsters Joker.  Again, that's just compared to a game like Final Fantasy.



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