kopstudent89 posted 17/11/2009, 03:42
although this will probably end up as the biggest DQ game in terms of sales, its only the 5th best selling title for DS in japan, at 4 mil +!!!! Just shows you how monstrous the DS is over there
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TheConduit posted 14/11/2009, 03:18
Only 50k away from being the best selling game in Japan not made by Nintendo.
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TheConduit posted 08/11/2009, 06:07
1.2 million in sales seems to suggest some popularity for the series outside of Japan.

I will say that DQ9 will sell over one million copies overall outside of Japan.
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Kenryoku_Maxis posted 30/10/2009, 08:36
@TheConduit

While the game might have gotten positive reviews by critics, that didn't help it down the road.

If anything, what helped the game sell was the initial advertising and the FFXII demo. The fact that subsequent followings in the series lacked advertising to back up SE initial 'push' shows that DQVIII didn't propel the series outside Japan. It just sparked peoples interest...which unfortunately, that interest fizzled following DQVIII because of that lack of advertising (and poor localizations).

Hopefully someday, like with DQIX maybe, SE will get its act together.
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ps3_jrpg_gamer posted 28/10/2009, 04:38
it can sell 5 millions in japan if square-enix do a price-cut and advertise it in holidays
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Faxanadu posted 23/10/2009, 08:14
Massive sales. Well done DS Japan.
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