Square Enix released Dragon Quest IX on the Nintendo DS in Japan last week to long lines, over 2 million in sales, and virtually no competition. Want to see how impressively the portable role-playing game outsold its competition?
Dragon Quest IX‘s 2.3 million in sales over the course of three days outsold its nearest competitor, Wii Sports Resort, by a factor of roughly 23:1. Sure, Wii Sports Resort is still selling at a healthy rate, another 100,000-plus this week, but it’s no Dragon Quest.
Square Enix’s decision to move the series away from the PlayStation family and toward the DS was clearly a wise financial move. By next week, we won’t be surprised if Dragon Quest IX sales outnumber the PlayStation 3 install based in Japan. Wonder how it would’ve helped Sony’s platform find a larger audience…
Anyway. Like I said, there was really no competition. DQ IX is the only new title to make an appearance on this week’s Japanese software chart.
01. Dragon Quest IX (DS) – 2,319,000 / NEW
02. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 103,000 / 617,000
03. Tomodatchi Collection (DS) – 57,000 / 294,000
04. Boku no Natsuyasumi 4: Seitouchi Shounen Tanteidan, Boku to Himitsu no Chizu (PSP) – 24,000 / 73,000
05. Miku Hatsune Project Diva (PSP) – 14,000 / 116,000
06. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) (PSP) – 13,000 / 789,000
07. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS) – 9,000 / 501,000
08. Wii Fit (Wii) – 8,000 / 2,472,000
09. Pokémon Platinum (DS) – 8,000 / 2,472,000
10. Sloane to MacHale: Nazo no Monogatari (DS) – 7,000 / 176,000
11. Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono 2 (PSP)
12. Rorona no Atelier: Arland no Renkinjutsushi (PS3)
13. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
14. Gyakuten Kenji (DS)
15. Infinite Space (DS)
16. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Wii)
17. Mario & Luigi RPG3!!! (DS)
18. BlazBlue (PS3)
19. Valhalla Knights 2: Battle Stance (PSP)
20. Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankenta (DS)
21. EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis (Wii)
22. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
23. Rhythm Heaven (DS)
24. Tago Akira no Atama no Taisou Dai-1-Shuu: Nazotoki Sekai Isshuu Ryokou (DS)
25. Evangelion: Jo (PSP)
26. Metal Fight Beyblade (DS)
27. Mario Kart DS (DS)
28. Inazuma Eleven (DS)
29. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Empires (PS3)
30. Wii de Asobe Pikmin 2 (Wii)
philomglol
Friday, July 17, 2009 at 2:53 PMAny ideas on when Aus will be getting our grubby mits on this? Or even the english version?
DrWadsy
Monday, July 20, 2009 at 8:45 AMWell there’s no english date yet. But if the last couple of DQ games here are any indication just take the english date (when it’s released) and add a few months and you’ll have the AU date.
And make sure you buy it the first week it’s out or you’ll miss it (I waited a week for DQ5 and was then told it’s out of print). Stupid Australia, I ended up importing