Japanese Charts: There's No Stopping Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

The boycott is working guys, keep going!

The trouble with not having region locks is that games have to be sold at a similar price globally.
Something like Dragon Quest would be better off selling for £30 in the UK, rather than £50 to entice new customers who have no affinity to the franchise.

@MeanBeanEgg It has heavy stock issues btw.

There's No Stopping Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

Unless you're the PS5 version, which was outsold by Super Mario Party Jamboree.

All jokes aside, I knew DQ would be here to stay, even with physical stock selling out.

Wow Marvel vs. Capcom: Fighting Collection being there almost knocked Minecraft out of the top 10. Also odd how only the Switch version made it to the top 10, I thought more people would prefer it on a console like the PS4. Nice to see Dragon Quest III selling so well, nice to know Yuji Horii and company taking their time to make sure their DQ remakes are fully finish and polish. Can't wait to see what they had in store for Dragon Quest I & II remakes for Switch and Dragon Quest XII for Switch 2.

Almost 3 to 1 on Switch to PS5 even with a new SKU for Sony. Switch continues to impress and surprise.

I'm not intently bashing Sony here. It's just staggering that what is now the most powerful console still can't compete with Switch numbers.

It's all about the games people.

If Nintendo can get DQ12 for launch or within the window, Switch 2 sales would go through the roof in Japan.

@Duncanballs even more impressive when you think the Switch has had almost 8 years of life without any price cuts.

But I think the narrative is changing. I love the high end hardware but younger gamers are much more swayed by the flexibility of a device and the Japanese got there long before us on that one.

It's why I believe we are suddenly hearing noise from Sony and Xbox about portable machine.

And god I hope the Switch 2 is a little beast of a machine!

Glad to see the game perform well in Japan, but it shouldn't be any surprise. I am saddened by the fact that the UK's interest in the game was a bit underwhelming, but I guess Japan makes more than up for that and possibly the US? Anyway, the game is on my wishlist for Yule, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will be under the tree this holiday season

mario and luigi brothership sales are a huge disappointment and the capcom fighting collection physical sales are a bust.. echoes already out of top 10 in japan..

@JohnnyMind censorship and wokeness will only increase going forward but you hate to see it it especially in remasters or remakes of older games..

Go go go DQ3! Great game that deserves more recognition in the West.
I mean, I understand it's not selling so much around here, DQ3 didn't come out to the West at that time, so here nobody is nostalgic about it, like we are with games like Chrono Trigger or FFVII.
But the game is fantastic and deserves to sell well, that's for sure.

DQ3 on the Switch is such a monumental hit and MVCFC did a lot better on Switch. Looks like the old cliche of 3rd party games not selling on Nintendo platforms has been debunked big time.

What's happened with PS5 sales in Japan? 😟
PS5 Pro was good, at 16K .
But the PS5 sales at 6K.
Hopefully getting better on next week.
Also, I will keep support the 3rd party kids games on PS5.

@MeanBeanEgg That's on Japan bro. Int he UK it's out of the Top 40. Square Enix wants Western money more so if it's not doing so well in the UK is probably not doing great in the US. Regardless, I still think boycots are stupid. If people want to buy a game they should just do it, if not then skip it. But don't do it because of a boycott

@Serpenterror depending on the collection's control schemes (which I dare suspect can be comparatively simple, these being older games and all that), a Switch's stock pair of joycons could set you up out the box unlike the home console peers. Sure, the genre die-hards likely have a spare PlayBox controller long invested in, but when it comes to idler curiosity among the rest of the audience, the QoL factor of immediate mode access may catalyze an extra purchase or several.

@MeanBeanEgg Yeah, it's about as effective as the Pokémon haters that boycotted the Diamond/Pearl remakes.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/11/japanese-charts-pokemon-diamond-and-pearl-remakes-go-top-in-tremendous-opening-weekend

@MeanBeanEgg It's about what I expected for the Japanese market, but the game is underperforming in Western markets

I am still not impressed and I will not buy it. Square Enix will not be happy about it eitherway, because their big games are not doing too well and this series fails in the west. Still I think the real test will be Dragon Quest XII. I am also really curious how much modern audience stuff they will be pushing in that one.

But what happened to Marvel vs Capcom, are those sales normal or is something wrong with the game?

I imagine if you're SE, it's hard to ignore the Switch going forward.

@MeanBeanEgg Boycott? That stopped being a thing after the devs called out western censorship practices.

@fenlix Stopped being a thing? People are saying it's still on. Western bad tho, Japan kawaiiiii my beloved! What? Square Enix is a Japanese company? Japan bad...

@johnedwin Likely the Mario & Luigi Brothership game doesn't sell well cause gamers are still playing through the Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Doors and Super Mario RPG remakes. As for the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, Capcom did this to themselves. They choose to released the physical edition many months after the digital version but hey at least it made it to the top 10 chart somewhat. The previous fighting collection, the first Capcom Fighting Collection didn't even rank the top 10 at all forever putting Darkstalkers fate in limbo.

@Jhena Don't be surprise if the game rise in prices going forward. Also choosing to ignore this game is your choice and that's on you but don't complain when the time has come when you wanted to play it and had no legit opportunity to do so. Since Akira Toriyama is no longer with us, there's no guaranteed that if there were to ever be a remake of this game will it used his legendary artworks and character designs again. It may even be a totally different game by that point.

@Serpenterror
Do not worry about me, I am good.

And thank you for your comment regarding Marvel vs. Capcom, now I know why it did not sell.

For the PC, you can find a Patch to decensore the Game and it contains also other changes that brings it nearer to the original Art.

For me it is too much Money asked, maybe when the Patch is complete, also termwise and the Game is about 20€.

I can live with the Super Nintendo Version until then

Dragon Quest is a force of nature in Japan.

It's hard to take seriously anyone who thinks DQ III was censored.

@IronMan30 going forward? Over the past eight years, S-E has already released over thirty games physically alone on Switch, several of which Nintendo themselves published, and that’s just in the west.

lol PS5 Pro continuing to drop and back to 10k range like the base. Safe to say almost all of the Japan Pro audience momentum already largely dried up and they barely even hit 100k.

Also Switch DQ would have sold significantly more by now if SE properly read the market in their own country + stop underestimating DQ of all things just because it isn’t heavily focused on specs like FF. Most Japanese gamers don’t care about 4k 120 FPS high definition 3D models and settings.

@Purgatorium is this another 'skimpy bikini removed from 13 year old character's costume list' a la Xenoblade Chronicles X?

@Anti-Matter

What happened? Dude, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out why sales are soft:

A lack of exclusive, heavy hitting games! People don’t buy $500+ consoles to play Bluey. Sony’s latest needs more games!

@BanjoPickles
But I played Bluey, Barbie, and other 3rd party kids games on PS5 Fat machine.
I'm the audience who bought PS5 just for playing kids games with a few Teen games.
The 3rd party kids games are my choice for my PS5.
A LOT OF THEM.

@Otoemetry

For them, it's not about the specifics. It's about misunderstanding censorship to fuel their sense of aggrievement.

@Anti-Matter

You're gonna need to buy 40,000 more it seems.

@Nameless_Shame great.

@Otoemetry Yap, that's exactly what this was. But "Oh no, the wokes are taking over and controlling everything waaa". Or something.

@Anti-Matter

I get that—believe me, you’re always reminding us of the kind of games you play—but those are not the system sellers. People aren’t buying consoles to play Bluey or Barbie. They’re buying them to play the AAA heavy hitters, which PS5 is in dire need of.

@BanjoPickles
System seller games or not, who cares??
Not everyone have interest to play AAA heavy hitter games.
Instead, I hate them because most of AAA games are very inappropriate adult games with very negative effect whatsoever.
I'm not the only one who bought Bluey or Barbie on PS5.
The other customer who also bought the same games like me contributed the PS5 games sales too.
PS5 games sales also really depend on niche / unpopular games which give satisfaction to audience like me who don't care with AAA games so the niche / unpopular games will keep going for next release.
Also, the kids games I played like Bluey or Barbie or Paw Patrol, they are big hitter kids franchise despite not as big as AAA games.

@Purgatorium
Don't worry.
I believe there are at least 40K people out there who have interest with Bluey / Barbie on PS5.
I'm not the only one who play 3rd party kids games on PS5.

@Anti-Matter

You’re not getting what I’m saying. I’m not talking about what you’re into. That’s immaterial. The point I’m trying to make is that the PS5, a console that you’re apparently very passionate about, will not be able to sustain popularity in any region based off of Bluey and Barbie. You may hate AAA games, but they will determine a console’s success, or failure.

@BanjoPickles You tell him, BanjoPickles!

@Anti-Matter yeah, the only thing is, most of them are kids