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Dragon Quest IX becomes best selling game in the world photo

During the third quarter, Dragon Quest IX not only managed to be the best selling DS game in the world, but the best selling game, period. When you consider the fact that the RPG has not even been been sold outside of Japan yet, that is an immense accomplishment.

Between July and September, Square Enix's handheld romp sold an impressive 3.93 million copies, single-handedly giving the Japanese market a huge boost. It defeated Wii Sports Resort and its 3.0 million, as well as Pokemon Heartgold/SoulSilver with 2.1 million.

The top five global sales for Q3 are as follows:

  • 1. Dragon Quest IX: 3,925,000
  • 2. Wii Sports Resort: 3,014,000
  • 3. Madden NFL 10: 2,612,000
  • 4. Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsilver: 2,068,000
  • 5. Halo 3: ODST: 1,847,000

So yeah, Dragon Quest IX deserves major kudos for beating stiff competition while restricted to an ailing market. An undeniably amazing achievement.


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26 comments | showing # 1 to 26

HerosPlayDumb's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 18:46
HerosPlayDumb
This game needs an American release now. I want to play it so badly.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 18:48
Tubatic
That's staggering!

I'm just amazed that Dragon Quest continues to be this behemoth title in Japan, even after all these years! Whatever it is that it does, it does it well.

My mom is planning to buy a DS to play this game. That's how much she likes this series!
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 18:50
pedrovay2003
...Holy shit. That's absolutely amazing...

So wait, it holds the record? Like, it's the best selling game of all time as of right now? And it's only in one country so far?
ScottyG's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 18:50
ScottyG
Yay! ... but I can't get it so fuck it.
Jack8274's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 18:55
Jack8274
HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT...

I am so excited to get my hands on this game.
gamadaya's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 19:01
gamadaya
If it were released on the PS3, 500,000 PS3s would have to be sold in Japan before it would even be possible to reach this number.
Harris Hatsworth's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 19:01
Harris Hatsworth
I'm reasonably impressed that Madden is third.
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 19:01
Los255
That's amazing. They really are big on DQ over there.
LOLFONDU's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 19:01
LOLFONDU
WTF is dragonquest?
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 19:33
Electrium
Holy shit. I knew DQ sold well in Japan, but DAMN.

Must have!!
BA Chieftain's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 20:01
BA Chieftain
@Tubatic

Your mom is a classy lady... no insults, no lewdness... that is just a classy, classy mom.
purplepeopleeater's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 20:40
purplepeopleeater
I can't wait to play this game! The DS is my system of choice for traditional RPGs like this.
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 20:50
GohanGVO
@pedrovay2003

For the period between July 2009 and September 2009, yes.
HEL105's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 20:54
HEL105
@purplepeopleeater
I agree, and that's why I love my DS. Hell, there are still some quality RPGs and strategy games on GBA that I need to get around to.
HEL105's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 20:56
HEL105
Also, I want this game.
Gyrael's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 21:13
Gyrael
Holy fuck, are you kidding?
SaintRising's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 21:51
SaintRising
My mind is seriously blown right now.
Happy Chainsaw Man's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 22:03
Happy Chainsaw Man
That is slightly mind-blowing.
Arianol's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 22:04
Arianol
I only just heard of Dragon Quest for the first time this year... WTF?

Also, give me my Pokemon HG/SS nao! plz & thx.
Butternine's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 22:41
Butternine
That's pretty impressive. I can't wait until it's released everywhere else and the number grows even larger and the line on the sales chart will match the joy in my pants.
Gee-Man's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 23:35
Gee-Man
Wow, but I'm not too surprised to be honest. While the DQ series has much less pull here in the West, the franchise is absolutely f*cking insanely popular in Japan. People falsely call in sick (keep in mind Japan is one of the most workaholic nations on the planet) just to buy it on launch day. If it wasn't going to be #1, it was going to be damn close.
xaliqen's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 23:35
xaliqen
Good for Dragon Quest. This is certainly a series that's been unfairly neglected outside of Japan.
stalydan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/06/2009 04:15
stalydan
This is a nice thing to hear but myself and many others who don't want to import are going to have to wait along to time for this game's western release. Dragon Quest and Yakuza are two of my all time favourite series but I'm not willing to play them unless I can get a English Sub.
lewness's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/06/2009 04:32
lewness
Holy Fucking Shit alright. I've been waiting for this for too long!
Kaspar's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/06/2009 06:24
Kaspar
@ pedrovay2003 and others.

"DURING THE THIRD QUARTER"

The top selling game of all time is still Wii Play.
eskimo bob's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/06/2009 07:05
eskimo bob
at first I thought it was "best selling game of all time" and expected some really weird troll post (this is a Jim Sterling post after all, fnar fnar).

but still, holy god damn ballsack on a cross. that is an achievement.

I'm usually not into RPGs, but if this thing gets a release in America/Europe and gets great reviews then I'll definitely try it out.
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