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Shocker: Dragon Quest IX sells a lot in Japan photo

Who would have thought that Dragon Quest IX would be such a popular game in Japan? Well, anybody who knows anything about Japan, really, so it shouldn't come as a shock to learn that in just two days, the DS game has sold over two million copies.

The official tally since the game's July 11 launch is 2.34 million, which any analyst would officially recognize as "a buggering f*ckload." Naturally, huge sales of a Dragon Quest game are to be expected in a country where people skive off work in droves so they can stay home and play the game, but it's still impressive. The last PS2 version of the series sold 2.23 million in its opening week. For IX to eclipse that in just two days is some serious stuff. 

This is what happens when one of the most popular handheld systems in history collides with one of the most popular RPG franchises. Money happens, my friends.


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14 comments | showing # 1 to 14

Diverse's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2009 08:49
Diverse
I heard shit sucks. Buuuuuut I'll still be buying it.
Sparta2020's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2009 08:53
Sparta2020
The dragon quest was too light hearted for my taste. i wasted many dollars on the last ps3 dragon quest and was disapointed hoping to find a good old fashion rpg to play. now the lastest dragon quest has grabed my attention. i really hope this one hold ups.
Sparta2020's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2009 08:54
Sparta2020
sorry i mean the ps2 dragon quest
Bishna's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2009 08:59
Bishna
one save file is a bad thing, my brother really likes dragon quest so i will have to buy my own copy instead of mooching off of his.
Davram's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2009 09:01
Davram
In related news, Japan is full of asians!
randombullseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2009 09:03
randombullseye
I know I certainly MUST have it upon release.

Also Jim Sterling blog!
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2009 09:08
Cowboy TTop
Not at all surprised. Will it do the same elsewhere though? These jrpg are getting a little tired now, and most things only have to be japanese for gamer to invest in japan.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2009 09:26
Chronic Logic
Breaking news! Water is wet.
ChainThrow's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2009 09:58
ChainThrow
I hope they get a decent localisation team on this one, the DS remakes have been pretty embarrassing to go through so far. There's a line between "charming" and "grating" and they don't seem to realise they've been dancing on the wrong side of it.
Sunderland's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2009 10:04
Sunderland
Holy crap, in three days that's like 9 games sold per second!
GoldenGamerXero's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2009 10:11
GoldenGamerXero
Woah! It's as though it's from a popular Japanese game series!
taiki's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2009 15:35
taiki
Only 2.3 million? With as popular as the DS is, and as popular as Dragon Quest is... I'm shocked it didn't break 3 million.
JLanphear's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2009 15:37
JLanphear
Hopefully this encourages them to speed up the localization a bit. I would LOVE it if we could actually see this game here Stateside by the end of this year.
5parrowhawk's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2009 02:09
5parrowhawk
The real shocker is the Amazon reviews.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B000LXD7HO/
One wonders just what is happening.
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