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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Some DQ sales stats via GamesDataLibrary:

Retail launch sales of the Dragon Quest III remake in Japan are the 4th highest for a Dragon Quest remake.

It should be the biggest one with digital sales, which should be high due to supply constraints.

Biggest launch of 2024 and already it's best selling game

It's the second biggest third party launch on Nintendo Switch (13th overall) and the third biggest launch on PlayStation 5 yet.

It's also, by far, the biggest launch for one of these HD-2D games, about x3 of the combined launch of both Octopath games and Triangle Strategy.

 

[Danjin44]

Some DQ sales stats via GamesDataLibrary:

Nice to see Armored Core VI so high up, hopefully this means FROM make more of them.

 

[LordOcidax]

Some DQ sales stats via GamesDataLibrary:

Impressive

 

[pulicat]

2024 JRPG battle

1. Dragon Quest 3 Remake - 821k
2. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - 339k
3. Yakuza Infinite Wealth - 252k
4. Romancing Saga - 155k
5. Persona 5 reload - 153k
6. Metaphor - 137k

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Famitsu Sales: 11/11/24 - 11/17/24 has been updated with software sales rankings 11 to 30

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Square Enix, 11/14/24) – 641,195 (New)
2. [PS5] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Square Enix, 11/14/24) – 180,575 (New)
3. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo, 10/17/24) – 32,762 (442,593)
4. [NSW] Mario & Luigi: Brothership (Nintendo, 11/07/24) – 15,168 (78,609)
5. [NSW] Beyblade X: XONE (FuRyu, 11/14/24) – 9,507 (New)
6. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 5,784 (7,954,332)
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 5,647 (6,055,931)
8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 4,771 (3,676,339)
9. [NSW] Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven (Square Enix, 10/24/24) – 4,551 (96,293)
10. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 4,445 (1,051,401)
11. [NSW] Suika Game Special Edition (Aladdin X, 11/14/24) – 3,790 (New)
12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo, 09/26/24) – 3,655 (302,933)
13. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,392 (5,616,370)
14. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 2,815 (2,522,177)
15. [PS5] Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Activision, 10/25/24) – 2,727 (42,631)
16. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 2,683 (1,460,236)
17. [PS5] Professional Baseball Spirits 2024-2025 (Konami, 10/17/24) – 2,642 (91,593)
18. [PS5] Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven (Square Enix, 10/24/24) – 2,550 (43,383)
19. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 2,343 (5,437,324)
20. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 07/18/24) – 2,079 (316,751)
21. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 1,993 (3,652,191)
22. [PS5] Silent Hill 2 (Konami, 10/08/24) – 1,768 (39,675)
23. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 1,547 (2,340,792)
24. [PS4] Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven (Square Enix, 10/24/24) – 1,533 (18,853)
25. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 1,413 (1,943,381)
26. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 1,410 (363,153)
27. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 1,381 (4,380,106)
28. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 1,326 (1,154,043)
29. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 1,313 (3,039,125)
30. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 1,310 (1,257,040)

 

[Mayar]

Famitsu Sales: 11/11/24 - 11/17/24 has been updated with software sales rankings 11 to 30

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Square Enix, 11/14/24) – 641,195 (New)
2. [PS5] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Square Enix, 11/14/24) – 180,575 (New)
3. [PS5] Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Activision, 10/25/24) – 2,727 (42,631)

I started to respect Japanese players even more, they have their priorities set correctly

 

[John Wick]

Of course, but the PS5 sales were low in Japan even before the price hike. Now they are even lower and not ok like some people are saying… They are far for being “good” or ok.

The PS5 is an expensive console even before the price hike. If the Switch was a similar price it's sales would also suffer greatly. PS5 for it's price is doing superbly in Japan especially when handheld and mobile are dominant.