Japan Sales Charts: Dragon Quest 3 Is an Absolute Monster, PS5 Pro Falls Off

Second week for Ps5 pro is better than second week for ps4 pro, but dont write that!

even for a remake of a game which has been released multiple times in japan over the decades it still shows dragon quest is king in japan.. these sales blew away my expectations..dragon quest 3 hd-2d for the switch even outsold super mario wonder it's first week in japan.

Interesting to see the PS5 digital and Series X digital posting virtually identical numbers.

Not surprised with DQIII HD sales. It's a beast of a series in Japan. Still, congratulations to the dev team. Game is gorgeous in HD-2D

@Ashina it has technical flaws on the switch like stuttering and very small text in handheld mode..

Shocked Pikachu face....

That’s crazy numbers for Dragon Quest but they’re beyond huge over there. Great to see.

Didn’t it come out on Xbox and PC too? How long before we get a “didn’t meet sales expectations” article from Squeenix?

Now SE, imagine the numbers of what Chrono Trigger HD-2D would pull in Japan

I just got back from Japan and there are posters and billboards for it everywhere. Video game sections in general were smaller than I thought, anime and One Piece figures seem to dominate, but any gaming section had a dragon quest promotion

@__jamiie There’s also 13.8k digital only PS5 Pro sales though, but it is interesting that even the Japanese apparently don’t buy physical Xbox games

You’ve got the Xbox Series S and Series X Digital Edition in 7th and 8th respectively. Presumably the wrong way around?

7. Xbox Series S – 1,019 (324,097)
8. Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 1,308 (7,949)

I mean, the Series S sold 289 units less that the Series X Digital.

I can't wait for 1+2 to be released. Then I'll have the entire mainline series (apart from X).

Those mobile ports of the original trilogy released a few years ago, do not do the games justice.

Holy crap. DQ really is king in Japan. Hopefully it does well everywhere else too.

@ChrisDeku The Japanese don’t really buy XBox games in general, physical or digital.

Game deserves it too. Just finished it yesterday. Also I find myself enjoying 2D games more than 3D these days xD

With that resonance, I am surprised that DQ3 HD wasn’t released on PS4 as well. That would have shifted many more copies I think.

I'm surprised DQ 3 doesn't sold at least 1 million copies with how Japan worship the series + Switch 33+ million userbase.

Looking forward to switch 2 sales blowing everything out of the water in Japan. Nintendo exec’s watching ps5 pro sales and laughing to themselves 😁

Currently playing this, love grindy old school jrpgs. Bought disc.

@johnedwin Ive been playing mine on the portal(via ps5 pro), where it plays great. Hoping it gets a patch for those on switch where I have also heard its less than optimal.

Game is really good and covers all bases. The easy mode removes the stress if you want just the story and leveling mechanics, the other modes offer the grindiness and challenge of the original but with lots of qualify of life improvements. One of my favorite games this year and definitely my favorite remaster of the year.

@Neither_scene or it could do the same numbers as what the WiiU did after the Wii😂. Highly doubt that though as it's a handheld and we all know how well handhelds sell over there

Finally, some nice numbers! It's been a while since the last time we saw anything like that (non Nintendo first party, of course)

@danzoEX DQ is, and was, way bigger in Japan than CT.

According to Wikipedia:
"Dragon Quest III sold over one million copies on the first day, with almost 300 arrests for truancy among students absent from school to purchase the game.[59] It set sales records by selling 1.1 million game cartridges in Japan within a day[60] and 3 million in a week,[61]"

And Chrono Trigger
"The game was a best-seller in Japan,[140] where two million copies were sold in only two months.[141]"

Both huge successes, both all time greats, but DQ in Japan is on another level. I think the only thing on its level is Monster Hunter.

@The_Pixel_King Was about to mention this!

Not really a surprise for a "new" Dragon Quest release.

Also, those PS5 numbers aren't bad considering the difference in install base for the region.

Yeah, I can see the switch 2 with ps4 (maybe pro) power will be really really popular in japan. I think console power is already enough, sony should focus on more cheaper and smaller console rather than just more power with ps6.

Besides, who has the money to make single player AAA games with more graphics than ps5 right now, at least not games made in usa.

Oh well, I still buy this game on ps5 though since it has 4K and 5.1 surround support.

DQ really is that popular, huh? It’s the only non-Nintendo thing on the list. I’ve only had experience with DQXI, which is pretty good, and VII, which is really hard to sit through…

@robert Ramsey supposedly there's a shortage of switch carts and there won't be a restock till mid December so these numbers could've been higher if they had more physical units which they should've given how well dq sells 😅

This game is awesome. And I saw people sure this game would fail due to certain decisions. XD Shows them what they know.

@Ralizah because there was no ps4 version and there are still a lot of japanese gamers who use there ps4..

Dragon Quest iX will sell over a million. Its makes me sad how much FF has fall from the grace. At least FF is trying every time something different and it's kinda more adult oriented. DQ are all just cute slimefests!

I would buy a Pro if I could get my hands on one in Japan... But they're proving to be very elusive.

I've been in Japan the past few weeks (currently still in Tokyo) and Dragon Quest is simply everywhere. You can find the typical slimes in every claw machine hall, every Donki store, the DQ section in every game store rivals the Nintendo one, etc.

It's a monster of a franchise over here.

@__jamiie if you ignore the totals.... otherwise... I think that just says market saturation rather than anything else re: Xbox sX / PS5 digital.

@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare I was absolutely ignoring the total sales. Surely you understood that.

@__jamiie I appreciate that... but you were also trying to make a point - which on these numbers is a reasonable one - but on the whole, not so much. I have to admit, the PS5 numbers were surprising to me in some ways. Then again... when you see how many people are still buying Switch as the lights are about to be turned off (back-compat notwithstanding)... it's a different market.