Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake Ships 2 Million Worldwide, Japan Accounts for at Least Half

That's great. I haven't played it yet but I probably will sometime next year. Just don't like this game being used as ammo by people against exclusives.

Seems we might be heading back to the PS3 era of "it's successful in Japan but a flop everywhere else"

Goku and Gohan look so cute together in their matching fantasy cosplay. 🥰

RIP Toriyama

The all time peak concurrent players is interesting. This very old school game with basic presentation has almost doubled the count of a considerably more expensive game that turned a JRPG into an action game in order to chase more customers.

@3Above For a basic remake of a NES game, the third basic remake of a NES game, to sell almost a million copies outside of Japan in this short time is pretty amazing.

@MeanBeanEgg Yes, the market that Square Enix thought would dramatically change XVI's fortunes. Remember how it was only being on the PS5 that caused it to underperform? Then they release it on PC and it gets outperformed by a NES game with a fresh coat of paint.

Just ordered it myself.
I was going to wait but I needed something to play over Christmas break.

Well if they released VII remake like everyone expected and wanted it to be. They might have hit 10 million easily. Except they butchered big moments in the story and are making a trilogy Wich will impact sales drastically. Some lost interest and others are waiting for the complete trilogy. Love both games though.

Any chance of DQ 4-6 getting similar treatment?

@Matroska To be fair they are counting Digital sale as well so the number I Japan is probably closer to 1.5 Million, meaning the rest of the world is only around 500K total. Spread across UK, Europe,USA, South America and Canada 500K isn't thst much.

Again not a knock on the game, the spread is just interesting.

So it’s safe to assume square is displeased with these figures? I’ve often wondered how the three brain cells shared among Square’s executives reason things out.

Dragon Quest is exponentially more popular in Japan than in the west, and this was available on all platforms at launch. The sales, while solid, aren’t exactly beating out GTA or anything. So all the mewling about how Final Fantasy—an IP with arguably less pull than DQ—would have sold amazingly if only it had released on Xbox as well seems kind of…short sightedly incompetent to me.

Having a great time with it so far. I liked XI, but this is really giving me the cozy vibe the series is known for. Just curling up on the couch with my portal and making my way through the world.

It's out already?

This is nice and damn switch out here saving square enix imagine if ff7 remake and ff16 gets a switch 2 release

@Matroska Final Fantasy 16 still sold over 3 million in a week on PS5 only. Dragon Quest 3 HD shipped (not sold) 2 million including digital sales in 3 weeks all platforms (PS5, NS & PC) comparing steam numbers is a odd & disingenuous way to throw shade at FF 16.

I guess SE will called this numbers as underperform huh?

It's a multiplat release for 3 platforms but it doesn't even sold as much as FF XVI who sold 3 million copies in one week for PS5 only lol.

@Matroska FF XVI sold 3 million copies in one week for PS5 alone and at that time PS5 has 50 million userbase.
Vs
DQ 3 HD shipped 2 million copies in three weeks for three platforms, with current Switch has 145 million userbase.

If you called XVI numbers "underperform" then i don't know what to call DQ 3 HD, a mega flop?

@1UP-HUSKY FF VII Remake sold 7 million copies by September 2023 so right now it probably pass 7.5-8 million copies. Combine with Rebirth, i say either close or already reach 10 million copies. With Part 3 as the final, i could see VII Remake trilogy at 15 million copies or more.

And SE already explained why VII Remake needs multiple part. The original games has a big world and turning them from PS1 low 3D polygon into an HD PS4/5 quality will took years to complete. Midgar part alone took 5 years to finish and 2 Bluray disc with 100+ GB. Rebirth took 4 years to finish and 2 Bluray disc with 100+ GB too.

If they're working on all as one part then we wouldn't hear anything for 10-12 years until it's complete and gamers will completely lost interest crying it's cancelled / vaporware.

Wrapping up the post game but happy to knock this one out. Will probably eventually replay in full Japanese as the localization as usual is terrible. Loved the additional threads to 1 and 2.

I do hope 4-6 get the same treatment.

@PuppetMaster I get your point, and let me first say I love both vii games because I love the VII world and characters. Remake and rebirth are amazing games, but at least 60% is filler content that's not in the original. They didn't have to do that.

They didn't have to make midgar as big as it is, they didn't have to create multiple timeliness, or add completely new stories. I'm not complaining, because I like it. But for them saying they need to put it in 3 games is basically because they add so much new content. They could have made VII in one or two games max, without all the extra content that wasn't in the original. And in the end profit more.

@1UP-HUSKY No bigger Midgar, no new stories, no new music, no new combat, no new location, no new interaction between characters, etc etc.

So what's the point of doing a remake if there's only very little new contents to enjoy while everything should be the same as the original game?

Heck. Why would people waste 60-70 bucks for the same game but with a new coat of paint? Better just go replay the original game or the remaster.

And i don't think VII remake will sell well if SE did what you suggested.

This is great, Dragon Quest deserves it.

@rjejr More like Gohan and Videl.

The real hero will be the pc community who uncensor the game

As usual, DQ is huge in Japan and tepid everywhere else in terms of commercial performance.

I'd love to know the platform split in terms of sales. Switch would be higher, but to what degree? And would the platform split significantly differ between regions?

@Matroska Timing.

DQIII HD-2D was a simultaneous Steam release. FFXVI was a late port.

I'm the last person in the world to defend what they did with XVI, but I think they'd probably have hit higher numbers if it's also been a simultaneous PS5/PC release.

@Crono_Roughknight Nah that's just mean. 😝

It's an awesome game. Well deserved.