Square Enix is now in the red after the company failed to meet sales expectations for the period of April to December 2012. The blame is partly thought to lay with the company’s Dragon Quest X which is currently available on Wii in Japan. MSN Japan says that sales of the game have failed to meet the company’s expectations. However, Square Enix says that sales of Dragon Quest X are making steady progress. Dragon Quest X comes out on Wii U in Japan next month.
“The slump is reportedly down to the company’s new online RPG venture, Dragon Quest X,” reports MSN. “While the disappointing financial turn for the company can be partially attributed to the burden of running the new online service, it is also down to game sales not meeting expectations. The Wii (and soon to be Wii U) game is however, making ‘steady progress’ according to Square Enix.
Didn’t it sell close to a Million just in Japan on the Wii ? Not bad if you ask me. Maybe release it worldwide on Wiiu and you will get better sales ?
So i had to read the article 3 times and i still dont get it, did it fail expectations or is it doin good according to square enix?
It’s pretty much sold 1M on Wii in Japan and there is only 12M wiis in Japan. What were they expecting it to sell ?
Dragon quest X did well , and where the fuck is the western version . They act like we don’t like MMO’s. Monster Hunter Ultimate and Dragon Quest X would give the Wiiu Hundreds if not thousands of hours of play time right from the start.
Exactly not every western gamer likes skyrim or mass effect i rather play jrpgs it has that magical charm to it
They would sell enough to make money off at least. Localize this shit. They localize all those DS dragon quest games but not the Big console MMO ? Maybe/hopefully they are holding off for a western Wiiu version OF DQX for late 2013.
I would also like to see e.x troopers localized and put on wiiu if nintendo pays capcom to change the hardcoded kanji thats in game
I know . I wanted E.X troopers from the start. A lost planet spin off with AMAZING graphics on 3DS. What more could you want…
I blame more square weak decisions to bring there jrpgs and weak mobile games too, not everything is Nintendo fault especialy since the first version of final fantasy 14 bombed.
Exactly.
No releasing strong 3ds titles out of japan is killing them but not just 3ds games,xbox, ps3.,and wii games there is much we want from them but they dont give.
I know and by doing so , they’re making Average western gamers forget they exist. They need to show the West what they an do , all Japanese devs.
I know. Japanese devs are just ignorant fools.
Sadly we are a small minority of gamers in the west :/
I wish this game will see release. I could pay 50$ per month for this game really, it just looks that good to me.
JRPG is a rehashed genre. Almost all JRPGs are the same: a bunch of kids with weird hair as the heroes, some creepy generic antagonist, boring battle system, confusing story, shit ton of grinding necessary, pointless sidequests.
Lol you are mad at caracter hair but not at the generic fps that are América ve everyone else.
That comment he said about confusing story just goes to show you how stupider we as Americans are getting by the day. Not all but some. And boring battle system? I beg to differ, every JRPG has it’s own unique battle system, and it’s not always turn based or tactical. Kingdom Hearts and Tales would like to have a word with you sir i hate you.
Who do you hate me or him?
Talking about him, your a good guy that understands what’s really going on. :)
XD
SE’s financial results were published last week. They commented on the performance of multiple franchises. There was no such comment about being disappointed in DQX.
This is MSN making shit up.
Is it just me, or does it seem like every company is guestimating way too high.
It seems like all these people have god complexes where they think that their product is the best thing since sliced bread.
Is like that whit parents, always there kid are better than the other.
no wonder. being on a weak gimped toy with garbage online
Wii rules.
But the online is decent, have you played MHTri? I doubt you have
well what did they expect nobody wanted dragon quest to be fully online
That’s…weird. Maybe everyone is waiting for the Wii U version.
This^ Nobody wants to buy 2 versions of the same game ,Especially not with Yen prices.
I think DQX release on the Wii U is a win win for both square enix and nintendo. They should have released it sooner though: I can’t believe they spend too much time to port the original game to the Wii U ._.
I know. It’s just like Monster Hunter Ultimate a Simple native 1080p re texturing job.
Monster Hunter Ultimate and Dragon Quest X should do good for Wiiu in Japan :)
Monster Hunter Ultimate for wiiu is already out in Japan and not doing very well..
Monster Hunter Ultimate is doing EXTREMELY well on Wiiu in Japan son. Wiiu has sold about 1M in Japan. And MHU has sold about 400K including Bundled copies and digital.
I can identify a few probably factors.
1) No international sales. Americans like MMOs too.
2) People knew from day one that a Wii U version would be coming, and odds are that many, if not the majority, have held off for it.
They’ll get more sales if they release a state-side version of it, guaranteed.
DQX should have never released on Wii
donno why they would release a mmorpg at the end of the wiis life cycle makes no sense
and if this was a wii u launch window title i wouldve grabbed a wii u nsmbu isnt enough
it wouldve had to been a wii u tittle not a shitty wii port too
No one wanted this with online. I said it when it was announce, and i still hold to it, DQX is destined to fail.
this game is coming to west eventually.
I wonder if this can have to do with the fact that everyone and their mothers knows this will not be the optimal version of the games and are showing the well known Japanese dicipline and wait until the real thing comes out.
I love Dragon Quest, but hate the idea of a monthly fee. So I’m on the fence about this. Anybody know how much the monthly fee will be in the US ? Or how much they have to pay in Japan converted in $ ?
Fuck this game. It doesn’t deserve to sell well.
I’m guessing it’s due to that monthly fee you have to pay to play online with people.
I believe it still can meet sales expectations. The Wii U version should give life to hardware and software sales for Nintendo and Square Enix respectively. Once they localize it to a western audience, they could sell possibly 2-3 million copies of the game and that is my conservative estimate. Just give the game time Square.
Wait a minute. How can it fail the expectations of sells if it hasn’t even been released yet?
It has in Japan on Wii.
They never released it in USA?
What a shame.
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Gee, who’da thought that turning Dragon Quest into a MMORPG for Wii wouldn’t be a smashing success?
/sarcasm
After the Final Fantasy XIV debacle, it’s no wonder Square-Enix are struggling…
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I love Dragon quest and hate MMORPGS R.I.P. Dragon quest ;_; to me atleast.
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