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Topic: DQ7 sell 2 million copies in first two
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vertigo
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posted 08-28-2000 06:29 PM 
  
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Enix representatives in Tokyo announced today that their long
awaited PlayStation RPG 'Dragon Quest VII' has sold more than two
million copies within its first two days of availability. It's
believed 2.8 Million copies of the game have already eben shipped
to retailers. The double-disc 2D RPG has been delayed for more
than two years, and hit shelves last Friday in Japan. Enix
representatives project sales in excess of 3.3 million copies by
the end of the fiscal year in Japan
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Soundwave
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posted 08-28-2000 06:30 PM
I'm stunned. What next? A Star Wars movie will open and break box
office records? Nah 
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Solid
Snake
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posted 08-28-2000 06:31 PM
Hmm, I wonde if it'll be the best selling game this week. 
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Onslaught
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posted 08-28-2000 06:36 PM
Great.  I wonder how
much sold through (probably nearly all)?
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Ihatesquirrels
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posted 08-28-2000 06:37 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Solid Snake:
Hmm, I wonde if it'll be
the best selling game this week.
It would have been if 3.7 million people hadn't suddenly realised
that they had completely forgotten to get Jet Set Radio. Sorry Enix,
but there's always 2005 and DQ8.
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Ihatesquirrels
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posted 08-28-2000 06:39 PM
Hmmm synchronised tongue sticking out, you usually only find that on
the set of porn films.
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Mandark
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Reg: Mar 2000 |
posted 08-28-2000 06:48 PM
DQ7 has some competition from "Super Fruity Dance Game 8th Remix:
Ultimate Judgement All Star Big Melee Blue Version." Mr. Sparkle
endorsed it.
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Nakatsu
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Reg: Dec 99 |
posted 08-28-2000 08:33 PM
Final Fantasy IX sold more than 2 million the first day (I think)
-Nak
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-PHaNToM-
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posted 08-28-2000 08:35 PM
Nakatsu, Actually it didn't. It sold something like 2 million the
first week, but it hardly sold as fast as DQVII is selling. However,
FFVIII sold something like 2 million copies the first two days if I
remember correctly.
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Edge
Master
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Reg: Aug 2000 |
posted 08-28-2000 08:38 PM
Whoa, now there's a shocker.
Final Fantasy 7 sold 2 million copies in 3 days, way back when.
And I think RE2 sold a million in one day. But clearly this proves
that Enix doesn't even have to try anymore.
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bizkymo
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Reg: Aug 2000 |
posted 08-28-2000 08:41 PM
Holy money. I never would have guess DQ7 would sell so many copies.
I had it tagged at 70,000 copies sold in the first 10 days. Well,
now that DQ7 has hit such huge FFesque numbers, I guess Enix will
now go the Square route and deliver DQ games within every two years.
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-PHaNToM-
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Posts: 1280
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posted 08-28-2000 08:44 PM
Uhhh bizkymo, where have you been? Dragon Quest has always been a
more popular series in Japan than Final Fantasy and has always
outsold it...
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Solid
Snake
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posted 08-28-2000 08:54 PM
bizkymo, DQ has always been more popular, and outsold the FF series
in Japan. DQ1 outsold FF1, DQ2 outsold FF2, DQ3 outsold FF3 ect ect,
every DQ has outsold the FF of that number. We'll have to wait to
see if DQ7 continues that tradition.
BTQ bizkymo, DQ3 is still the best selling RPG ever in
Japan...Even more than any FF.
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XMonkey-v2.0
Junior Member
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Reg: Aug 2000 |
posted 08-28-2000 08:56 PM
cant wait for DQ8 on GC
*DISCLAIMER* This is pure speculation on XMonkey's part,please do
not take this as 100% fact.*END DISCLAIMER*
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bizkymo
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posted 08-28-2000 10:06 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Solid Snake:
bizkymo, DQ has always
been more popular, and outsold the FF series in Japan.
BTQ
bizkymo, DQ3 is still the best selling RPG ever in Japan...Even
more than any FF.
Yeah, I knew about DQ past popularity in Japan. I just thought
that its popularity faded away since a new DQ game hadn't been
released in years. Well, looking back now, that was foolish of me to
think since popularity usually increases after a quality product has
been absent from the market for an extended amount of time.
Btw, how many copies has DQ3 sold in Japan?
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DominusDefunctorum
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posted 08-28-2000 10:08 PM
so what???
FFIX sold nearly 2 million on pre-orders alone....
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We don't think PS2 is a difficult machine to develop for. On the
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-PHaNToM-
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Reg: May 2000 |
posted 08-28-2000 10:09 PM
And Dragon Quest VII sold over 3.5+ on preorders alone. What's your
point?
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DominusDefunctorum
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posted 08-28-2000 10:11 PM
umm, so are you saying that the game has already sold nearly 6
million???
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We don't think PS2 is a difficult machine to develop for. On the
contrary, we like developing PS2 games because of the awesome
power it provides.
Itagaki-san (Team Ninja)
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Folken
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posted 08-28-2000 10:11 PM
Around 3.8 million total for the original Famicom game, and 1.4
million for the Super Famicom remix. (5.2 million if you combine
them)
Just to compare, FF7 sold around 3.8 million total, but that
includes the original FF7,a nd the "International" re-release.
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-PHaNToM-
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posted 08-28-2000 10:13 PM
What're you talking about? When did I say it sold nearly 6 million?
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DominusDefunctorum
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posted 08-28-2000 10:15 PM
ok, the game, you say, has sold 3.5 million based on pre-order and
another 2.8 million from the stores (look at the first post). That
comes out to a total of more than 6 million....
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quote:
We don't think PS2 is a difficult machine to develop for. On the
contrary, we like developing PS2 games because of the awesome
power it provides.
Itagaki-san (Team Ninja)
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-PHaNToM-
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Posts: 1280
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posted 08-28-2000 10:18 PM
That's not what I meant. The game has over 3.5 million preorders, so
far 2.8 million of those have sold through. Get it? I don't see why
you don't understand what I meant, you basically said the same
thing:
quote:
FFIX sold nearly 2 million on pre-orders alone....
That doesn't mean FFIX has sold over 4 million copies, it just
means that 2 million copies were preordered.
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DominusDefunctorum
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posted 08-28-2000 10:21 PM
But that doesn't make sense....
You see, square actually shipped enough units to more than cover
the pre-orders...
Why on earth would enix provide nearly 1 million units LESS than
pre-orders and only predict around 3.3 million by the end of the
year in JPN when they already have sold 3.5 million based on
pre-orders...
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quote:
We don't think PS2 is a difficult machine to develop for. On the
contrary, we like developing PS2 games because of the awesome
power it provides.
Itagaki-san (Team Ninja)
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08-28-2000).]
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Folken
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posted 08-28-2000 10:28 PM
I am not sure what the pre-oder amount is exactly, but Enix did ship
out 3.3 million apparently. (Hehe, I attributed to one copy of that
 ) Only 2+ million
have sold already and I am sure once all 3.3 million copies are
depleted then Enix will ship out more.
3.3 million copies is a LOT of freaking games to ship! That is
FAR more than necessary on a first weeks sales. It is costing Enix a
pretty penny to ship that amount. Many other games usually ship
around 500,000 on average to compare. (And that is a pretty high
amount for first shipment!)Remember, Dragon Quest 3 sold 3.8 million
over it's emtire lifespan. I doubt Enix will sell all 3.3 million in
one week. (Prove me wrong Japan)
-Folken
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-PHaNToM-
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posted 08-28-2000 10:29 PM
quote:
The double-disc 2D RPG has been delayed for more than two
years, and hit shelves last Friday in Japan. Enix
representatives project sales in excess of 3.3 million
copies by the end of the fiscal year in Japan.
First of all, the demand for DQVII is so high that it is
impossible for Enix to meet that demand in such a short time. They
can only ship so many units and then just continue to ship more. And
Enix predicts sales in excess of 3.3 million, which means more than
3.3 million. DQVII is one of the most anticipated games EVER in
Japan, and will most likely outsell both FFVII and VIII.
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DominusDefunctorum
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posted 08-28-2000 10:32 PM
In JPN, it MIGHT (most likely will) outsell FFIX... but world wide,
it doesn't have a chance in hell...
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quote:
We don't think PS2 is a difficult machine to develop for. On the
contrary, we like developing PS2 games because of the awesome
power it provides.
Itagaki-san (Team Ninja)
[This message has been edited by DominusDefunctorum (edited
08-28-2000).]
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-PHaNToM-
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posted 08-28-2000 10:33 PM
quote:
In JPN, it MIGHT outsell FFIX
It practically outsold it in 2 days, I think it's safe to say
that it will outsell it.
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Newzboyz99
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posted 08-28-2000 10:34 PM
Your right Dominus...Pokemon Gold/Silver already has that wrapped up
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DominusDefunctorum
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posted 08-28-2000 10:36 PM
well, I was wrong... In JPN it will definately sell more. But world
wide, I honestly think FFIX will sell more...
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quote:
We don't think PS2 is a difficult machine to develop for. On the
contrary, we like developing PS2 games because of the awesome
power it provides.
Itagaki-san (Team Ninja)
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Folken
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Posts: 3427
Reg: Jun 99 |
posted 08-28-2000 10:41 PM
Don't forget that Enix still has "Tales of Eternia" to contend with
in a few months.
I predict 3.300001 million pre-orders for this behemoth! (I hope)
All will
fear the power of GNOME!! 
Hehe...
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JusPell
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Reg: Feb 2000 |
posted 08-28-2000 10:44 PM
There is no way in hell that FFIX will outsell Dragon Quest VII.
The sales of FFIX are already dropping exponentially, with last
week's sales lower than 50,000 already. Overall sales are at 2.57
million. Take this into consideration, FFIX will not pass 2.7
million copies overall. And those sales are exact because they come
from Famitsu who tracks 100% of Digicube and all Square games are
distributed via Digicube.
FFIX has been out for more than a month now.
Dragon Quest VII alone has sold 2 million in 2 days, and will
most likely sell at least 500,000 copies by the end of this week. It
will then have 3-4 weeks to sell an additional 500,000 - 750,000
copies, and surpass 3 million, which FF9 will NOT do.
FF7 sold about 3.2-3.4 million copies with the FF7 International
not included, so DQ7 will probably outsell FF7 too.
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-PHaNToM-
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posted 08-28-2000 10:44 PM
Tales of Eternia should sell well. Isn't it like 8 or 9 on the most
wanted charts?
Oh and you should all fear Mysterious Dungeon 64. #4 on the most
wanted charts, thank you very much. Wow, an anticipated N64
RPG...who woulda thunk it?
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Folken
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posted 08-28-2000 10:49 PM
Yea, Namco's "Tales" series always sells well. Right now it is in
the 9th position on the most wanted chart, but in the past it has
hovered in the top 5 and even occasionally top 3. Sakura Taisen 3
should do very nicely as well when it hits.
Though nothing can really stop the Dragon Quest behemoth. (Well,
except Mario and Pokemon!)
-Folken
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Acererak
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Reg: Aug 2000 |
posted 08-29-2000 01:39 AM
Plus the fact that DQ7's budget is much smaller than FF9's.... so
it's pretty clear who's the big winner here...
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Marty
Chinn
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posted 08-29-2000 01:52 AM
Are you sure it has a smaller budget? It's been in development
longer, has a fairly large dev team, and heck it costs 7800 yen for
a 2 disc game. I'm sure the dev cost is probably actually more. It's
the only reason for the higher price point.
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posted 08-29-2000 01:58 AM
Wohoo, Marty is back!!
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Kaientai69
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posted 08-29-2000 02:10 AM
It's a good thing that DQ7 is selling well in Japan. The sales
prospects for other countries are so dismal, Enix might as well not
bother to even translate the game into English.
The Mysterious Dungeon games (and Azure Dreams) have by for the
worst style of gameplay you can find anywhere IMHO. Random dungeons
and "you attack, I attack" battle systems are a rotten combination.
That is why I believe that the upcoming Mysterious Dungeon game will
be the worst RPG on the N64. Bar none.
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Crunchy
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posted 08-29-2000 04:26 AM
DQ7 will kill FF9
Ouch!
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The Snake
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posted 08-29-2000 04:59 AM
How the hell are they able to get those figures so quickly?
Personally, I'll wait for GameJapan to release their figures for
DQVII and compare them with their figures of FFIX, before declaring
one to have outsold the other.
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DarkElf
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posted 08-29-2000 09:43 AM
Just because a game has been in development for a long time doesn't
mean the budget is large. Especially not in DQ's case, when the dev
team is made up of only a few people. Previously, Enix only
contracted about 4-6 people to work on DQ and it shouldn't be much
different with DQ7. In fact the credits only list five people:
Scenario/Design: Yuji Horii (Armor Project)
Character Design:
Akira Toriyama
Music: Kouichi Sugiyama
Art: Shintaro Majima
(HeartBeat)
Programming: Manabu Yamana (HeartBeat)
As for the game selling at 7800 yen, that has nothing to do with
production costs. If so many people would be willing to buy your
game, you might as well milk as much money as you can. Right? Why blow $40 million?
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DarkElf
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posted 08-29-2000 09:50 AM
Kaientai:
Japanese gamers will LOVE the N64 Mysterious Dungeon. It's one of
the most anticipated games there. They also loved Chocobo's
Mysterious Dungeon 2 and Tourneko's Big Adventure.
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