Gotta love the way they think that noone else knows about the supply and demand theory bar themselves

Well, maybe they're genuinely afraid that it won't sell so they don't produce much.

Thankfully I have a friend who runs the Biz Camera near me and will hold onto a copy for me. I would hate to wait in line for my favourite.

Now they know it will sell great, as IV did and IX will, they just finished the beta build later then expected from what I hear. That cost them quite a bit of time in production of the units.

@Channing: Do you understand the mania for Dragon Quest in Japan? It's going to sell like hotcakes and the DS will be printing money on this game for weeks.

Does anyone know if this will be limited stock in europe and the european release date too? I think my girlfriend will want this since she likes dragon quest but if it's gonna sell out fast I'll have to give her a heads up.

@Channing: Uh, it's fucking Dragon Quest.

I can understand what they are doing and it's not very nice but it's business. You make something that is very popular and you know that it is going to sell no matter what, so, you create a little artificial supply shortage and make your product even more "exclusive." Later they will ship enough units for everyone but the initial excitement "Oh, it's hard to get, I'll try my luck! etc." has already done it's job.

Disclaimer: "Not an idea based on solid facts. Pure speculation."

@Dekko: The logic is quite foolish - it would only make sense if you raise the price. BTW they do that in Japan - popular games are more expensive that bad ones.

@LLost: Never heard of any shortage for Japanese RPGs in the west. The equivalent for DQ in Japan is GTA/Halo in America. Not sure about Europe though (didn't see any lines for either Halo or GTA, and they were easy to get).

That said, modules are actually harder to produce in a short time than optical media - there are much less places that produce them and neither of them will be willing to produce more just because Enix delayed its production.

@develin: I'll tell her just incase then and I'll scan sites like Amazon for the release date so she can preorder it a few months ahead just incase she wants to. Thanks for the help.

Dragon Quest V is the one of the best in the series.

I really hope there is an English version.

Well fuck if you can't guarantee pre-orders, then stop selling preorders. Geez. Although I don't think it's going to be a problem, I better get my MGS4 preorder when I go to pick it up from bestbuy...or I will be pissed.

It's upsetting to know that now Japan can enjoy this iteration on DS as they've already enjoyed it on Super Famicom and it got remade on PS2. While the rest of the world looks at screenshots and marvels at what some say is the best game in the series. Right now I'm just content in believing the rumor, we may get this one localized finally. Even if I am a bit skeptical remembering the back of a DQVII manual advertising the DQIV remake that never came.

Ack! I better get my pre-order in soon. DQV is my favorite game well...ever. I completely destroyed IV there was absolutely nothing else for me to do in it. I can't wait to do the same to V.

@Channing: Doubt it. DQ games are big...wait..BIG in Japan. I doubt it's fear. Maybe sometime of plan to raise awarness of the game or just a problem in production? Who knows ;)