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Dragon Quest IX Breaks Dragon Quest Sales Records
Square Enix aren't so preoccupied with the success of Final Fantasy XIII that they've forgotten about their other mega-bucks franchise, Dragon Quest IX, and how it's also breaking sales records. More »Square Enix Wants To Sell Over Six Million Copies of FFXIII
The last big game Square Enix released is Dragon Quest IX, which sold over 3.7 million copies in Japan alone. The next big game? Final Fantasy XIII. Square Enix hopes to sell more of that game, way more. More »Square Enix President Played Dragon Quest IX For 30 Hours
Not every game exec plays video games. Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada does. Or rather, says he does. More »Dragon Quest IX Sells Less Than 100,000 (Oh Noes!)
According to the Japanese sales figures released last week, DS title Dragon Quest IX sold 127,000. According to the ones released this week, it did not. More »Asking Dragon Quest Creator A Rude Question For Laughs
Yuji Horii has a spectacular comb-over. Something not lost on comedy program G-Tech when it had the Dragon Quest creator on to discuss DQIX. More »Square Enix Honcho Talks About The Dragon Quest IX Haters
Remember, game developers have feelings, too. When Dragon Quest IX went on sale, Amazon Japan users went bonkers, slamming the game. More »Square Enix Has Shipped More Than 3.5 Million Dragon Quest IX Copies
The title says it all: Square Enix has shipped over 3.5 million copies of DS role-playing game Dragon Quest IX in Japan. More »The Demographics of Dragon Quest
Not only did lots of people buy DS role-playing-game Dragon Quest IX at launch, lots of different kinds of people. More »Expecting 5 Million Copies of Dragon Quest IX Shipped
With 2.3 million copies sold in its first week, Dragon Quest IX is already a smash hit. Square Enix shipped 3 million copies at launch to ensure everyone who wanted the game could purchase it. More »How Do Dragon Quest's Famitsu Scores Stack Up?
Japanese game magazine Famitsu gave new DS title Dragon Quest IX a perfect score — the tenth game to get such a score. But how does it stack up to the others? More »What Does Brown Man Think of Dragon Quest IX?
That's Toshihiro Nagoshi. He makes those Yakuza games and created Super Monkey Ball. Amazing tan aside, he's also just like 2.3 million other Japanese people. More »Level-5 Announces It Will Announce New Games (Oh Great)
Level-5, the Fukuoka-based developer behind those puzzling Professor Layton games and PS3 exclusive White Knight Chronicles, has announced an announcement. More »See How Easily Dragon Quest IX Outsold The Competition
Square Enix released Dragon Quest IX on the Nintendo DS in Japan last week to long lines, over 2 million in sales, and virtually no competition. Want to see how impressively the portable role-playing game outsold its competition? More »DS Sales Double In Japan (Thanks Dragon Quest IX!)
According to Ascii Media Works, the release of Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS hasn't just been good business for Square Enix. It's been good news for Nintendo as well. More »The Dragon Quest IX Guide Book Sales Tally Is In
We know how Dragon Quest IX the game did in Japan. It did great, selling 2.3 million copies. But how did Dragon Quest IX the guide book do? More »Famitsu Awards Dragon Quest IX Perfect Score
Amazon Japan may not love DS role-playing-game Dragon Quest IX. That's a-okay. Know why? The country's biggest game mag totally loves it. More »But How Many Copies of Dragon Quest IX Were Shipped?
We know how many were sold in the first two days, and now we also know how many copies of the game were shipped. We sure do know a lot of things. More »First Two Days Dragon Quest IX Sales Tally Is In
On July 11, the eagerly awaited Dragon Quest IX went on sale in Japan. According to Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, the game racked up 2.34 million in sales. More »These Amazon Japan Customers Do Not Like DQIX
Did you hear? Dragon Quest IX is out in Japan. And if the Amazon Japan reviews are anything to go by, the people have spoken and the people are upset. More »You Too Can Experience The Dragon Quest IX Launch!
You've no doubt heard some blogger or another refer to a Dragon Quest release date as "national holidays in Japan". This isn't really true. Today, for example, was not a holiday. It was, however, the release date of Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS. More »Look! People Lining Up For DQIX
With 2 million pre-orders and a rumored 3 million copies shipping, we honestly didn't expect folks to line-up for Dragon Quest IX. Sleep in! Square Enix hasn't created a shortage. More »