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?

https://kotaku.com/you-too-can-experience-the-dragon-quest-ix-launch-5312366

Dragon Quest IX‘s 2.3 million in sales over the course of three days bested its nearest competitor, Wii Sports Resort, by a factor of roughly 23:1. Sure, Wii Sports Resort is still selling at a healthy rate—another 100,000-plus this week—but it’s no Dragon Quest.

Square Enix’s decision to move the series away from the PlayStation family and toward the DS was clearly a wise financial move. By next week, we won’t be surprised if Dragon Quest IX sales outnumber the PlayStation 3’s hardware install base in Japan. Wonder how well it would’ve helped Sony’s platform find a larger audience…

Anyway. Like I said, there was really no competition. DQ IX is the only new title to make an appearance on this week’s Japanese software chart.

01. Dragon Quest IX (DS) – 2,319,000 / NEW

02. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 103,000 / 617,000

03. Tomodatchi Collection (DS) – 57,000 / 294,000

04. Boku no Natsuyasumi 4: Seitouchi Shounen Tanteidan, Boku to Himitsu no Chizu (PSP) – 24,000 / 73,000

05. Miku Hatsune Project Diva (PSP) – 14,000 / 116,000

06. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) (PSP) – 13,000 / 789,000

07. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS) – 9,000 / 501,000

08. Wii Fit (Wii) – 8,000 / 2,472,000

09. Pokémon Platinum (DS) – 8,000 / 2,472,000

10. Sloane to MacHale: Nazo no Monogatari (DS) – 7,000 / 176,000

11. Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono 2 (PSP)