Dragon Quest IX went on sale in Japan last week. It sold a lot. It also sold a lot of Nintendo DSis. And it certainly didn’t help the competition.
https://kotaku.com/you-too-can-experience-the-dragon-quest-ix-launch-5312366
While Nintendo DSi sales more than doubled—in part, thanks to a limited edition Dragon Quest-branded version of the device—every other platform saw a decline in sales week-to-week in Japan. Not surprising, considering the amount of yen earmarked for a new Nintendo DS purchase and the fact that almost nothing came out against Dragon Quest IX.
So now you know why there’s a massive slice of gray in this week’s Media Create hardware sales chart. The numbers are after this.
Nintendo DSi – 118,202
PSP – 26,527
Wii – 22,141
Nintendo DS Lite – 10,161
PlayStation 3- 9,864
Xbox 360 – 3,561
PlayStation 2 – 3,508
