Square Enix had a good fiscal year (ended March 31, 2010), but its games division had a very good year. Final Fantasy XIII sold over five million units globally during the period, with the Japan-only release of Dragon Quest IX coming in second with 4.26 million units.
On March 4, DQIX will join the Ultimate Hits lineup of budget releases. This version of the game will carry a ¥2,940 price point, down significantly from the game's current ¥5,980 pricing.
That day will also see Ultimate Hits versions of Dragon Quest IV, Dragon Quest V, and Final Fantasy IV. These will also carry a ¥2,940 price point.
Square Enix also announced today that the Ultimate Hits series has, as of December, topped the 2.5 million mark in total sales.
In a statement issued yesterday by the company, it was revealed that sales of Dragon Quest IX on the DS have just pushed past the 4.15 million barrier, allowing the game to pass the lifetime sales of Dragon Quest VIII and become the biggest-selling game in the series.
Weekly unit sales of Square Enix's DS RPG Dragon Quest IX dropped below 100,000 units for the first since its July launch in Japan, as Nintendo's Tomodachi Collection took the top spot.
Sales of Dragon Quest IX fell to 79,000 units for the week ended August 23, according to Media Create, down from the prior week's 127,000 units. The game has sold over 3.7 million units in Japan to date. The drop in sales pushed the game down from number one to number two on the weekly sales charts.
kotaku via famitsu:
Going on sale July 14th, the game is the latest entry in the Dragon Quest series and was developed by Fukuoka-based studio Level-5.
As of August 2nd, 3.39 million copies of the game have been sold in The Land of the Rising Sun. A Western release date for the title has not yet been announced.
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