1. http://ds.ign.com/articles/783/783284p1.html Menu-based battles are back in. A lot of the fear over the series' divergence from its roots hurting it in the marketplace, should end here.
2. By the time this game debuts, DS lifetime sales will be in the same range as PS2 lifetime sales in Japan. A franchise this big will have literally never debuted with an install base this big in Japan.
3. DQ8 was starting to gain some traction in the west, shipping over 1 million copies outside of Japan. With a lower price threshold and it could gain even more traction.
All-in-all, this could be the first DQ to hit 5 million copies.
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1. http://ds.ign.com/articles/783/783284p1.html
Menu-based battles are back in. A lot of the fear over the series' divergence from its roots hurting it in the marketplace, should end here.
2. By the time this game debuts, DS lifetime sales will be in the same range as PS2 lifetime sales in Japan. A franchise this big will have literally never debuted with an install base this big in Japan.
3. DQ8 was starting to gain some traction in the west, shipping over 1 million copies outside of Japan. With a lower price threshold and it could gain even more traction.
All-in-all, this could be the first DQ to hit 5 million copies.