
We don't quite know how well Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age has performed here in the West, but given its unfortunate release date and its relatively niche appeal, among other factors, it's probably had a semi-decent run at best. What's more, new sales data from Square Enix seems to back this theory up.
The publisher has revealed that the fantastic role-playing title has topped four million copies worldwide -- a figure that includes both the PlayStation 4 version of the game and the Japan exclusive 3DS version, as well as digital numbers.
As Gematsu points out, however, Japanese sales count for at least 3.2 million units, meaning that, at the absolute most, the Western release has shifted around 800,000 copies. That's not necessarily a terrible result for Square Enix, but it's still a bit disappointing. After all, we bloody love Dragon Quest XI.
Did you contribute to these sales? Don't stop questing in the comments section below.
[source jp.square-enix.com, via gematsu.com]
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Did my part, day 1. Great game. Enjoying the after game now and even that is turning into it's own great game.
Too bad it didn't do better, now we'll have more FFXV years long messes and less complete games day 1.
I'm part of those day one sales for a complete game day one and I already platinum the game it was that good to me, hopefully it makes enough for a sequel especially after that True ending
Yup, sort of. I bought it as a birthday gift for my brother. I'll have to steal it once I finish fist of the north star.
Honestly I am not surprised a product so unapologetically dated in concept is not very marketable in the West.
I bought a JP and EU copy.
By the way the game wasn't even one of the featured games on the EU PS blog that week...smh
It's top of my backlog list. I'm defo buying this next when I've finished RDR2.
@rjejr I really like DQXI, not very far into it. My only worry is that it seems to easy, does it get harder?
I'll buy it eventually. So far I've bought Dragon Quest Heroes 1+2. They must see there is interest in the West, so I have no doubt they'll keep publishing them.
The date was pretty unfortunate. I bought it but put it to one side in favour of playing Destiny 2, Tomb Raider, Spiderman, Soul Calibur and Red Dead 2 first. That way I'll be able to take my time enjoying it instead of rushing a bit to get to the next game.
I might pick this up eventually, but there's other games that I'm more eager on buying first. Plus, there's already enough on my backlog as it is.
Bought it- still not played it. So I helped 😅.
It’s sitting behind Red Dead Redemption 2, Spider-Man & the upcoming Darksiders 3.
50 hours in must be about a 3rd of the way into the main story, glad i bought it day 1!
Soundtrack sucks.
Bought it a few weeks after release, played at least 20hrs (likely fair bit more), then paused for Odyssey and RDR2, but will absolutely get back to it and aim for the plat once I finish those two (and Spyro possibly also, if I end up caving and getting it digital day one!) Still mad that Squenix released DQXI in such an insane release window though - it's like they don't even want it to sell well in the West!
I really want to try this game, unfortunately I haven't been paid yet lol
Pre-ordered the game months in advance and got it a day before official release lol. Played it for over 80 hours, completing the main story, post game story, all side quests and levelled up most characters to 99. Collected 100 out of 110 mini medals too, but couldn't be bothered with the other 10 haha. Overall the game was utterly fantastic and maybe my favourite of the series so far (haven't played them all yet). I've seen the game described as a "comfort food" game, and I think that's pretty accurate. The story won't WOW you, the combat isn't exactly deep, but its DRAGON QUEST. While other games like Final Fantasy have changed in almost every way since the original game, DQ largely stayed the same, just updating the visuals as they went along. Most DQ fans LIKE this. They know exactly what they are going to get with a new DQ game. Sadly the majority of the DQ fanbase is in Japan and most gamers outside of Japan didn't get to play much of the series (especially in the UK where DQ 8 was the first game we got...), so that whole "comfort food" idea is lost on a lot of people.
@Fight_Teza_Fight it's also sitting next to fist of the north star.word up son
@ellsworth004 Definitely not hard. It does get more entertaining, I probably played for the first 30 hours or so - main game took me 100 - controlling my character and everybody else on autopilot, which was kinda boring, but eventually there were enough character abilities and characters that I took control of everyone. But no, game isn't about trying at all, it's about the story and having fun. There was 1 fight where I had several characters die in 1 battle, but that was the only one. And I never ever use items. There is no challenge. The game might not be much different with all 4 characters on autopilot for 90% of it, but I enjoyed the heck out of it, and still going. My entire family has watched me play almost all of it - not all the hours gambling - and they enjoyed it too.
I could see that other version pushing the last bit if it doesn’t hit 1M by then but who knows maybe it’s a waste of time, money, and development and Dragon Quest should be a PlayStation/PC thing.
@Kidfried definitely
And "looking anime" isn't a plus for the mainstream audience as well.
Imagine if they actually advertised it... And if Sony promoted it on their store... And if it wasn't released close to Spider-Man...
I know they have different budgets but I was driving home yesterday and saw about 7 adverts for RDR2 on bus stops, plus TV ads onceI got back in, plus a ton of online ads on just about every website I've been on.
plenty of 3DS's in north america...
I'm having a lot of fun with the game.
@ellsworth004 if you're not that far into it and don't mind starting over, do so and turn on draconian quest. Turn on stronger enemies, and no exp for fighting weaker monsters. Trust me it makes the game a whole lot more rewarding.
If I can ever put a huge dent in my backlog this is definitely one game I’d like to experience.
That's a real shame it didant do better over here but I just hope it's enough for us to carry on getting anything Dragon Quest related because this game is a masterpiece!Preordered and received day one so I did my bit.
I'm nearly 80 hours in now and the only bad thing I can say about it is it's too easy!Apart from that I seriously don't want this game to end..
They made the right decision making it on PS4, instead of limited to nintendo like so many of the Post DQ 8 titles.
They kind of stumbled all over this release with the switch version delayed (and a seiyuu version so unless they patch that to the ps4 version in Japan there is a big difference between versions), no 3ds version in the west (I sorta get that as the 3ds is long in the tooth and squeenix takes 5ever to localize even when they have a script), and light advertising. I know I held off aside from the 3ds version as I am waiting on the switch version. Since I wasn't a fan of the language options on PC.
I haven't bought the game yet, got a massive backlog.
I'll probably pick it up during Black Friday/Christmas sales if I see it go for $25 New or cheaper...
@ellsworth004 DQXI does get harder, my mistake previously when I said it doesn't.
So trying my best to be spoiler free, I'm playing the post game content and I've died, game over died, 3 or 4 times already in about 15 hours. And a couple of those I think I'm about 20 levels under powered, and I haven't gone anywhere near the end game.
And for the record, again w/o trying to give too much away, this isn't your typical post game stuff of boss battle after boss battle - Zelda BotW sucked - it's pretty much a sequel. So if you want it to get harder, play through the main storyline which you could probably do in about 60 hours - I took 100 b/c I gambled a lot and did all 26 of the side quests and I have to explore, sail, and climb every inch of the map - and then keep going and enjoy basically a $20 season pass DLC at no extra charge. Just prepare to die a lot.
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