Today Square Enix announced that it has decided to delay the Japanese release of Dragon Quest X Offline to the summer of 2022.
Famitsu: "Sales ranking announced by Famitsu. This time, we will deliver a summary of estimated weekly sales of game software and hardware from September 12th to September 18th, 2022."
How the hell did Series S itself outsell the PS5 disc & digital combined? That's just nuts.
Crazy that the Xbox actually is selling that much. Their 5000-yen Gift Card deal and TGS Game Pass announcements are being responded to well.
That - and it seems Sony diverted as many units as possible away from Japan during the Splatoon launch.
Blame the price hike. Watch PS5 sales bounce back in the coming weeks after the price hike is implemented. Sony will magically find PS5's hidden in its warehouses. You're partially right though. The PS5 desperately needs new mainline DQ, MH & FF entries. Sony doesn't have an answer for Splatoon 3 so I could see them sitting it out. As for Microsoft I 100% agree. It didn't just have that sales spike for nothing. They couldn't even give the XBO away in Japan when it was marketed as a Blu-Ray device. Then the Series comes out and outperforms its predecessor with ease there. The Series isn't exactly lighting Japan sales charts on fire but compared to the last decade this at least looks like Microsoft is giving it the old college try. The traditional home console market in Japan isn't exactly healthy these days so to see them performing better than usual is something to look at.
Series S outselling both PS5 SKU's combined is kinda crazy. Just goes to show how much ground Sony have lost in Japan, basically wiped out.
Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam on September 15 in Japan.
Square Enix released a new gallery of screenshots of the upcoming JRPG Dragon Quest X Offline, and new details on a couple of interesting aspects.
It hurts when I see people report stuff about a game that is never going to be localized.
I'm actually very interested in this! Cleared every single DQ mainline game. However, X offline does look quite rough and basic. If they flesh out the core, this could be good. Just like DQV PS2 version is one of the best turn-based games ever made.
In the end, X offline cannot top XI, which puts it to a strange place. It seems like SE cannot decide if they should bet on a cash grab or a good game. Delaying the game is leaning towards the latter, which is good!