Four million Dragon Quest VIIIs shipped

  • By Hirohiko Niizumi, GameSpot
  • Posted Jan 30, 2006 10:59 am PT

Shipments in North America raise latest DQ sequel to new milestone as more spin-offs appear to be in the works.

TOKYO--Square Enix announced today that its cumulative shipments of Dragon Quest VIII have reached more than 4 million units worldwide. The 430,000 units shipped in North America as of the end of December helped push the game over the milestone number.

In Japan, Dragon Quest VIII was released in November 2004 and shipped 3 million units in its first three days on the market. The English version was released in North America on November 17, 2005.

The Dragon Quest series has been a popular role-playing franchise in Japan, and Square Enix will release a Dragon Quest VIII spin-off named Dragon Quest: Shounen Yangus no Fushigi na Daibouken in the country on April 20. The game will follow DQVIII hero Yangus through his childhood. Like previous releases in the Fushigi no Dungeon series, it will feature randomly generated dungeon maps.

Also, at his Dragon Quest concert over the weekend, series composer Kouichi Sugiyama told the audience that additional DQVIII spin-offs aside from Shounen Yangus no Fushigi are in development at Square Enix. However, he told the crowd he isn't allowed to disclose any details at the current time.

34 Comments

  • Zacek1000

    Posted Mar 30, 2006 3:37 am PT

    At least a great game gets the recognition that deserves! I'm still playing it!

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Jan 31, 2006 8:16 am PT

    Glad to see DQVIII doing good in North America.

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 10:06 pm PT

    sounds awesome

  • jansdman

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 9:35 pm PT

    Dragon Quest VIII rock! I'm really glad to know that it sold really well here in the US. Bring on more Dragon Quest franchise Square Enix!!!

  • hush404

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 7:55 pm PT

    Great game, and square did a smart thing boxing it with a demo of FFXII! There may be a whole new group of fans of DQ now that they've played it.

  • Orasion_Seiz

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 7:32 pm PT

    awesome news!

  • _LEGIONS_

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 7:18 pm PT

    DQ8 shows what RPGs are all about

  • GunslingerMan

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 5:14 pm PT

    No Guts they do it because
    1. It's there homeland
    2. Voice acting must be done before bringing it to the states
    3. They need to translate the diauglouge aswell
    4. You, a laughing stock .

    It's nice to hear it did so well .

  • owner211

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 3:38 pm PT

    DQ8 is one of the best RPGs you will find out there, and heres the proof!!

  • abdu4

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 3:20 pm PT

    Good to hear

  • Supersonic2000

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 3:16 pm PT

    Nice job Dragon Quest. Here's to another 4 million.

  • TongLong

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 3:08 pm PT

    Good! Greatest hits copy, here I come!

  • Fallen_Angelz

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 3:02 pm PT

    I had more fun playing the FFXII demo over and over than I did with ANY Dragon Quest game, EVER. My 6 year old sister liked it though...

  • Guts5

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 3:00 pm PT

    LOL! The Japanese companies release games a year later, because they don't care about American gamers, and you people worship them for it... Don't have any pride eh?

  • Panzer_Zwei

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 2:12 pm PT

    DQ has always outselled FF in Japan even before the merger.

  • MadGamer132

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 2:09 pm PT

    thanks to the merger, it has good sales.

  • gennick217

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 2:03 pm PT

    Thats great news! It was a fantastic RPG well done

  • BlackSephiroth

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 1:58 pm PT

    I agree with everyone. This is a great company. I didn't agree with the merge at first, but after seeing what Enix can do, I'm really glad about it.. Square-Enix = pwnage..

  • PS2Hawk

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 1:57 pm PT

    Great I still have not opened my sealed copy!

  • Hyperblade

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 1:17 pm PT

    Too bad DQ will never be as big in the US as Japan...

  • ffmarco

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 1:11 pm PT

    DQ is coming in April in Europe and it was stated in a conference in
    London.Anyway itīs no big deal if many rpgs get published too late or not at all in Europe and Australia, as you can always import them with free shipment.Thatīs what I do and thatīs what Iīll do with Grandia III.

  • s0l0123

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 12:47 pm PT

    Now all they need to do is ship it overseas to Australia & Europe.

  • gerg__4ft

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 12:43 pm PT

    Yeah its all great for you Americans...What about us over in the UK?Im not being funny but do all the RPG games publishers think we don't like playing RPGs over here.We miss so many good games that have releases over in Japan and USA but never here.WHY?! When is Dragon Quest VIII coming over here let alone the spin-offs

  • XlpranksterlX

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 12:37 pm PT

    Personally i dont care too much but its nice to see good games selling.

  • rehino

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 12:29 pm PT

    very nice; gj enix for starting the series and gj square for continuing it

  • Raeldor

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 11:58 am PT

    Awesome... undoubtedly one of the best games ever made.

  • bahamut66c

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 11:50 am PT

    ...keep up the good work...

  • ufopuller

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 11:46 am PT

    Great company. Look forward to seeing the game

  • Vegetaxxssj4

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 11:45 am PT

    Hopefully more DQ will be coming staeside in the near future!

  • 247k

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 11:26 am PT

    A great game from a great company, who knows great RPG's.

  • Viquist

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 11:22 am PT

    Absolutely, bring on the DQVIII spin offs... in America. GREAT RPG

  • ffmarco

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 11:20 am PT

    yes it does.Hope the next DQ has even more appeal and achieves the 1 million shipments in the US.It deserves great sales like FF if not more.
    Letīs hope it does pretty well in Europe too.

  • RinoaUltemicia

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 11:19 am PT

    Great game, glad to hear its doing good, and not just in japan.

  • Donkeljohn

    Posted Jan 30, 2006 11:05 am PT

    Excellent, the recognition it deserves!

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