No Dragon Warrior/Quest 9 for consoles?

[JTK]

It's kind of related to PS3, but it's actually related to the entire console gaming scene in general.


http://www.gamespot.com/news/6163073...stnews;title;0

Dragon Quest IX exclusive to DS
Square Enix surprises many by announcing next installment of popular series will be strictly portable on Nintendo's popular handheld.

By Tim Surette, GameSpot
Posted Dec 12, 2006 11:41 am PT

Though not exactly a household name for gamers here in the United States, the Dragon Quest series is one of the most popular gaming franchises in Japan. The release of Dragon Quest VIII in Japan was met with the same frenzy that typically accompanies the release of the latest edition of another Square Enix franchise, Final Fantasy.

Square Enix released Dragon Quest VIII on the PlayStation 2, which was a great boon for Sony. However, it appears as though the benefactor of Dragon Quest IX will be one of Sony's rivals. Forbes reports that Dragon Quest IX has been announced as an exclusive for the Nintendo DS.

LOL, what about the Wii?

Some analysts think this could be a big blow against Sony because the Dragon Quest franchise is considered a top-tier franchise and has sold more than 41 million copies worldwide. Hiroshi Kamide, analyst at KBC Securities, said the decision to put Dragon Quest IX exclusively on the DS "was rather unexpected, so it's not a huge vote of confidence for the PlayStation 3," reports The Sydney Morning Herald.

Thanks for nothing, would be my response. This is stupid.

Square is also preparing a Dragon Quest game for the Wii, due early next year, and recently released Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime, a series spin-off, for the DS.

Ok, so are we back to the 1990's now where Square and Nintendo are going to be all lovey dovey again?

This sure seems like a pretty obvious move against Sony.

I own the DS and love it but I can't imagine playing something this time consuming and in depth on a portable.

What mystifies me to no end is not bringing out a huge, flagship title like this to ANY console at all?

This last DW game on the PS2 is a modern classic and easily the best console RPG I had played in years.

If nothing else, why not make this a PS2 swan song title? Ps3 owners could do the whole backwards compatibility thing and maybe even direct port the thing to the Wii? Ignoring that gigantic userbase seems like sheer folly to me, regardless of the nice early boon the Wii is enjoying.

Why not do DS, Wii, and PS2?

These kinds of decisions just make me want to hit my head against a wall sometimes.

They talk about how they're not confident abou the PS3's prospects in the first year and all that crap (same reason THQ cancelled RAW vs. Smackdown 2007 which was also stupid)...but guys?

If you build it, they will come. If these games are available, people will buy them!

It's a chicken and egg argument but they're creating the very doom and gloom problem that they're lamenting in wretched decisions like these.


Oh well, if that's the case, I guess I'll end up buying a Wii if it means getting DW9 on something besides just a portable. A DW game for me is a system seller in and of itself. That's how awesome these games are.

That and Zelda combined alone gurantee a Wii purchase by me no later than day and date release of the new DW game if that's how it comes out in the was.