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Dragon Quest IX Drives Massive DSi Sales Boost

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By Tom Ivan

July 17, 2009

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Japanese DSi sales more than doubled during the week ended July 12, on the back of the massive release of Square Enix’s Dragon Quest IX.

Weekly sales of the handheld jumped from 46,855 units to 118,202, while DS Lite also saw a 2,500 unit sales increase. The portable easily outsold all other consoles combined, with every platform bar DS seeing a weekly decline.

Dragon Quest IX, the latest entry in Square’s long-running RPG franchise, released alongside a red DSi in Japan on July 11, and sold over 2.3 million copies in just two days. It was the only new entry to make the software top ten, knocking Wii Sports Resort down to second place after two weeks at the chart summit.

DSi - 118,202
PSP - 26,527
Wii - 22,141
DS Lite - 10,161
PS3 - 9,864
Xbox 360 - 3,561
PS2 - 3,508

01. Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (DS, Square Enix) - 2,319,000 / New
02. Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) - 103,000 / 617,000
03. Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (DS, Nintendo) - 57,000 / 294,000
04. Boku no Natsuyasumi 4 (My Summer Vacation 4) (PSP, SCEI) - 24,000 / 73,000
05. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (PSP, Sega) - 14,000 / 116,000
06. Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (PSP, Capcom) - 14,000 / 776,000
07. Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (DS, Square Enix) - 9,000 / 501,000
08. Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) - 9,000 / 3,490,000
09. Pokemon Platinum (DS, Pokemon Co.) - 8,000 / 2,472,000
10. Sloane and MacHale's Mysterious Story (DS, Level 5) - 7,000 / 176,000

Sources: Media Create / NeoGAF
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2009 Japanese sales history

squarepusher's picture
On July 17th squarepusher said:

What can you say, the Japanese love their Dragon Quest.

AaronMC's picture
On July 17th AaronMC said:

I can say "toy boat" five times fast. That's what.

quietIdentity's picture
On July 18th quietIdentity said:

Nice, I'm in awe. I was wondering what the deal with DSi is. Does it actually have more power than older models or is it just a few extra token features and no backwards compatibility? I'm just a little confused.

quietIdentity's picture
On July 18th quietIdentity said:

Oh it's got camera's. Ooooh

squarepusher's picture
On July 18th squarepusher said:

A quick Wikipedia search would answer your query. Yes, in fact, it's actually a lot more powerful than the original DS/DS Lite. Nice processor boost and RAM upgrade.