A Major Blow to Sony in Japan

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As far as DQ9 goes, I don?t see how a handheld game can keep people from getting a ps3. There most likely will be a DQ on the ps3 and that will take a long time to make. The DS game should be finished in no time aka quick cash in. I doubt it will expand on DQ8.

I don't think you understand something. This isn't a remake or port or something. This is number 9 in a series of games that has immense popularity. Just because they move it a portable platform, doesn't mean it will be half-assed effort.

And while it won't keep people from getting a PS3, what it does do is not FORCE them to get a PS3 to play their favorite game series but instead get a DS, which is why this move has a strange power in it.

And the Japanese market is in a shift right now. The DS is projected to sell more units there than any home console by a significant margin. That is probably why SE has decided to make this move. Hand held gaming is what will be biggest there, and it isn't like that everywhere else. Since DQ's market strength solely rests in Japan, why not go with the platform that will preform the best there? I think you have trouble seeing the rhyme and reason for this because hand held gaming isn't as essential everywhere else, but in Japan it is becoming top dog.

As for there will most likely be a DQ game on PS3, yes probably but it won't be one from the numbered series. It'll be some lame spin-off ala Crystal Chronicles.

Schultz also points out something I touched on, and that is that SE is planting flags in all camps. It honestly seems more like DQ will become wholly a Nintendo thing with all the recent content they have gotten for that franchise, and this recent announcement of the numbered series being on the DS. The numbered franchise for FF leaving the PS brand will not likely happen any time soon. Microsoft does seem like an after thought however. SE is a Japanese company, and is probably a bit ticked that they are supporting a group that formed from many former employees or collaborators from SE. But knows there market will be just as important as any other, so I don't know what kinda of games they will be making for M$, but I don't think they will be games that fit in the traditional mold that have made for themselves.