"Rob Browning" <pluvius3@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:42:24 GMT, "El Guapo" <plethora@pinatas.com>
> wrote:
>
>>"Rob Browning" <pluvius3@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:12:40 GMT, "El Guapo" <plethora@pinatas.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>consoles.  Why in the world would they want to force people to buy a
>>>>console
>>>>they don't want, just to play their game?  Maybe people would, but maybe
>>>
>>> Good question; why would Squenix want to force people to buy DSes just
>>> to play their game?
>>
>>Come on, how much of a problem is that?  DS had sold over 26 million
>>worldwide by the end of September, and sold nearly a million more in the 
>>US
>
> The PS2 has sold well over 100 million units worldwide, while the GBA
> stands at a little over 75 million.  While a good number of the PS2
> sales were replacements, a good number of the GBAs were as well due to
> the SP superceding the original version.  That still leaves the
> install base of the PS2 at least a few million higher than that of the
> GBA.  And that's not even counting the XBox or the GameCube, both of
> which have bases numbering in the tens of millions.  This suggests (to
> what should be the surprise of no one) that a lot of people who own
> consoles have little interest in portable systems.  And that's not
> even mentioning the fact that despite all of its disadvantages and
> negative reputation, the PSP still withholds a large chunk of the
> current-gen portable marketshare from the DS, while the GBA was
> uncontested.
>
> And the only reason why the DS appears to be such a big seller in
> comparison to the next-gen consoles is because it's already been
> around for two years and has already went through one revision.  Wait
> a couple of years before you start comparing the sales of the DS
> directly with the sales of the next-gen systems.


So what?  Obviously they are concerned with the current generation, not the 
last.  Right now the DS has a huge lead and is unlikely to relinquish it any 
time soon.  Can you say the same about the Wii?  The 360?  The PS3?  The 
PSP?

Whether the console business and portable business overlaps is of little 
concern to Square Enix, as long as they believe that the majority of their 
Dragon Quest customers own or will own a DS.  They are probably also looking 
at which platform is best to grow popularity for the game in the future, 
which means which system is most popular with kids and younger gamers.  That 
makes it an even easier choice.


>>> What you said is a problem no matter what console Squenix releases
>>> their games on.  The only real solution is for them to stop making
>>> their games console-exclusive.
>>
>>They don't do that with DQ, instead they deliberately concentrate their
>
> Then why are they saying that DQ9 will only be released on the DS?
> That's the definition of "exclusive."

Meaning, they don't try to make the game for multiple consoles, and they 
don't want to.  DQ is *always* exclusive.