Rob Browning wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:13:42 GMT, "Ethan Hammond"
> <eshammond@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>> "sanjian" <sanjian@widomaker.com> wrote in message
>> news:elvo5b01na8@news3.newsguy.com...
>>> Rob Browning wrote:
>>>> On 14 Dec 2006 15:58:44 -0800, "Astrobiochemist"
>>>> <CCSBeyond@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> You mean like DQ 7 and preceeding, all of which were on systems
>>> inferior to the DS, except for 7, which was on par?
>>>
>>> The only difference between having it on the DS and on the PS3 is
>>> it won't be as pretty.
>>
>> And they can make more money and sell more copies w/ it on the DS!
>
> They might do that.  I still think it's an open question whether or
> not they will, as compared to what they could've done--released the DS
> game as a spinoff and then a couple of years later put DQ9 on one of
> the next-gen consoles.  There's no rule saying that DQ9 has to be out
> next year; we just had DQ8 last year.

Didn't you say they were only in it for the money (though not why that's a 
bad thing)?  If they are, then some of their marketing gurus have figured 
out that they stand to make the most money this way.  And, while I think SE 
has been lacking heart and soul, as of late, I can't say anything bad about 
their bean counters (I mean, we're not talking Sega, here).  If SE thinks 
they can make more money this way, I'm inclined to believe them.