Dragon Quest IX for the DS.

[Shimra]

http://media.ds.ign.com/a...es/750/750590/imgs_1.html

Talk about crazy. What does this mean for Sony?

[Tynstar]

Looks cool buy what about Sony?

[Ando]

Hah. PS3 isn't gonna get Dragon Quest. LO-freaking-L.
I'll confess now, I've, um... I've never actually played a Dragon Quest game. But I want to.

[chrisbid]

over here, not much

in japan, it looks like squenix is hedging their bets, they are no longer putting all of their main franchises in one basket

for dq, i think its a good move, modern consoles are more about realism while dq is a cartoon-inspired series, and the ds can do cartoons.  we also saw what square can do with the DS on final fantasy III

[Fuyukaze]

I dont know about anyone else, but damned if I'm not glad I got a DS now.  Sure, the news is more impresive for the Japanese market then in the states (still aint got 5 and 6 as well as a slew of re-makes and spin offs) but it does mean something for Sony in general.  With Final Fantasy XIII being spread over multiple systems and now Dragon Quest not even being on a Sony system, it should atleast say something for the future they have.  Even so, it's not as if this is EA saying they've gone Wii exclusive.  RPGs make up a much higher percentage of sales in Japan, not in the US.  The US in turn makes up a much larger percentage of game sales then Japan as well so this sounds great, but doubtfully will be THAT much for the short term.