Quote Originally Posted by Zumi View Post
MMO market is really flooded these days. There are many free to play games for people to pick from as well. Free to play games aren't nessassiry bad but the reason they make more of a profit then most pay games is you get that one guy usually 1 out 5 whos willing to dump tons of cash into the cash shop which would pay for like 10 peoples subscriptions.

Also SE made the classic Everquest 2/ Lineage 2 mistake. Releasing a direct sequel to an already popular MMO. Thus splitting the playerbase and seeing a decline in both games. Blizzard was smart in a way because they never did this. They just keep updating WoW.

SE is going to release Dragon Quest X which is a MMO for the Wii in August 2nd and for Wii U when it comes out. This will split their JP player base for FFXIV and FFXI even more so. Dragon Quest games are huge in Japan and most JP players actually prefer playing MMOs on consoles rather then PCs as seen by how many preferred to play FFXI on PS2. SE has no plans for a NA / EU release of Dragon Quest X. This is sure to make a lot of those JP only people happy. I wouldn't be surprised if this game does better then FFXIV there.

So yea they are really killing themselves with over-saturation of the market.
Dragon Quest X here will be inevitable. Will we play with JP is another question though. The Dragon Quest series sells well over here, not to the extent in Japan, but it makes good sales here. Dragon Quest 8 had really good sales, along with the DS ports. Not to mention DQ9 was a huge success here.

I am sure there would be a good NA/EU playerbase here, but I highly doubt we would see the Wii version come here, but very possible to get the Wii U version, which may be for the best. Wait for it to polish up a bit and get it in a better HD resolution.