Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake Ships 2 Million Worldwide, Japan Accounts for at Least Half | Push Square
Square Enix has revealed that Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake has shipped and digitally sold more than 2 million copies worldwide.
As regular readers will know, Square Enix doesn't share official sales figures very often — much to the frustration of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth enthusiasts — so this remake must have done pretty well by the publisher's infamously high standards.
Unsurprisingly, most of those sales are down to Dragon Quest's Japanese audience, who snapped the game up like crazy on its release a few weeks back.
Square Enix hasn't broken the numbers down by region, but Japan's latest sales charts have Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake pegged at around 1 million physical sales. Consider digital sales on top of that, and it's clear that Japan's leading the way — and probably by some distance.
Still, a win's a win, and it'll be interesting to see how Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake does when it launches next year, off the back of this seemingly successful revival.
Golden oldies
Are you still playing Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake? Gather your party and curse the number of random encounters in the comments section below.
Robert (or Rob if you're lazy) is an assistant editor of Push Square, and has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Persona, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Trails, Tales — he's played 'em all. A little too much, some might say.
That's great. I haven't played it yet but I probably will sometime next year. Just don't like this game being used as ammo by people against exclusives.
Seems we might be heading back to the PS3 era of «it's successful in Japan but a flop everywhere else»
Goku and Gohan look so cute together in their matching fantasy cosplay.
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