UK Charts: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Crashes Out Of The Top 40

Wow. Great game. Deserves a top spot for sure.

Already fell below The Grinch: Christmas Adventure?

Isn’t there physical stock shortages with Dragon Quest 3, which would explain the sudden drop?

What...? It seems British don't like Dragon Quest much... A pity, it's a great game indeed.

Other recent releases like Zelda and Mario & Luigi deserve to be higher too.

I mean, even now and with all of Square-Enix's effort to make Dragon Quest a global brand in the last few years. It's still not quite a popular enough a brand in the west compared to other jrpg series'. My take is that the UK market still sees the series as a niche.

@BigBluePanda Came here to say I really struggled buying it last week on either Switch or PS5 so this doesn’t surprise me

For sure European people doesn't have any taste, Nintendo Switch undeperformed compared to PS4, for example. We could have twice the number of sales, at least, if it performed the same rate than the rest of the world. I'm talking about hardware sales.
Excuse my English, and the not subtile thought.

I already have 1, 2 & 3 together on one cart, I ain't gonna be dropping £45 on a tarted-up version of just one of them. Not immediately, anyway.

Glad to see mario luigi brothership still on the list. Such an amazing game.

Glad to see HOGWARTS LEGACY still doing good, despite the "boycott". 🤣

It's still a 36 year old game.

Half of the top 10 are First party games. Then FC25 and Hogwarts Switch versions selling a lot too. Is that like 3/4 of top 10 sales on Switch? Absolutely insane. BEAST

That’s disheartening.
I had it preordered (in America) but quickly realized I was going to drop it once Fantasian comes out so I cancelled for now. Will be 100% getting it at a later date. I don’t want to be part of the problem! It looks like the best HD-2D game so far and I don’t want to miss out.

I think it would have done better at something like a $40 price point.

Nobody really talks about Hogwarts Legacy but it does massive numbers on Switch despite the performance issues. It's one example of why porting AAA third party games to the console still sees benefits.

@WheresWaveRace Gotta count MySims, too. Since it only released on Switch. So pretty much most of the top ten is Switch-related.

@Arkay I started playing it this week on PS5 since it was on sale, I really don't see what most people see with the game. Sure, it's not awful, but performance is not all there even after a year, the side quests are boring, the voices sound like robots at times. Hopefully it gets better by the end.

Mildly tragic. But at least it charted at launch. How many great games release and don't even chart? More than a few I'd wager.

@Erigen Multiple factors in addition to what you mentioned. I think the biggest hold-off on DQ 3 HD2D is that it's a $60 NES game with a glow-up. The price is not justifiable, and DQ games do tend to go on sale, so I'd imagine people are just passing on it and waiting for a better deal.

Wow, Astro Bot and Spider-Man 2 got a really big jump. Maybe it's people buying the PS5 in the black friday deals and getting some games? Also glad to see Sonic x Shadow Generations close to the top 10 again, amazing game.

Payback for skipping the UK in the 80s!

Probably because you can play two perfectly fine versions of the game for free on any number of platforms including the dirt cheap handheld emulators most people have now. The remake is certainly pretty but it's still an old famicom game being sold at full price which is as hard of a sell as a full priced shmup these days.

@Arkay I noticed that too and lol'd. All that torpedoing, spoiling, and review avoiding sure did nothing.

I wish Dragon Quest was more popular, I love the series so much and always try to recommend it to new players. If you’re a fan of Zelda and turn based Pokemon, you gotta try this series! 🗡️🛡️

Well, it seems like I am not the target audience of Square Enix anymore, so I did not buy it. I hope it is a sign, that the boycotts are working.

I am definitely not surprised about Mario & Luigi. It is not bad, but it gets boring so fast.

Astro Bot deserves a few more sales. I finished the update content recently.

@Jhena Boycotts are working based on one week of the UK charts? And the game was selling really well in the Japanese market, so, I don't know about a "boycott" working. Not to mention this is only the physical market and some people are saying the game is sold out.

Wooooo! Wreckfest and Epic Mickey charted! Wooooo!

@MeanBeanEgg It's mostly cause some sites refuse to talk about it because they want to boycott the author. But the game still sells and I find that to be quite hilarious.

@Arkay The game would always sell well, it's Harry Potter. Plus, the game has an 8 on Metacritic so it's not like critics hated it.

Wow, THREE Mortal Kombat games in the top 40!

Oh, MySims on number 8. 😊

And Monster High: Skulltimate Secrets by Outright Games on number 26.

@MeanBeanEgg
It is two weeks now. First week no. 14 for a Square Enix game is hard. Week two it totally dropped off, this is not normal. Are you trying to say Square Enix just released a few thousand copies and made the rest buy the digital version?

„At least its performance over in Japan will likely be enough to keep Squeenix satisfied for now.“

Squeenix will never be satisfied.

It appears hardly anyone buys games for Xbox anymore. Not really surprising, with the value Gamepass offers... but surely it can't be good for business.

@JohnnyMind Are the Italian video game charts much the same as the UK's?

I don’t get it. What censorship are people complaining about. If it’s just lack of cleavage or partial nudity that’s absolutely absurd.