We’ve been talking quite a lot recently about Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake and Square Enix on the Nintendo Entertainment Podcast. Why? Because the remake’s success has been almost mind-boggling to both us and others. Sure, the publisher had made HD-2D titles and remakes in the past, but this one blew them all out of the water, and the sales of the game in Japan made it a million-seller, which shows just how popular the series still is to some. Yet, the reason we’re bringing this up now is because of the company’s latest financial report, where the game absolutely “broke a trend.”
That “trend” is the bad joke that Square Enix has earned where it’ll release a game and it “doesn’t meet expectations.” It’s a bad joke because the publisher always sets expectations too high and then dismisses games outright sometimes because of “not meeting them.” However, in the case of the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, the opposite was true because in the briefing, they made the note that:
“Operating income up mainly due to stronger sales of “DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake” than initial assumptions.”
Overall, the company still suffered a loss across all profit factors. BUT, because of this game’s success and beating “initial assumptions,” it could’ve been a lot worse. That goes to show you the title’s quality and the desires of certain sects of gamers.
