Square Enix 'Undecided' If It Will Bring Definitive Edition Content of Dragon Quest XI to Vanilla Version - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 May 2019 / 2,983 Views
Square Enix recently announced Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age: Definitive Edition for the Nintendo Switch.
Square Enix speaking with The Wall Street Journal's Takashi Mochizuki said the company was "undecided" if it would release the Definitive Edition content to the vanilla version of the game, which is available for the PlayStation 4 and Windows PC.
About possible DQ11 new content addition to PS4 version:
me: saw new stories added to Switch version. Any plans to release those for PS4 version?
Square Enix: "undecided."
— Takashi Mochizuki (@6d6f636869) February 14, 2019
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age: Definitive Edition will launch for the Nintendo Switch worldwide this fall.
Thanks Gematsu.
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I think they should. even if it's dlc.
This is the right answer, as opposed to 2004 Capcom announcing RE4 for the other platforms before it even came out on a GameCube. I assume Nintendo has helped sponsor this new version.
Just do what you did for FFXV and KH series. SE says they wanted to up the DLC and games as a service. This is the time.
I'm all for different console versions having something special in that version, to give people a reason to buy it on one platform or another, versus them all being patched to be "created equal".
For example, Soul Calibur 2 had a special character depending on the platform it was bought for. I see definitive edition being a boon to Switch's library, and if the publisher wants it to sell well on that platform, what better way to do it than have that version have something the other versions don't?
I completely disagree with this, on the notion that they don't do this for every platform involved. If we go by your SC example, then what would SE do for the PC versions of their late ports?. They don't do this for every platform out there.
If you think it's fair to do unique content, then at least hold them to the sword for every single platform they sell towards.
SC2 was just a simple example, showing different versions of the same game through a version specific character. While I am saying unique content is desireable, I'm not saying that every version of a game can and should be created equal. The game has been out on other platforms, for quite some time now. They are now releasing it on Switch. If they want sales on the Switch version, then having a little something extra that is specific to Switch makes good sense. Some people may get butthurt over the latest version having additional content, but hey, that's the breaks.
Then I kindly disagree with that notion again. If you want someone to get more treatment, then others should too.
PC hardly gets any special content when this kind of deal happens, so it's hardly about "more sales".
Hey "it's the breaks" when you don't get special content and have to wait for years on end on Switch.
I mean, just make it timed to actually push sales of the Switch version as much as possible.
I believe it sold poorly on PS4, let me know otherwise.
1.5 million in Japan, pretty solid given the relatively low userbase of PS4 in Japan. Not sure about outside of Japan as I don't recall seeing any numbers for it.
for comparison 1.8 million in Japan on 3DS followed by 1.5 million in Japan on PS4 2.04 million ww so not to bad for a non exclusive DQ I also believe and this is just conjecture that the western release most likely had a high % of digital.
1.5m PS4 and 1.8m 3ds in Japan, PS4 version sold very well with I believe it was 4 times less consoles out in the wild in japan at that time.
I'd be fine with it if they didn't. The main game was more than enough story for me and I heavily enjoyed it.
Of course they will bring it over. There will be a patch for the ps4 version soon after the switch version releases you can bet on it
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