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Mr. RPG · Sep 10, 2014

http://www.siliconera.com/2014/09/0...emporarily-stop-dragon-quest-x-3ds-shipments/

"Square Enix is halting shipments of Dragon Quest X for Nintendo 3DS in Japan. The game sold well and the initial batch sold out in less than one week, but the huge influx of players lead to problems with the 3DS version.

Unlike Dragon Quest X for Wii, Wii U or PC, Dragon Quest X for Nintendo 3DS uses cloud servers to stream the game to players. With so many players online, especially during peak hours (7PM to midnight), players are having a hard time logging in to the game. Those that can get online have had issues playing Dragon Quest X and freezing game shipments will ameliorate server load issues for existing players. Dragon Quest X for Nintendo 3DS has also been removed from the Nintendo eShop in Japan too."

SwiftDeath · Sep 10, 2014

Square Enix Please

Aostia · Sep 10, 2014

Not so powerful power of the cloud

Holy Order Sol · Sep 10, 2014

what is this madness

Blablurn · Sep 10, 2014

lol

Havent heard of something like this before

chaobreaker · Sep 10, 2014

Bet Square Enix is kicking themselves for not building this port around the more powerful n3DS.

Trust me. I'm a PhD · Sep 10, 2014

That is one way to spin it^^ Duckroll covered it yesterday. Problem with servers and do not want more people buying if cannot play.

Squire · Sep 10, 2014

inb4 "See no way DQXI isn't on 3DS/Wii U!!!"

L~A · Sep 10, 2014

Dragon Quest X for Nintendo 3DS has also been removed from the Nintendo eShop in Japan too."

It's never been on the Nintendo eShop to begin with, unless you got a code from the 3DS XL promotion.

But yeah, that's quite the spin from Siliconera... can't say I'm surprised, though

watershed · Sep 10, 2014

So SE is in such bad shape that they can't even handle a game selling well.

Cheesemeister · Sep 10, 2014

I'm sure someday, most games will simply be streamed over the Internet.

HawthorneKitty · Sep 10, 2014

Wow, I had my doubts because of the streaming stuff.

Percy · Sep 10, 2014

Fucked up SE MMO launch? Sounds unlikely.

PepperedHam · Sep 10, 2014

This happened with FFXIV too.

dimb · Sep 10, 2014

Blablurn said:
lol

Havent heard of something like this before

Happens with MMOs. EA had to do the same thing with The Old Republic in the Christmas launch window.

Panajev2001a · Sep 10, 2014

Cheesemeister said:
I'm sure someday, most games will simply be streamed over the Internet.

See Square-Enix just announced their Dive In service for iOS... btw.

mclem · Sep 10, 2014

"The Inadequate Power of the Cloud" (tm)

Palette Swap · Sep 10, 2014

chaobreaker said:
Bet Square Enix is kicking themselves for not building this port around the more powerful n3DS.

Short of a complete port, that wouldn't change much as the issues are server side. And they wouldn't have sold as much on N3DS.

Earthpainting · Sep 10, 2014

I'm used to bad MMO launches, but they've already launched this game three times before. Even using this streaming method too. Amazed how unprepared they are.

Yagharek · Sep 10, 2014

mclem said:
"The Inadequate Power of the Cloud" (tm)

I like this.

Still, good to see the game sells well. Surely now it will come to the West!

ShockingAlberto · Sep 10, 2014

The more people want Cloud, the less willing Square-Enix is to provide ~~him~~ it.

Occam · Sep 10, 2014

The streaming future where you have no control over what you pay for and own nothing, isn't it grand?

Sheroking · Sep 10, 2014

Only Square-Enix could fail by succeeding.

TheFLYINGManga_Ka · Sep 10, 2014

This wouldn't of happened if there was a offline single player mode!

J/K

Glad it's doing well. This just further proves where the market is in Japan for gaming.

Orniletter · Sep 10, 2014

Sheroking said:
Only Square-Enix could fail by succeeding.

watershed said:
So SE is in such bad shape that they can't even handle a game selling well.

LOL

Infernal Monkey · Sep 10, 2014

So many satisfied customers.

mclem · Sep 10, 2014

Infernal Monkey said:
So many satisfied customers.

There's some iffiness with the font on the DS's screen, IIRC. That's largely what's driven those.

Onesimos · Sep 10, 2014

I knew that something must go wrong with the 3DS version. The streaming problem is just a warning on developers who choose to stream their games.

Yagharek · Sep 10, 2014

Occam said:
The streaming future where you have no control over what you pay for and own nothing, isn't it grand?

Future? With subscription services like PSN+ and XBL, it's already the present.

Painguy · Sep 10, 2014

I don't understand how this game works. Like are you literally streaming a video from SE's servers to your 3DS?

Palette Swap · Sep 10, 2014

Painguy said:
I don't understand how this game works. Like are you literally streaming a video from SE's servers to your 3DS?

I believe some stuff like UI is managed locally but essentially, yes.

hongcha · Sep 10, 2014

Mr. RPG said:
"Dragon Quest X for Nintendo 3DS has also been removed from the Nintendo eShop in Japan too."

Well, it was never available for purchase there in the first place, so this is a bit misleading.

Painguy · Sep 10, 2014

Palette Swap said:
I believe some stuff like UI is managed locally but essentially, yes.

Wouldn't that lead to sub par image quality? I mean it must be compressed to hell right? Are there any screens and videos?

SmokyDave · Sep 10, 2014

Painguy said:
Wouldn't that lead to sub par image quality? I mean it must be compressed to hell right? Are there any screens and videos?

Sub par IQ in a 3DS title?!

Unfathomable, says I.

TheFLYINGManga_Ka · Sep 10, 2014

Palette Swap said:
I believe some stuff like UI is managed locally but essentially, yes.

Had no idea.

So you don't really own the game. Such is MMOs.

Chindogg · Sep 10, 2014

SmokyDave said:
Sub par IQ in a 3DS title?!

Unfathomable, says I.

Weren't you banned for making comments like this before?

CANLI · Sep 10, 2014

They were too concentrated in their mobile remakes and forgot the rest.

Pikma · Sep 10, 2014

Now japanese consumers know what it means to want to give that shitty company your money and not being able to too.

SmokyDave said:
Sub par IQ in a 3DS title?!

Unfathomable, says I.

Chindogg said:
Weren't you banned for making comments like this before?

It wouldn't be SmokyDave if he stopped doing it

Asd202 · Sep 10, 2014

Seems like there cheap on servers side.

Amalthea · Sep 10, 2014

That must be Karma. For not bringing it out in the West.

Painguy · Sep 10, 2014

SmokyDave said:
Sub par IQ in a 3DS title?!

Unfathomable, says I.

lol. I mean aside from the already horrid IQ I shudder to imagine how much worse it would look with all that macro blocking..

flatearthpandas · Sep 10, 2014

This company literally doesn't deserve to have customers. I've never hated a software company before.

TheFLYINGManga_Ka · Sep 10, 2014

Amalthea said:
That must be Karma. For not bringing DQVII out in the West.

Fixed!

Palette Swap · Sep 10, 2014

Painguy said:
Wouldn't that lead to sub par image quality? I mean it must be compressed to hell right? Are there any screens and videos?

They did the exact same thing when they ported it to mobile first and people didn't seem too unhappy with it. Reusing that mobile tech is probably the reason they turned it around so quickly and launched it on 3DS within a few months.

As far as IQ is concerned, it's very dependent on infrastructure: as long as you have a solid Internet connection and local datacenters, there's no reason for it not to work. People have been complaining about font resolution but I don't know if this is because of streaming or because of the port being done too quickly to a console with a low res.

TheFLYINGManga_Ka said:
Had no idea.

So you don't really own the game. Such is MMOs.

If there's a genre where the streaming approach doesn't shock me, it's MMOs. You had to rely on accessing servers in the first place. They've always been more about the service/subscription than buying/owning a physical game.

studyguy · Sep 10, 2014

They did the same thing to XIV temporarily to beef the servers. Shit was crashing left and right after launch when it turned out people wanted to actually play the relaunch... a lot of people.

Worked out in the end there. SE seems to low ball their servers for MMOs hard till they actually need them. I assume it's just due to expected fall off after launch.

Thoraxes · Sep 10, 2014

Blablurn said:
lol

Havent heard of something like this before

Uh, about that...

extralite · Sep 10, 2014

Mr. RPG said:
Dragon Quest X for Nintendo 3DS has also been removed from the Nintendo eShop in Japan too."

It never was up to buy on the eShop in the first place. You can input the download code but not purchase it via eShop.

Pikma · Sep 10, 2014

TheFLYINGManga_Ka said:
Fixed!

Amalthea said:
That must be Karma. For bringing the DQ mobile ports to the west

double fixed

Painguy · Sep 10, 2014

Palette Swap said:
They did the exact same thing when they ported it to mobile first and people didn't seem too unhappy with it. Reusing that mobile tech is probably the reason they turned it around so quickly and launched it on 3DS within a few months.

As far as IQ is concerned, it's very dependent on infrastructure: as long as you have a solid Internet connection and local datacenters, there's no reason for it not to work. People have been complaining about font resolution but I don't know if this is because of streaming or because of the port being done too quickly to a console with a low res.

Interesting I guess I'll take a look at the mobile version to get a general idea.

Mockingbird · Sep 10, 2014

Do 3DS people get to play with PC and Wii/Wii U people?

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