Dragon Quest IX Sales Cause For Panic?

Sales figures out of Japan show the latest information for Dragon Quest IX selling only 79,000 units this week. The life to date sales for the game put it at approximately 3.7 million units sold in Japan since it was released on July 11th. That's only a little over five weeks. Square Enix is hoping to sell 5 million copies of the game in Japan. Is this sudden drop below 100,000 copies in a week going to be cause for concern on their part? I would wait until next week to see if sales go back up or if this is a trend that will continue.

I'm pretty sure the game will have no problem reaching 5 million in Japan, it just may take a little longer than Square had hoped it would. That franchise is a huge seller on the island and once it's released over seas it will just add more millions to that already large total. I don't think there is any cause for concern yet.