As I've said before, to say that the Japanese like DQ is a massive understatement. There are laws governing when DQ games can and can't be released. When a new DQ game is released, national productivity drops notably FOR A WEEK. This means enough of the country runs out, buys the game, and plays it religiously for a week to cause lower work and school attendance and performance. There is no comparison in the US gaming market. Even if S-E were to remake FFVII for the PS3, it would be NOTHING compared to how excited Japan has already gotten over the release of DQVIII. In case I'm not making this clear enough, THE POPULARITY OF DQ IN JAPAN IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO WESTERN GAMERS BECAUSE NO GAME IN THE US OR EUROPE IS ANYWHERE NEAR AS POPULAR. NO COMPARISON CAN BE MADE. YOU CAN'T EVEN BEGIN.