Dragon Quest IX To Sell Over 5 Million?

So says an analyst predicting sales for the upcoming new installment in the Dragon Quest franchise, exclusively for DS.

According to German website GameFront, translation via GoNintendo, Takashi Oka of Cosmo Securities predicts that Square-Enix's latest portable RPG will sell over 5 million copies in Japan alone - the same prediction the head of Enterbrain had in 2007.

The company's president also has high hopes for the game, predicting a massive 10 million units to make their way into gamers' pockets worldwide. There's no firm date for the title as of yet, but producer Akihiro Hino's goal is to have Dragon Quest IX ready by the end of the year.