ROID isn't a console, and the ROID game was already announced and is a mobile spinoff (Hotroit Stories).  Level-5 keeps insisting the actual DS game is also coming to "a console", it's basically multiplatform.  Considering how spell casting is done (drawing symbols/runes), it's likely Wii.

Well, that's what you are hoping.

I highly doubt the next game by Team Destiny will be a Wii only game if the sales for Graces don't improve.

Innocence was already in devolopement when Tempest was released, and I think Namco blaimed Tempest itself for it's bad-sales because it was bad and the Japanese Tales of fanbase hated it.

Edit: @Soriku

however as shown previously in this thread, Tales games on Nintendo consoles seem to be much more front-loaded. And most Nintendo fans hold on to the "previous trends" argument, i guess using that argument ToG should sell around 140k FW.

Also i'm not defending Hanafuda, but some of the annoying people on this thread were Nintendo fans who claim that ToG will make a greater profit without backing up with data. That argument becomes really annoying sometimes and really far away from reality. I'm not saying ToG flopped, but i dont get why some people get annoyed because Vesperia outsold it and try to defend the lower sales.

Its a general formula for most all platforms. There's percentages of that $50 game that are allocated for specifics - retail profit, manufacturing, advertising, development, publisher profit, and if the game is successful- developer royalities. There's a great book on the structure if you're interested in getting into the game business, its called Game Plan. Don't remember the author off hand. But will give you some great insight and is easy to read through.

That's exactly what I was going to say.

Well, DOTW was more frontloaded, but it was also a pretty mediocre spinoff and a summer release.  I'd expect Garces to be less frontloaded just by virtue of being released 2 weeks before the holidays.  See how Hearts sold (though it was also overshipped and pricecollasped after 2 weeks iirc).

I admit I have not played either

but whenever graces & TOV come here I will buy em both

but next time I'd like to see variety & a change in style

thats why I'd hope that Destiny make the HD one & symphonia make the Wii one

@majin

yeah!

Yeah, I just don't understand why Nintendo doesn't look to L5 more given what a standout success they've been on DS.  Games like Layton, Inazuma or Nunokuni would probably do really well on Wii imo.  I'm starting to think we'll have to wait for DQX before seeing L5 on Wii. :/

The Tales of games for the PSP and DS have lower budget's and haven't been that long under devolopement, so the risk isn't a big as with a console version. They already have there engines ready and know each of the platforms, but still...

Tales of Graces has been three years under devolopement, and I think they will look at how the different title's have performed those last years and make there decissions, but if Graces ends up selling worser than the port of Vesperia... well I dunno... but we will see soon enough the decission of Namco.

It annoys me to all hell that nobody knows if bundles are included or not. Because if they aren't that could make somewhat of a difference. It's not like sales numbers are going to double or anything, but I'd expect atleast a 20-30k bump because of it.