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Khuutra on 28 June 2009
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Valkyria00 said:
Khuutra said:

Not at all.

"Tales of" is not well-known enough on its own to have a fanbase as large as its most popular game. Tales of Symphonia was a perfect storm on the Gamecube, and no other Tales game since that has come close to its success.

No, Vesperia did not have one million users to feed off of. Firstly, most of Symphonia's sales were on the Gamecube, and there's nothing to indicate that those owners would have bought a 360 thereafter. Secondly, Tales of Symphonia wasn't recognized as part of a brand by most of those buyers - it was just one game.

"Tales of" doesn't exist for the average buyer.

Is there anything to indicate that the gamecube owners bought a Wii? DotNW wasnt marketed and was known more as Knight of Ratatosk and Dawn of the New World than "Tales of Sypmhonia 2" right? Im still not buying it though. Im still saying if Symphonia had a million than Vesperia had a million.

Kinda off-topic but what the hell did happen with Symphonia? Why did that game off all get to a million and on the god damn gamecube. Id really like to know....

No, there's nothing to indicate that those same owners bought a Wii. DotnW didn't sell well enough to indicate anything either. Tales just isn't very big.

Vesperia did not have a million. What (I think) is being said here is that "Tales of [Game]" isn't a series that many people recognize. Most people who buy the games probably don't realize it's part of a series.

Symphonia was the perfect storm - anime was hitting a new peak of popularity in 2003 (I think that was the year), Gamecube owners were starved for an RPG, and the game had a cast that included some of the most popular voice actors in animation at the time. It was a once-in-a-lifetime thing.