kupomogli on 07 October 2013
I don't think it's bad for future localizations. It took them long enough, but I think Namco Bandai realized that since the Tales games sell well enough to make them money, then there's no reason to localize the games.
Tales of Xillia's first two weeks were 110,000+. They had the one premium edition which cost $100. Anyways. Xillia made over two million for those two weeks of sales which is far more than localization and shipping costs would have been. So they're atleast making money on it.
After the first month, sales on most titles drop significantly and everyone knows that, yet Namco Bandai still registered the Tales of Zestiria trademark in the US and Europe. Maybe I'm right about my initial statement?
