Michael-5 said:
KingdomHeartsFan said:
Tales of Symphoinia: NA - 0.54, Europe - 0.21
Tales of Vesperia: NA - 0.28, Europe - 0.13
Tales of Graces f: NA - 0.24, Europe - 0.09
Tales of Xillia: NA - 0.13, Europe - 0.06
I don't really understand why the sales are dropping more and more when imo the games are getting better and better.
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Add Tales of Symphonia for Gamecube, and that trend looks even worse.
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My answer to your question is over-saturation. I consider myself a JRPG fan, and Symphnia was an awesome games, but I couldn't buy Vesperia at full retail price. It's also a great game, but it feels very very similar. It's hard to convince "core" gamers to buy a JRPG day 1 when they know the price will come down, and when the next Tales of game looks a lot like the prior.
I mean I still haven't beaten Vesperia (it's really high on my TDL now and I'm actually 5 hours in), nevermind Graces f, and Xillia. What motivation do I have to get Xillia 2 anytime soon, except for the fact that if I wait too long, it might become super rare?
Plus not only do I have a couple other Tales of games, just at the end of a consoles life there are so many other JRPG's to catch up on. I for instance just got into the Atelier series.
It's sad though, Namco releases a new Tales of game every 2-3 years, and that's over-saturated, but an annual Call of duty is not.
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