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mrstickball on 06 August 2008

Xbox 360's 'Tales of Vesperia' Launches in Tokyo

Martyn Williams, IDG News Service

Close Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:40 PM PDT

"Tales of Vesperia," the latest in Namco Bandai's long-running "Tales" series of games, debuted to a couple of hundred waiting gamers in Tokyo on Thursday morning.

Sales of the Xbox 360 title began a little after 8 a.m. at Yodobashi Camera in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district, where about 200 people were waiting by the time the game launched. The first person in line arrived late on Wednesday night.

Yodobashi opened sales at 8 a.m. to people buying a bundle of the game and a special-edition "Tales of Vesperia" Xbox 360 console. The bundle, which includes a Vesperia faceplate and additional DVD, costs ¥37,800 (US$345), while the game itself costs ¥7,800, although major electronics retailers are discounting the game price by about ¥1,000.

Japan is the first country to see the game, which will go on sale in North America on Aug. 26 and in Europe in the first half of next year. The role-playing game follows other titles, including "Tales of Symphonia" and "Tales of the Abyss," and sees characters Yuri and Flynn embark on a quest to save their world.

Microsoft is betting on popular Japanese role-playing games like "Tales of Vesperia" to help popularize the Xbox 360 in the market. The console trails Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3 in a distant third place in Japan. Sales of the console totaled 4,941 units in the last week of July, according to figures from Media Create. In contrast, the Wii sold 41,024 units, the PlayStation 3 sold 10,692 units and the PlayStation 2 sold 9,291 units, the company said.

Another Xbox 360 title awaited by Japanese gamers, Square Enix's "Infinite Undiscovery," is scheduled to go on sale Sept 11.

And a picture...I think it's from a different location:

Obviously a picture and 1 report really can't, and won't, tell the story of what's going on. However, there was no media from Blue Dragon, Halo 3, Ace Combat 6, or any other X360 games that had anyone of decent measure waiting for any X360 games.

 



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FinalEvangelion on 06 August 2008

More people than the Xbox 360 launch itself? 360 definitely has a good chance of crossing streams with PS3 next week and getting 5 digit figures for sales.



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sc94597 on 06 August 2008

Nice! I hope it sells well. Maybe after Tales of Hearts and The Wii Tales of game, namco will develop another 360 tales of.



Riachu on 06 August 2008

I wonder if there are any high school students there(the stated target audience for ToV)? Probably depends if they have the money for a 360.

EDIT:This game will sell 100K in it's first week if not it's first day if these lines are anything to go by



 

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erikers on 06 August 2008

I love that they always get in huge lines for any big game that comes out. I wonder if there's a person who waits a few hours, walks into the store and picks the game up and laughs at everybody who waited.



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ctk495 on 06 August 2008

Great news for the 360 in japan.



SHMUPGurus on 06 August 2008

Interesting! I can't wait for this game, but I just don't know how they do it (wait in line I mean)! It could mean a lot for the Xbox 360 in Japan if at least one RPG on it sells well.

I wonder what's the little figure at the bottom of the post though... A bus with eyes? o_o



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Shadowblind on 06 August 2008

What I've been hoping for since the game was announced. Awesome job Namdai :)

 

All of them look annoyed somehow though. They are all facepalming.



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segajon on 06 August 2008
erikers said:
I love that they always get in huge lines for any big game that comes out. I wonder if there's a person who waits a few hours, walks into the store and picks the game up and laughs at everybody who waited.

 

 At Halo 3 launch everybody was in big line who preordered it and waiting for Hours. I walk into BestBuy @ noon and their are about 300 copies of h3 sitting on a huge card table on launch day.

I see no reason to preorder games, or at least wait in line for hours.

 



Riachu on 06 August 2008
segajon said:
erikers said:
I love that they always get in huge lines for any big game that comes out. I wonder if there's a person who waits a few hours, walks into the store and picks the game up and laughs at everybody who waited.

 

At Halo 3 launch everybody was in big line who preordered it and waiting for Hours. I walk into BestBuy @ noon and their are about 300 copies of h3 sitting on a huge card table on launch day.

I see no reason to preorder games, or at least wait in line for hours.

 

My brother preordered MGS4 to get the limited edition so preodering a game can have its rewards

 



 

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