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JazzB1987 on 07 October 2013
Soriku said:
JazzB1987 said:
Sony is not a Tales platform thats the problem. The PS3 has enough jRPGs if the games would come out on Nintendo or Microsoft consoles it would be something special and therefore would sell more.

Sony (or, more specifically PS3 at the moment) is the Tales platform in Japan, which is the only region that matters when they make their platform decisions. In the US Graces F sold OK but Xillia sold 100k+ (more than Graces F's LTD in the first month) which is great.


But thats irrelevant when it comes to western markets.  And thats what we are discussing here.
Tales of Graces  was a Wii game yet a PS3 version came to Europe etc. and not a Wii version (stupid decision especially when they could use the PS3s translation) And Tales of Symphonia sold great on GC.

I know 5 people that would have bought the Wii version but I dont know a single person that has or had any interest in the PS3 version.

btw I bought Graces F for PS3 and will also buy Xillia1+2



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outlawauron on 08 October 2013
Soriku said:
JazzB1987 said:
Soriku said:
JazzB1987 said:
Sony is not a Tales platform thats the problem. The PS3 has enough jRPGs if the games would come out on Nintendo or Microsoft consoles it would be something special and therefore would sell more.

Sony (or, more specifically PS3 at the moment) is the Tales platform in Japan, which is the only region that matters when they make their platform decisions. In the US Graces F sold OK but Xillia sold 100k+ (more than Graces F's LTD in the first month) which is great.


But thats irrelevant when it comes to western markets.  And thats what we are discussing here.
Tales of Graces  was a Wii game yet a PS3 version came to Europe etc. and not a Wii version (stupid decision especially when they could use the PS3s translation) And Tales of Symphonia sold great on GC.

I know 5 people that would have bought the Wii version but I dont know a single person that has or had any interest in the PS3 version.

btw I bought Graces F for PS3 and will also buy Xillia1+2

Well I'm just saying. Japan is their largest market so it makes sense to base their decisions on what the JP market wants. I think Graces was a missed opportunity though. The Wii version would've been missing some additions but I would've still gotten it at the time and it'd likely have done decently. Namco did admit they didn't market Graces F that well though and were planning to improve with Xillia, which seems to have paid off, so this is all moot.

People continue to ignore your posts in this thread.

P.S. Alvin is an awful character.



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outlawauron on 08 October 2013
Soriku said:
outlawauron said:

People continue to ignore your posts in this thread.

P.S. Alvin is an awful character.


They don't wanna face the truth.

And Alvin is the shiz.

As in he is actually doodoo. I totes agree.



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And snuggle the girls be they short or tall,
Then follow young Mat whenever he calls,
To dance with Jak o' the Shadows."

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Farsala on 08 October 2013

I think it sold pretty well.



Darc Requiem on 08 October 2013
outlawauron said:
Soriku said:
outlawauron said:

People continue to ignore your posts in this thread.

P.S. Alvin is an awful character.


They don't wanna face the truth.

And Alvin is the shiz.

As in he is actually doodoo. I totes agree.


It could be worse. He could be Emil Castagnier. Worst Tales character ever.

Side note: I didn't hate Alvin, but I certainly see why you or anyone else would. He's literally the worst person in the two worlds. I mean the Antagonist is actually a better person that he is.



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outlawauron on 08 October 2013
Darc Requiem said:
outlawauron said:
Soriku said:
They don't wanna face the truth.


And Alvin is the shiz.

As in he is actually doodoo. I totes agree.

It could be worse. He could be Emil Castagnier. Worst Tales character ever.

Side note: I didn't hate Alvin, but I certainly see why you or anyone else would. He's literally the worst person in the two worlds. I mean the Antagonist is actually a better person that he is.

I agree with you completely. He was the tool for the forced friendship motif in Xillia. That said, I don't hate him, I just think he is bad character. Definitely my least favorite person in the cast.



"We'll toss the dice however they fall,
And snuggle the girls be they short or tall,
Then follow young Mat whenever he calls,
To dance with Jak o' the Shadows."

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Darc Requiem on 08 October 2013

The thing that annoyed me the most about Alvin is that no one seems to really care that he has done some really messed up shit. The other characters in the game that do heinous things at least have a deep seeded belief in their actions. Or at the very least, you can see why they do what they do. His character is the only real weakness in an otherwise stellar game.



Yakuzaice on 09 October 2013
Mad55 said:

When has that happened?

Basically every month.  The majority of the NPD numbers we get come from posters on GAF.  VGC numbers are generally adjusted to be closer to those numbers.  I suppose you could argue that ioi sources the numbers from places other than GAF, but it would still effectively be the same scenario.



arcane_chaos on 09 October 2013
Darc Requiem said:


It could be worse. He could be Emil Castagnier. Worst Tales character ever.

Side note: I didn't hate Alvin, but I certainly see why you or anyone else would. He's literally the worst person in the two worlds. I mean the Antagonist is actually a better person that he is.


lol!!! meek by day, sadistic psychopath by night!!! that name makes me shudder...even though I still will be buying the ToS HD collection

hopefully Namco doesn't lose too much faith in the West...I personally have bought every tales game that has come out this gen