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Riachu on 25 July 2008

It is a good thing that Vesperia isn't going to be the last Tales game ever made since Vesperia is being released near Infinite Undiscovery



 

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sc94597 on 25 July 2008

^ What? You thought it was going to be the last since it is going to be released near infinite undiscovery? Please explain.



ClaudeLv250 on 25 July 2008

I thought they were going to wait until TGS to reveal the Wii mothership title but this seems like the perfect time.

It is a good thing that Vesperia isn't going to be the last Tales game ever made since Vesperia is being released near Infinite Undiscovery


What does that have to do with anything...?



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Riachu on 25 July 2008
sc94597 said:
^ What? You thought it was going to be the last since it is going to be released near infinite undiscovery? Please explain.

I mean that I may or may not miss out on Vesperia since Infinite Undiscovery comes out only a week after ToV.  I mean, how many cutscene-laden JRPGs can one person play at once

 



 

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sc94597 on 25 July 2008

@Riachu I would go with the established series selling better. Also Namco is big enough to get some bad sales, and DS/Wii developement costs aren't too much so both of Tales of Hearts and the Wii mothership title should sell well. Weren't there many tales of games on the PS2 which had many rpgs as competition, and they all sold pretty decent.



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Riachu on 25 July 2008
sc94597 said:

@Riachu I would go with the established series selling better. Also Namco is big enough to get some bad sales, and DS/Wii developement costs aren't too much so both of Tales of Hearts and the Wii mothership title should sell well. Weren't there many tales of games on the PS2 which had many rpgs as competition, and they all sold pretty decent.

Tales does sell well, in Japan.  Other than Symphonia, Tales games haven't done that great in the West.  Maybe it will change with Vesperia but we can't be sure how the 360 userbase will receive it.  It's just that I am still choosing between ToV and IU.

 



 

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Riachu on 25 July 2008
Soriku said:
Riachu said:
sc94597 said:

@Riachu I would go with the established series selling better. Also Namco is big enough to get some bad sales, and DS/Wii developement costs aren't too much so both of Tales of Hearts and the Wii mothership title should sell well. Weren't there many tales of games on the PS2 which had many rpgs as competition, and they all sold pretty decent.

Tales does sell well, in Japan. Other than Symphonia, Tales games haven't done that great in the West. Maybe it will change with Vesperia but we can't be sure how the 360 userbase will receive it. It's just that I am still choosing between ToV and IU.

 

 

I think Abyss did well too. Really all Team Symhponia games did well. The new Wii Tales is probably being made by Team Destiny but I'm not so sure that'll do amazingly in the West. Tales of Destiny 2 on the PS2 sold nearly 900k in Japan ALONE so we can see Team Destiny is really popular. They didn't bring ToD2 or Tales of Rebirth to the West because Western sales were bad but hey, maybe ToS, TotA, and hopefully ToV will be enoughj to strengthen the fanbase so more people in the West can buy more Tales games regardless of the team.

 

Abyss did well in Japan but it didn't do so hot in the US for the obvious reasons(lack of marketing and released close to FFXII).  ToV could do well in the West based on if there is a decent enough JRPG fanbase on the 360 and if Namco market it well.



 

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Shadowblind on 25 July 2008
Soriku said:
Riachu said:
sc94597 said:
^ What? You thought it was going to be the last since it is going to be released near infinite undiscovery? Please explain.

I mean that I may or may not miss out on Vesperia since Infinite Undiscovery comes out only a week after ToV.  I mean, how many cutscene-laden JRPGs can one person play at once

 

 

Eh? Tales games don't have that many cutscenes. They're mostly about gameplay BUT have some ofthe best stories in games ever.

 

 @Raichu: Are you seriously debating between Tales of Vesperia and Ifinite Undiscovery?

 

Answer is clear. Tales of Vesperia FTW, hands down, no questions asked. However, its release date is gonna **** it up; 7 days after Too Human(hotly anticipated RPG) and 5 days before Infinite Undiscovery. They really like bad release dates, for sure.

On topic-er: I hope they announce a sequal to Tales of the Abyss, or perhaps one for Vesperia depending on the storyline.



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sc94597 on 25 July 2008
Riachu said:
sc94597 said:

@Riachu I would go with the established series selling better. Also Namco is big enough to get some bad sales, and DS/Wii developement costs aren't too much so both of Tales of Hearts and the Wii mothership title should sell well. Weren't there many tales of games on the PS2 which had many rpgs as competition, and they all sold pretty decent.

Tales does sell well, in Japan.  Other than Symphonia, Tales games haven't done that great in the West.  Maybe it will change with Vesperia but we can't be sure how the 360 userbase will receive it.  It's just that I am still choosing between ToV and IU.

 

Yeah because selling over 500k in Japan only isn't alot right? After looking Tales of Destiny sold 830k, Phantasia sold 540k, and Abyss sold 570k. There aren't too many games that do better than that. Also we don't know how good IU will be, and how well it will be marketed.

 



Shadowblind on 25 July 2008
Soriku said:
Riachu said:
Soriku said:
Riachu said:
sc94597 said:

@Riachu I would go with the established series selling better. Also Namco is big enough to get some bad sales, and DS/Wii developement costs aren't too much so both of Tales of Hearts and the Wii mothership title should sell well. Weren't there many tales of games on the PS2 which had many rpgs as competition, and they all sold pretty decent.

Tales does sell well, in Japan. Other than Symphonia, Tales games haven't done that great in the West. Maybe it will change with Vesperia but we can't be sure how the 360 userbase will receive it. It's just that I am still choosing between ToV and IU.

 

 

I think Abyss did well too. Really all Team Symhponia games did well. The new Wii Tales is probably being made by Team Destiny but I'm not so sure that'll do amazingly in the West. Tales of Destiny 2 on the PS2 sold nearly 900k in Japan ALONE so we can see Team Destiny is really popular. They didn't bring ToD2 or Tales of Rebirth to the West because Western sales were bad but hey, maybe ToS, TotA, and hopefully ToV will be enoughj to strengthen the fanbase so more people in the West can buy more Tales games regardless of the team.

 

Abyss did well in Japan but it didn't do so hot in the US for the obvious reasons(lack of marketing and released close to FFXII).  ToV could do well in the West based on if there is a decent enough JRPG fanbase on the 360 and if Namco market it well.

 

What I don't like is that some people in the West will likely dismiss ToV as an anime game and it's too nerdy, etc. when that's not true at all. I'm not so sure of ToV's success in the West, tbh...

 

 Thats been he main problem with past games. Thing is, ToV will be substantially more difficult then other tales games, and that combined with the forementioned problems = very bad sales, which = less localized Tales games for us.

 

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