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FinalEvangelion on 22 August 2008

I think eventually it will turn out ok for MS. They have had to work hard to change the image of a console that has been so centered around Halo and FPSs.



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halogamer1989 on 22 August 2008

Success--they sold out in Japan for Pete's sake!!



Squilliam on 28 August 2008

Looks like Tales of Vesperia can now be chalked up as a success. So far its had decent sales of ~130k in Japan and its metacritic rating of 81% at the moment makes it the best JRPG on the Xbox 360 by a little margin - 3% over Lost Odyssey.



Tease.

Stats87 on 28 August 2008

How are we defining success?

Sales, Reviews or Both?

Because ToV is looking like it will finish with 80+% review averages, but I'm not sure if the Worldwide total will ever crack 500k.



Squilliam on 28 August 2008
Stats87 said:
How are we defining success?

Sales, Reviews or Both?

Because ToV is looking like it will finish with 80+% review averages, but I'm not sure if the Worldwide total will ever crack 500k.

Well so long as it sells >600k between the U.S and Japan its a success because Naznatips will owe me some Wiiware! xD

Well its shaping up to be a success but we won't really know till next week. I just felt like giving this thread a bump.

 



Tease.

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Riachu on 28 August 2008
Squilliam said:
Stats87 said:
How are we defining success?

Sales, Reviews or Both?

Because ToV is looking like it will finish with 80+% review averages, but I'm not sure if the Worldwide total will ever crack 500k.

Well so long as it sells >600k between the U.S and Japan its a success because Naznatips will owe me some Wiiware! xD

Well its shaping up to be a success but we won't really know till next week. I just felt like giving this thread a bump.

 

Don't forget about Europe(even though ToV doesn't get released there until 2009.  ToV sales could suprise us(in a good way I might add) and we can't be sure until we see actual sales numbers for the game.

 



 

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CrazzyMan on 28 August 2008

It`s too early to say.

Too Human (bombed)
Tales of Vesperia(made Little boost in Japan, now need NA sales next week)

Waiting For:
Infinite Undiscovery
Fable 2
Last Remnant



Every 5 seconds on earth one child dies from hunger...

2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.


Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.

Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.

 

1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far

Squilliam on 28 August 2008
Riachu said:
Squilliam said:

Well so long as it sells >600k between the U.S and Japan its a success because Naznatips will owe me some Wiiware! xD

Well its shaping up to be a success but we won't really know till next week. I just felt like giving this thread a bump.

 

Don't forget about Europe(even though ToV doesn't get released there until 2009.  ToV sales could suprise us(in a good way I might add) and we can't be sure until we see actual sales numbers for the game.

 

I hope so, it will be great for the JRPG genre in general to get some decent sales under its belt. Its been pretty much dead on every home console platform so far. Fingers crossed that it can find its feet on the Xbox 360.

Edit: Because the JRPG market place is far less crowded than last generation the Tales series should be getting some decent attention from people who haven't specifically been into or played the series before.

 



Tease.

Riachu on 28 August 2008
Squilliam said:
Riachu said:
Squilliam said:

Well so long as it sells >600k between the U.S and Japan its a success because Naznatips will owe me some Wiiware! xD

Well its shaping up to be a success but we won't really know till next week. I just felt like giving this thread a bump.

 

Don't forget about Europe(even though ToV doesn't get released there until 2009. ToV sales could suprise us(in a good way I might add) and we can't be sure until we see actual sales numbers for the game.

 

I hope so, it will be great for the JRPG genre in general to get some decent sales under its belt. Its been pretty much dead on every home console platform so far. Fingers crossed that it can find its feet on the Xbox 360.

Edit: Because the JRPG market place is far less crowded than last generation the Tales series should be getting some decent attention from people who haven't specifically been into or played the series before.

 

I never played a Tales yet I definitely want to get ToV right after I beat LO(not too far from finishing).  There is a suprising amount of people who never played any of the games in the series yet are interested in ToV on the internet forums.  ToV as the same thing that made ToS successful:lack of competition(IU wasn't that hyped even on the internet)

 



 

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Bitmap Frogs on 28 August 2008

Let's see how ToV does in the USA... numbers next week?





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