Microsoft Bought Tales of Vesperia's 360 Exclusivity

[AlternatePFG]

It's mostly Namco's fault, even if Microsoft did buy exclusivity. They have been awful when it comes to releasing the Tales games in English.

 

[Awexsome]

Didn't Japan have retailers getting sold out of 360's all over the place after Vesperia was a 360 exclusive? I think Microsoft made a big cash in there.

I love the Tales games. Best RPG franchise even over Final Fantasy and any WRPG IMO. But it seems like all of their games are so limited and hard to get. If they're not region exclusive to Japan they'll always be a console exclusive. And the console it'll get exclusive to is completely unpredictable.

 

[Treaos Serrare]

Dear Microsoft,
Stop Being massive cock-heads.
-thank you

 

[Azaraxzealot]

cue all the Microsoft haters (who spell it "Micro$oft) who just needed their daily dose of hating.
i don't even see the point of this, honestly, there are MUCH better titles to snag up exclusive rights to that fit the "xbox" audience (my audience) better.

Well you don't make up the whole bloody market share for xbox since I and my friends enjoy the rpgs on the xbox. That's why i love the xbox because it's so diverse. Also it's a smart move to do since most people see the ps3 as the haven of JRPGs (or wished they did, they don't have Lost Odyssey so ha).

never said that i DID make up the whole market share, but based on cash-in of duty sales numbers i have to assume that most of the xbox audience craves games with token guitar signalling their rank-ups and generic brown and browner graphics.

besides, the PS3 being a haven for JRPGs isn't necessarily a bad thing. those games haven't changed since FF7 (and the japanese games industry recognizes that).

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

...funny, how the Xbox 360 user base is almost completely ANTI JRPG over here. Good job Microsoft... buying exclusive rights to a genre of game your user base DOESN'T like.
Same can be said of Namco. Giving it to the company who's user base doesn't like it while ignoring the company who's user base DOES like it. All round stupidity is the way to go!

 

[Grey_Focks]

Dear Microsoft,
Stop Being massive cock-heads.
-thank you

"Microsoft paid for the exclusivity the same way Sony paid for having Heavy Rain only on PS3. It's just one way the business works, sadly. Those decisions are made really high up y'know, we do try and give them the max of fan feedback, but sometimes it's just out of our hands."

Funny, look's like Sony did the exact same thing. Also, blame the people who published the game for taking the deal to begin with, they didn't have to.

 

[Fensfield]

Well that sucks, so much for getting into the Tales series anytime soon.

I swear, how is this profitable for anyone involved? .. Okay maybe Namco-Bandai, but Microsoft? I mean, it can't just be sticking a finger up at people didn't buy their console, can it?

 

[cainx10a]

only J-RPG I ever finished. The combat is simply amazing (reason I started my second playthrough, with a guide this time, apparently I missed 80% of the side quests and other hidden stuff), and the story has a very lighthearted feel to it, not a lot of angst, or overly unneeded emotional moments (Star Ocean - Edge, I get it, your actions caused a certain planet to go BOOOOM!, but stop already, your whining is hurting my ears ... kay?).

Just sad the X-360 owners got left in the dust compared to the amount of content the PS3 version has. Seriously, a better coliseum mode? I </3 thee, Namco Bandai!

 

[Arehexes]

Oh Noooo now I'll never get to play this generic preteen filled JRPG.

Oh well

Guess I'll have to settle for inFamous 2 and an inevitable encounter with Uncharted 3

I think only 2 of the heroes are preteens, but yeah keep job assuming you know a game just because it's genre. Hope you enjoy playing games with rugged white guys being the heroes and the dirty unwashed is the villians

Only goes to show how little most people care about this game. Its on the PS3 in Japan if you have a PS3 you should know the games are region free. Anyways back to not caring.

I think you quoted the wrong guy I didn't mention the region thing, and I could care less I have it for my 360.

Nope I'm quoting you and just adding that it isn't that big a deal since you can play it on a PS3 just only in Japanese, so its not too big of a deal.

Well thanks to assume about me, I can just play it on my sweet halo 3 xbox 360. I'll wait for the Tale of game being made of the PS3 to come out instead

 

[Murmur95]

umm isn't this the same as a monopoly? shouldn't there be laws against this kind of thing?

 

[Arehexes]

cue all the Microsoft haters (who spell it "Micro$oft) who just needed their daily dose of hating.
i don't even see the point of this, honestly, there are MUCH better titles to snag up exclusive rights to that fit the "xbox" audience (my audience) better.

Well you don't make up the whole bloody market share for xbox since I and my friends enjoy the rpgs on the xbox. That's why i love the xbox because it's so diverse. Also it's a smart move to do since most people see the ps3 as the haven of JRPGs (or wished they did, they don't have Lost Odyssey so ha).

never said that i DID make up the whole market share, but based on cash-in of duty sales numbers i have to assume that most of the xbox audience craves games with token guitar signalling their rank-ups and generic brown and browner graphics.

besides, the PS3 being a haven for JRPGs isn't necessarily a bad thing. those games haven't changed since FF7 (and the japanese games industry recognizes that).

I'll give you a point on the first part haha (But next time leave out the "my audience" line since it implies you make up the audience or that is your said belief), but for JRPGs if you don't look at what is main stream and look around you can find some pretty cool ones. The Atleier series made by Gust is more focused on crafting then fighting (Most stories is you run a shop and you have to craft these iteams), and Reacctear on Steam is the same thing but it's more sim like running a shop. Any NIS game takes each game and has it play some what differently (Sadly most of them are SRPGs and only one is a JRPG), and Atlus tries to publish/make descent and fun JRPGs (Persona 3 is one of the JRPGs people feel is a breath of fresh air (that went stagnate)). But sadly that staleness I blame on Square mostly and any company trying to restrike the FF7 lighting bolt, I prefer NIS or Atlus for my JRPGs since they want to try to change it up (Hell even nintendo's RPGs out side of pokemon are f'ing great).

 

[Treaos Serrare]

Dear Microsoft,
Stop Being massive cock-heads.
-thank you

"Microsoft paid for the exclusivity the same way Sony paid for having Heavy Rain only on PS3. It's just one way the business works, sadly. Those decisions are made really high up y'know, we do try and give them the max of fan feedback, but sometimes it's just out of our hands."

Funny, look's like Sony did the exact same thing. Also, blame the people who published the game for taking the deal to begin with, they didn't have to.

the game was designed for the PS3, where as the games M$ makes exclusive are not designed for their system alone, they just want to make people buy their bullshit console so the consumer can play a game that is anticipated.

 

[Arehexes]

umm isn't this the same as a monopoly? shouldn't there be laws against this kind of thing?

This practice isn't new at all, in fact this news isn't really all that "new". In fact I remember Namco Bandi said they took Microsofts money and used it to make a "cheaper" 360 version of this game and then did more work on the PS3 version. But Sony said it had to be really different from the 360 version.

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-funds-ps3-game-development/

So yeah this is a 2 year old article more or less.

 

[Azaraxzealot]

cue all the Microsoft haters (who spell it "Micro$oft) who just needed their daily dose of hating.
i don't even see the point of this, honestly, there are MUCH better titles to snag up exclusive rights to that fit the "xbox" audience (my audience) better.

Well you don't make up the whole bloody market share for xbox since I and my friends enjoy the rpgs on the xbox. That's why i love the xbox because it's so diverse. Also it's a smart move to do since most people see the ps3 as the haven of JRPGs (or wished they did, they don't have Lost Odyssey so ha).

never said that i DID make up the whole market share, but based on cash-in of duty sales numbers i have to assume that most of the xbox audience craves games with token guitar signalling their rank-ups and generic brown and browner graphics.

besides, the PS3 being a haven for JRPGs isn't necessarily a bad thing. those games haven't changed since FF7 (and the japanese games industry recognizes that).

I'll give you a point on the first part haha (But next time leave out the "my audience" line since it implies you make up the audience or that is your said belief), but for JRPGs if you don't look at what is main stream and look around you can find some pretty cool ones. The Atleier series made by Gust is more focused on crafting then fighting (Most stories is you run a shop and you have to craft these iteams), and Reacctear on Steam is the same thing but it's more sim like running a shop. Any NIS game takes each game and has it play some what differently (Sadly most of them are SRPGs and only one is a JRPG), and Atlus tries to publish/make descent and fun JRPGs (Persona 3 is one of the JRPGs people feel is a breath of fresh air (that went stagnate)). But sadly that staleness I blame on Square mostly and any company trying to restrike the FF7 lighting bolt, I prefer NIS or Atlus for my JRPGs since they want to try to change it up (Hell even nintendo's RPGs out side of pokemon are f'ing great).

and even then, i LOVE me some pokemon, and i only used "my audience" as a reference that i play xbox mostly. i've yet to play a 3d JRPG that breaks the "let's all be like final fantasy" mould, but if one came out without the turn-based combat (which i really don't like), the angsty pre-pubescent teens, and the generic "little boy family is killed, go kill they ass" story? then i'd be all over it. ESPECIALLY if it has giant mechs.

 

[Warlord211]

umm isn't this the same as a monopoly? shouldn't there be laws against this kind of thing?

It's technically not a monopoly because Microsoft isn't buying out all the competition. They are just paying for a game to only come out on their system, it's just business. Sony and Nintendo do it too.

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

Oh Noooo now I'll never get to play this generic preteen filled JRPG.

Oh well

Guess I'll have to settle for inFamous 2 and an inevitable encounter with Uncharted 3

You don't know much about the game if you think it's like that. Story wise it's standard, but the characters are not angsty or act like pre-teens. The protagonist is a 21-year old who just lives as the mood takes him, he doesn't have any daddy issues, and he does shit when it needs to be done instead of talking about moral conflicts.

If a character needs to die, he fucks them up in a cutscene.

Also, for everyone bitching about this, PS3 is getting the next Tales game, so don't cry. Tales of Xillia looks quite fun.

 

[Murmur95]

umm isn't this the same as a monopoly? shouldn't there be laws against this kind of thing?

This practice isn't new at all, in fact this news isn't really all that "new". In fact I remember Namco Bandi said they took Microsofts money and used it to make a "cheaper" 360 version of this game and then did more work on the PS3 version. But Sony said it had to be really different from the 360 version.

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-funds-ps3-game-development/

So yeah this is a 2 year old article more or less.

Oh I know that its not a new practice, I just think there should be laws against it.

Like I understand where a team might not want to do a port to a different console if they are not strong in that console or no market but having a company PAY a studio to not port it is bad business in my book and should be illegal.

 

[Composer]

well thats buisness =/
oh well there are several ps3 exclusives I wanted to play but cant seeing as i dont own a ps3

 

[Arehexes]

umm isn't this the same as a monopoly? shouldn't there be laws against this kind of thing?

This practice isn't new at all, in fact this news isn't really all that "new". In fact I remember Namco Bandi said they took Microsofts money and used it to make a "cheaper" 360 version of this game and then did more work on the PS3 version. But Sony said it had to be really different from the 360 version.

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-funds-ps3-game-development/

So yeah this is a 2 year old article more or less.

Oh I know that its not a new practice, I just think there should be laws against it.

Like I understand where a team might not want to do a port to a different console if they are not strong in that console or no market but having a company PAY a studio to not port it is bad business in my book and should be illegal.

Yeah well I don't like the way Sony wanted Bamco do handle the game when ported to the PS3. Kinda screwed up seeing how my version misses out on some things (although a lot from what I read I can live without). Again this "news" isn't really new sadly *sigh*

 

[smartengine]

Trying to sell a JRPG in the west... they haven't lost THAT much money.