@todr06:

Vesperia is considered to be one of the best rpgs of this generation. the name alone would do the marketing itself but that is NOT our case since the rights have been bought. That’s the deal breaker.

It is OUT OF PRINT on the 360 + they are not even considering Xillia on the 360. That means their vesperia business venture with MS short of failed.

Should i receive the thumbs down as a criticism from 360 fans for talking like this about MS ?

@Gaara D. Dragon: The community and the webmaster do not care about Namco Bandai as a business. They refuse to realize that a Vesperia localization, at this point, is not profitable. They would have to remarket the game, and, even still, an old port likely wouldn’t warrant the money spent on localization. Graces F was the right decision for localization. Xillia would have been a smart choice, as well.

I posted something akin to this awhile back, and was met with the same response.

I’d also like to see someone try and provide a counterpoint to what I just said, instead of simply downvoting my comment.

@Sal Romano: I’m gonna create a twitter account just to support this! Everyone please support the release of Tales Of Vesperia PS3 in the west! We did the impossible with Tales Of Graces F so we can make them bring Tales Of Vesperia to the PS3, a game thats more or less half localized already.

point 2.
Graces f and xillia are not even mutliplatform on the 360

verdict
Microsoft DID drag into oblivion a very good title and Capcom is not pleased with that.

@Blackmage456: Tales of Graces F, Tales of Xillia.

@Sal Romano: Thanks, I’m following!

@celestria: Would I have to mod my PS3? Cuz I don’t want to.

sal u pwn

@Sal Romano:

After a long time maybe, most stuff these days are timed exclusives. It just costs way to much cash to buy out a title to only release on one console.

I remember back before GTA 4 released, people suggested Sony should buy the rights to only sell the game on PS3, and rumors spread that Rockstar even had a meeting about it with Sony, and that Sony said nothankyou okbai.

Then people freaked out because MS got timed exclusives on some of the DLC.

(Considering how big of a game that was, and the worldwide sales were impressive at launch even, I bet the contracts drawn up made Sony’s head spin.)

Another better example is FF13 on 360. Microsoft probably offered to sell a special edition of the 360 that includes the game, and pay to advertise it in america, on prime time stations like abc, espn, etc. Chances are they called and asked sony if they had anything to offer, and they were like….FF on xbox? LOL! Nah, we don’t care, everyone will buy it on PS3 anyways.

This is where the idea of Vesperia in the west only playable on the 360 is questionable, and just sounds absurd. Considering they could only get the exclusiveness for a few years in Japan, you have to figure the price was pretty high.

Now think about how JRPGs don’t always sell huge numbers in the west, and how they have always sold better on a Sony Console.

Would that not be shooting yourself in the foot? To accept a full time, perhaps, 20 year exclusive contract for a Tales of game in the west? And considering how gaming is a business, that would be one hell of a pay off, and if you expect me to believe Microsoft spent big bucks on locking up Vesperia in the west, a Japanese Role Playing Game…you have to be kidding.

No offense to Charlotte Toci, but I just think you are misinformed, or given the same stupid ass, please shutthefansupaboutthisjpgamelolwernamcobandaiinwest excuses they have been feeding to the PR and press for the last few years now.

@celestria: way ahead of you =)

@RyougaZell:
What are you on about? Eternal Sonata is an amazing game.

Some of the blinded Tales fans even went as far as badmouth me for mentioning that contracts aren’t eternal. And that contracts CAN be broken, like Final Fantasy XIII or Mass Effect. They argued this games are ‘big’ and whatever… but I specifically spoke about the Japanese 360 FFXIII which was supposed to be ‘exclusive’ to PS3.

Then we have Eternal -not so fun- Sonata.

Funny thing? As of today I own an original Vesperia 360 (or as I call it… Vesperia Incomplete)… more funny? I don’t own a 360 and will never own it. Why did I bought it then? It was part of a lot of games I bought in Ebay.