Bandai Namco confirms then denies Tales of Vesperia for PS3, now they apologized

[kay]

http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/ir/pres...20080509_1.pdf
From the pdf:

So that's half a million in the US/Japan they are predicting, I guess the PS3 version comes out this year as well.

edit: thanks Kagari, icecream

Soul Calibur IV Afro Samurai Naruto Ultimate Ninja Dragon Ball ... Super Robot Wars Z Tales of Vesperia Dragon Ball Z Family Trainer Taiko: Drum Master Tales of ... Naruto ... Gundam ...

[Aeana]

They also list a new Tales game for DS, untitled as of yet.

[Kagari]

Damn, you beat me.

Here, I highlighted it better though ;)

[Error]

They also list a new Tales game for DS, untitled as of yet.

Wouldn't surprise me if it's Team Destiny new Tales game.

[Ydahs]

Looks like I'm surely getting a PS3 now!

[Jammy]

A new Taiko Drum Master is coming out for Wii, too.

They're expecting 500,000 for Vesperia in the U.S.?

[icecream]

So that's half a million in the US they are predicting

Actually that seems for US and Japan and Asia combined.

[RevenantKioku]

Honestly, I'm more content to laugh at what the PSP is getting.
HA!

[Blablurn]

awesome <3

[Firestorm]

Cool. My friend's a PS3 only owner and he shall be very happy as he really wanted this.
All those trolls on the Xbox 360 Vesperia board going "WHY ON 360 THEY HATE RPGS ONLY PLAY FPS!!!" will be happy too!

[BeeDog]

Game looks good, so if this is true then it's awesome (really wanted to try it out).

What happened to the PS3 version of Eternal Sonata btw?

[lupin23rd]

I think the report says 500000 across all regions.

[TheOddOne]

I would not be suprised that it was only Japan.

[Kagari]

Game looks good, so if this is true then it's awesome (really wanted to try it out). What happened to the PS3 version of Eternal Sonata btw?

Site is still up. My guess is they are still under the MS exclusivity period.

[Corran Horn]

Awesome

[Green Shinobi]

Instead of funding Too Human, MS should have just been money-hatting this and a bunch of other games.

[Firestorm]

Is a North American release confirmed though? What if Microsoft bought exclusive rights to it in English?

[BrodiemanTTR]

Breakdown of all titles for the non-japanese speaking please?

[icecream]

Site is still up. My guess is they are still under the MS exclusivity period.

So they're not allowed to report to their shareholders in a presentation if it's supposed to come out or not yet, but Vesperia is okay?

[Kittonwy]

Release it on the PS3 in NA, I will buy.

[Kagari]

So they're not allowed to report to their shareholders in a presentation if it's supposed to come out or not yet, but Vesperia is okay?

/shrug

I'm only speculating here XD

[klee123]

Good.

[Bebpo]

Honestly, I'm more content to laugh at what the PSP is getting. HA!

Well none of the systems made out too good. DS & Wii & PS2 each only have 2 games coming.

[davepoobond]

omg a game

[Hwang Seong-Gyeong]

Probably gonna take forever to come out on PS3, especially in the West like with Eternal Sonata. It's been announced for PS3 god knows when and we won't be playing it anytime soon.

[hteng]

its 500k for Japan, America and Asia X360 and PS3 combined, and i'm assuming it is going to be release at the later half of the year

now what really got my interest is super robot wars Z, 500k for japan only holy and its probably coming this year hell yea!

[ksamedi]

This is great news.

[Totobeni]

i guess it's the right thing to do , X360 only especially for a series like Tales was just crazy , PS3 for semi-decent sales in Japan and X360 and PS3 for something in NA and Europe , both worldwide might give Namco some profits .

[Kagari]

Probably gonna take forever to come out on PS3, especially in the West like with Eternal Sonata. It's been announced for PS3 god knows when and we won't be playing it anytime soon.

Or, if they're intelligent, they'll release it at the same time like they ended up doing with Gundam Musou even though that game did also start out as an exclusive in Japan.

[Barakov]

Well, nice to see the beating around the bush has ended. I'm hoping the next DS installment has more info in the not so distant future.

[HK-47]

They also list a new Tales game for DS, untitled as of yet.

And we still wont get it or Taiko.

Fuck Scamco

[kenta]

Hey cool, Afro Samurai platforms. I don't recall those being confirmed, but man these guys have a handle on cel shading for sure between that and the PS3 Naruto game

[Teknoman]

Now I have to choose which system I want it for...thanks alot Namco.

lol seriously though, now to just see which one has what exclusive feature if any.

[CrushDance]

I was discussing sales in THIS thread and mentioned how I believed that TOV would be heading to PS3 as well since developers wouldn't want to pass the oppotunity for extra sales up.

And...

Edit
12:06am:

We've already seen this with games such as Eternal Sonata(In limbo) and tales of Vesperia which will also be heading to PS3 based on current rumors and comments. Yes the 360 has great sales and developers can live off of it alone, but the growing user bases of the other two are opportunities for them to make more money as well. They won't pass it up. Take a look at Devil may Cry 4, outsold the 360 everywhere even though the PS3 has a smaller userbase. To be honest the only strong market the 360 has is North America and a decent grip in Europe. You've got to remember that developers want to reach as many audiences as possible. The number of exclusives and such will only reduce in time as the PS3 and Wii come into their own.

12:37am

http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/ir/pres...20080509_1.pdf From the pdf: So that's half a million in the US/Japan they are predicting, I guess the PS3 version comes out this year as well. edit: thanks Kagari, icecream

XD I'm a prophet!

[Bebpo]

I don't know if this is fiscal halves or not. But if the UP under time represents the first half of 08 fiscal year (april -> october) and DOWN represents 08-09 fiscal year (november -> march) than:

-Vesperia is coming a lot later than expected
-SRW Z is either fall or early 2009 (SRW games seem to be tough to pin down dates. Sprite animation takes forever to make. Hope it makes 2008!)
-Tales DS is around the same time as Vesperia (xmas?)

Also the sales expectations are the most reasonable sales estimates I've ever seen out of Namco. I.am.shocked. I bet they'll hit all of those or exceed enough in some to balance off disappointments in others.

[Kagari]

Holy shit

[juicyfruitas]

wondering how many discs the 360 version will need? Based on the cinematics i've seen I don't think this is gonna be a 1 dvd game.

[RevenantKioku]

Well none of the systems made out too good. DS & Wii & PS2 each only have 2 games coming.

It's just funny that PS2 is getting another Super Robo game and PSP gets random Gundam game #8675309.

[HK-47]

What are the two DS games listed?

[AtomskEater]

Not entirely unexpected news, but still pleasant to have confirmed.

[icecream]

XD I'm a prophet!

Then so must be the dozens of people who said it would come to the PS3 before you.

[Kagari]

What are the two DS games listed?

A Dragonball game and a Tales game.

[Bebpo]

What are the two DS games listed?

Dragonball
New Tales of

[Syntek]

Projected sales for Soul Calibur IV is 2 million? Hm, I love the series, but 2 million for a fighter is highly improbable in this generation.

[hirokazu]

Well that was rather quick...

They're expecting SoulCalibur IV to be their bestt seller too?

[soc]

Soul Calibur IV
Afro Samurai
Naruto Ultimate Ninja
Dragon Ball ...
Super Robot Wars Z
Tales of Vesperia
Dragon Ball Z
Family Trainer
Taiko: Drum Master
Tales of ...
Naruto ...
Gundam ...

[jiggle]

not surprising
but good to know still

[CrushDance]

Holy shit

I think this is serious business, I should make money off of this

Then so must be the dozens of people who said it would come to the PS3 before you.

Nah. I never though it would be coming to PS3 when it was first announced, I hoped it would be, but I wasn't holding my breath. I just find it funny that I used it as an argument and it came true minutes later, that's all!

[CowboyAstronaut]

wondering how many discs the 360 version will need? Based on the cinematics i've seen I don't think this is gonna be a 1 dvd game.

The train is never late :)

[CrushDance]

The train is never late :)

Seriously. Some people need to calm down and just be happy to get these games. yeesh. =/