As we all know by now, Namco Bandai's Tales of Vesperia has done big business in Japan, managing to sell more than three entire Xbox 360s. With Vesperia currently only being available on Microsoft's machine, you'd think the developer would have something to say about the PlayStation 3 and ... well ... it doesn't.
Chief director Yoshihito Higuchi explained why Namco Bandai chose to put Vesperia on the 360, but didn't say much else:
So for Tales of Vesperia, we really wanted to do it in HD, which meant we decided the PS2 was out. Tales of the Abyss was a big hit for us on the PS2, and we wanted to do something like that again. That plan was rejected, so we thought about how things would play out. And that's when we decided to put the game on the next-gen Xbox 360.
An amazing revelation, I think you'll agree. Namco Bandai wanted to make a current-generation videogame, so they put it on a current-generation system. REVELATION!
Really, that doesn't explain at all why Namco continues to release games on the 360 first and then port to PS3 much later. Of course, the company has complained in the past that the PlayStation 3 is difficult to develop for, so it may still be finding this the easiest route. You'd think Namco would have gotten to grips with the PS3 by now.
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10:02 AM on 09.11.2008
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The question shouldn't have been "Why the 360" so much as "Why not the PS3."
that being said, what the heck is that image supposed to be ? (not vesperia)
A PS3 game, clearly. It haz colour.
The logic was too much for me to bear. My head has imploded.
That is Tales of Symphonia (the sequel maybe?)
I'd have to say though, if that was possible, it would be an awesome display of power for the PS3 :-) but allas we'll have to wait till next gen for that :-D
PS: JOKES FUN ENTERTAINMENT, anything but SERIOUS :p
because europe suck in games distribution... always the game has to pass to japan to america and then the game could provably... pass to europe... that's why XP
http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/List_of_Progressive_Scan_PS2_Games