Haha, not surprising but comical.

And there goes any deal with Bamco from Microsoft forevermore. =P

Oh Sony. You are quite the little scamp -tussles hair-

Also, "YEEEEEEAAAAAAH BOOOOOOOYYY!" is my new favorite tag

If this sells more copies than the 360 version, I will only then start laughing maniacally. For now, it is but a small amusement.

Yeah, 'cause they put that money in a specially labeled bank account. Then waited. Never dipped in or paid any bills with it or anything. Just so they could alienate one of their customers. Sounds completely logical!

hahaha hahaha hahaha.

LOL

hahaha, wow. if this comes to the US I think I might just have to get a PS3.

reminds me I gotta finish the game. I seem a little under levelled. %00 microsoft magical monies ought to cover it.

Awesomeness to the max.

I wonder how well this strategy is working out for Microsoft. I highly doubt it's moving much hardware for them and even Microsoft can only throw cash at garbage like Vampire Rain and Enchanted Arms for so long. I'd much rather they threw their money at more not garbage like Lost Odyssey, minus the publishing deal obviously because the pre-rendered cutscenes suffer pretty badly from the lack of disc space and no one likes disc swapping if given the choice.

That's pretty funny, considering MS loves to make a big deal of how they are changing in Japan and all. Then their biggest competitor gets the same game with more content, using their own fucking money. The world is truly hilarious sometimes.

I don't think this started with Namco. Here's how it works:

1. Microsoft buys off the developer/game for a year.

2. The developer can't make enough money selling the game exclusively on 360

3. The developer uses the money and year of 360 timed-exclusivity to port the game to PS3 (and Sony requires them to add new content).

Microsoft, meet karma.

I don't see how this could ever be verified, or proven false, for that matter. Microsoft gave Namco money, and Namco obviously had to spend some money to add content and port to the PS3. Who is to say that the money they spent is the same money, or for that matter, how do you define it as being the same money in the first place? It's not like they are collecting the money as physical bills which they are then cataloging by serial number, and then allocating. The money they spent could have been the money Microsoft gave them, or it could have been the money consumers gave them for the 360 game. It's not like they differentiate.

I'm in agreement with, apparently, the minority. How is this funny again?

It's their money, they contractually earned it. They're Japanese developers. The Japanese market has a stronger attachment with the PlayStation 3 than the 360. It is in their interest to develop for the PlayStation 3.

Et tu, Namco-Bandai?

FAPFAPFAPPS3FABOYS

I find it fitting. It still annoys me how since Microsoft decided to take a share of the gaming market they've been buying their way in. Besides, they red-ringed me. As I live in Brazil, I'm totally screwed.

I will play the living hell out of it. Anyone else out there utterly displeased with Tales of Symphonia:Knights of Ratatosk and wishes it would've never seen the light of day, so as to keep my love and respect for the flagship title?

Wake me up when the PS3 version is slated for the UK. It's annoying having the announcement of a superior version made to coincide with the release of the 360 version over here.

BUSINESS!

I made some lmaonade

Well, that just makes sense, I suppose. Still, pretty ironic.

@ super2j

Why, because they took the gamble and made the game partially successful, yet are screwed out of the "superior" version? Whether it starts on 360 or PS3, if it gains additional features on a later port to the other console, that is bad for any early adopter. So often a company will declare that a popular game coming to a new console with some additional content is their way of "thanking the fans," but unless the gamers who bought it are extremely hardcore fans, they won't be buying the game a second time just for a little more content, meaning they'll never see it. And any gamer who buys it for the new platform obviously aren't the fans the company is claiming to thank.

Really, new content like this should be released via DLC on the old platform (360) as well, and console fanboyism such as your comment should be kept to a minimum. I'm sure you weren't that happy to find out that games like GTA IV would have exclusive 360 content.

That's so awesome. I'm glad to see that Japanese game developers still honor their relations with the Japanese hardware company Sony. Just doesn't seem right that M$ would just come in with a bunch of cash and try to buy up things, ruining relations within Japan.