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What? No plans for a Tales of Vesperia PS3 US release? photo

[As posted on Japanator]

Considering Namco Bandai's overwhelming desire for money, I'm surprised that they would go and tell VGchartz that they've no plans to release Tales of Vesperia PS3 to the US.

I mean, do they NOT want to sell us ridiculously priced DLC? PS3 owners have been begging for this for years, Tales being one of the biggest JRPG franchises alongside Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest

Perhaps it was too much trouble to localize all that new content? Is Microsoft's exclusivity deal still in effect for here? None but they can say.

Then again, "we have no plans" is often code language for "marketing won't let us announce it yet," so PS3-owning Tales fans shouldn't give up hope for having Patty Fleur the loli pirate yet.

Namco Bandai: No Plans for a US release of Tales of Vesperia PS3 [VGchartz]








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RenegadePanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 18:20
RenegadePanda
Weird, I though Vesperia sold fairly well on 360, as far as JRPG's go. Yet Star Ocean is still coming over, which from what I knew did considerably worse than Tales.
Enkido's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 18:20
Enkido
What the Feck?
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 18:24
Electrium
It was pure fear that held Scamco back from bringing that here. They knew better not to piss us off. =P

Plus the PS3 is way more popular in Japan, and JRPGs are way more popular in Japan, so it probably would only work there.
darkhamsterlord's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 18:28
darkhamsterlord
Funny, I wanted the 360 version of Tales of Vesperia before I heard about how much better the PS3 version is, so I figured I would wait for it to come here on PS3. Now that it isn't, (assuming they're not lying) I just won't buy it, since playing the 360 version would bug me because of all the content I'd be missing out on.
Genius's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 18:34
Genius
Namco freakin sucks, they screwed me on Ace Combat, then Tales. WTF man.
animeboke's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 18:37
animeboke
I think the poor sales for the (USA) PS3 version Eternal Sonata has doomed any chances of a (US) PS3 Tales of Vesperia to appear here. :(
TheCleaningGuy's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 18:37
TheCleaningGuy
What?
Fucking WHAT?
After all of the months of waiting, calling the voice actors back to the studio, Yuri's voice actor Troy Baker telling people he'd recorded new dialog, the new listings for the PS3 version on all the German websites, all of the fan-speculation, the multitude of sales the Japanese version has received, the killing they've made on their bullshit overpriced DLC, the English text found in the game's code, and the fans crawling all over every piece of fucking information released looking for a Western release date?
No plans?
Fuck you Namco, fuck you in the eye. You could have saved people a lot of trouble.
Seriously, next they'll announce that there are no plans for Tales of Graces in the US.
Letters numbers and spaces are ok's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 18:39
Letters numbers and spaces are ok
@ darkhamsterlord

Exactly my style of thinking.
Maybe if PS3 is hacked we could have a translation of it, see Wii is good for something (fan translations).
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 18:44
Syn
That reminds me. I need to finish Tales of Vesperia. I've put over 50hrs into that game and I'm pretty sure I'm near the end.
StealthKnight's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 18:47
StealthKnight
This is weird. Then again this might be the typical bi-polar nature of them picking choosing which tales to release stateside. It couldn't hurt them to release this stateside as everyone knows about it and the extra's this version has so it's not like their will be any more controversy. People who have not bought vespira will want to buy this version.
Brandnamecommercial's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 18:50
Brandnamecommercial
I was fine when I found out the Last Remnant was a lost cause with concerns to hitting the PS3, but this one I really wanted to play. Granted, at this point after seeing Yakuza 3 getting brought stateside (and the same for Tatsunoku vs. Capcom) I don't really trust companies when they say they have no plans for a US release.
slbr's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 18:57
slbr
They must be nuts or they must be lying.
As if Namco didn't liked to make money.
Vigor's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 19:29
Vigor
Bamco is retarded, they are really going to use eternal sonata as a vice not to release tales stateside. Who did eternal sonata appeal to? I mean there is a reason it did not sell well, but tales has a decent following here. I don't know, I still think they are just acting nonchalant and will come up with a release date later.
ChickenNow's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 19:40
ChickenNow
I don't take anything they say seriously. These are the same people that said they had no plans to include the exclusive Star Wars characters in the opposite versions of Soul Calibur 4, then charged us 5 bucks for them a month later.
Mr-Raccoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 20:02
Mr-Raccoon
what a load
Zero_armada's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 20:23
Zero_armada
FUCK THAT.
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 20:25
GohanGVO
No one told VGChartz anything. The real source is GamePro.

http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/213725/namco-bandai-has-no-plans-to-release-tales-of-vesperia-ps3-in-the-us/

[ We asked Namco Bandai about a possible US release and were told that currently the company has no plans to bring the PlayStation 3 port stateside.

"As for First Strike, it is possible that an anime publisher in the US may pick up the license as there have been Tales anime releases in the US," a Namco Bandai America publicist told GamePro, "but NBGA have no details regarding this issue at the moment." ]
GeneOB's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 20:27
GeneOB
Namco's retarded executives at work again.
Chibi_Zero's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 20:50
Chibi_Zero
People are surprised by this?
izachh's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 21:41
izachh
owned.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 22:09
Dan CiTi
Man, I don't want to have to import this. I'd like to understand what's going and on top of that the japanese voices are kind of doodoo.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 22:10
Dan CiTi
I forgot Troy Baker was in this game, Fuck now I am angry again. I LOVE TROY BAKER!
sewerraccoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2010 23:27
sewerraccoon
That's a shame, would've liked to try it, don't have my 360 anymore
mascot1063's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 00:25
mascot1063
Want this so i continue my wait.
RTsharpshooter's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 01:22
RTsharpshooter
Dammit this sucks. I really do hope they're pulling our legs or simmering down speculation so we'll all be surprised later...I hope...

JUST GIVE US A NEW TALES GAME IN ENGLISH ALREADY!
My PS3 is in desperate need of moar JRPGs, no, RPGs PERIOD. (excluding WKC & SO)
FreakingWesley's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 02:41
FreakingWesley
After GohanGVO's post, I still think it's coming.
Every game company shouts "NO PLANS" when you ask them something like that.
Excalipoor's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 02:56
Excalipoor
http://kotaku.com/5012522/no-plans-for-eternal-sonata-ps3

This means nothing.
KingSigy's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2010 04:13
KingSigy
I never understood why the Tales team made a 360 game in Japan only to release it on PS3. I guess this serves them right, granted we all know Bandai Scamco won't let this fly.
lewness's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2010 00:28
lewness
NOOOOOOOOOO
Xeribris's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/01/2010 14:45
Xeribris
I would just like to see the extra content come over here, thought I wouldn't mind it being put on my PS3. :D
DrEvil's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2010 19:31
DrEvil
NB said the exact same thing for Eternal Sonata, 2 months before they announced it will be eventualy released in US.
This will happen with ToV too...
Andrew Nguyen's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/09/2010 18:36
Andrew Nguyen
I kinda want to cry. Still waiting up on it.
X-SPARTAN-GOD-X's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/12/2010 01:35
X-SPARTAN-GOD-X
eternal sonta my fuckin ass, we all have been waiting toooo fucking long for tales of vesperia and we want it now.. why the fuck make a tales game for ps2 then a new tales for xbox only, thats BULL-FUCKING-SHIT........ FUCK YOU NAMCO U TRASH...
X-SPARTAN-GOD-X's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/12/2010 01:36
X-SPARTAN-GOD-X
eternal sonta my fuckin ass, we all have been waiting toooo fucking long for tales of vesperia and we want it now.. why the fuck make a tales game for ps2 then a new tales for xbox only, thats BULL-FUCKING-SHIT........ FUCK YOU NAMCO U TRASH...
Jaganath Lopez's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 22:41
Jaganath Lopez
wow this fucking blows and here I thought I'd be getting my hands on it... is it really cause Eternal Sonata didnt sell well? no surprise there I mean that games sucks and didnt appeal to anyone... Man what a load of crap... whatever NamcoBandai shoot yourselves for being so fucking stupid!!!
Saiba's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2010 02:48
Saiba
Does Namco get pleasure from countlessly bringing disappointment?
Joseph Zapata's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2010 02:46
Joseph Zapata
WHITE KNIGHT DOESN'T EVEN BEGIN TO COMPARE TO THE INTENSITY AND AWESOME WRATH OF TOV
theseeker2654's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2010 08:13
theseeker2654
I realize most of you have no culture or class at all. But Eternal Sonata was a freaking amazing game. Visuals 10x more striking and beautiful then ToV and music was amazing. One of the best JRPGs of this gen. Along with ToV, blue dragon, and one or two others. Oh yea, and WKC sucked huge. Now THAT game was horrible.
harry tipper's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/09/2010 20:18
harry tipper
FUCK NAMCO!!
Anna Hannah's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2011 04:52
Anna Hannah
Thank you for the sharing!
Best regards, Anna, CEO of iscsi windows 2000 and i tunes
Lumina77's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/10/2012 21:34
Lumina77
Tales of Vesperia PS3 MUST come to North America! I will support them and the series, and I don't doubt it will come out, I mean, c'mon with the extra 'unused' voice clips found in the XBOX game of it and the voice actors being called back, and not to mention TALES OF VESPERIA XBOX360 WAS AWESOME, so why WOUDLDN'T there be the ps3 one? :P

PS. Don't hate on Namco or Eternal Sonata, I like both, and if you want Tales of Vesperia PS3, you should be supporting them rather then bashing on them with negative comments. :)
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