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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
5-14-2008 @ 1:24PM
Eggy said...
Why do they still keep it exclusive though. Nobody wants a freaking xbox 360 in Japan, it seems all they care about is a bit of money instead of their fans and their game being played.
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5-14-2008 @ 1:25PM
Otsego_Undead said...
Forget Vesperia, where the sh!t is my Katamari????
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5-14-2008 @ 2:19PM
Roto13 said...
You're better off sticking with the PS2 ones anyway.
5-14-2008 @ 1:27PM
True_Darknight said...
so they want to keep the game on a system that sells under 2k a week in Japan?
yeah good Strategy!!!
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5-14-2008 @ 1:58PM
doc j said...
Did Microsoft pay for exclusivity (I am assuming they did, but not sure)? If so, how much?
It must be pretty substantial to abandon a notably RPG friendly console family (Playstation) for a notably RPG un-friendly platform (X360). I mean, just look at how the "great" Japanese developed RPGs for 360 have faired around the world. Blue Dragon? Eternal Sonata? Lost Odyssey?
Sure, games like Mass Effect and Oblivion do well - but they are notably distinct from the gameplay style.
*shrug*
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5-14-2008 @ 1:58PM
Fiddlesworth said...
Microsoft's tactic isn't so much strengthening their own platform as weakening Sony's with exclusivity agreements like this. The usual anti-competitive crap you'd expect from them.
It's clear the games will turn up eventually though and probably with more content like Eternal Sonata.
http://namco-ch.net/trustybell_ps3/index.php
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5-14-2008 @ 7:58PM
starsforeyes(XBL) said...
If they put out Tales of Vesperia on PS3 with extras then Namco will get two sales from me. I'm buying this day one on the 360.
I really can't imagine this being a 360 exclusive, but I was reading an article in PLAY magazine with the creators and they really sounded like they weren't putting this out on the PS3. But, I don't think they get to make that choice.
Even Tales of Symphonia went from being on the GC only for a while and then came out on the PS2 in Japan (did the PS2 version release in the US?).
5-14-2008 @ 2:12PM
reson8er said...
/rant on
Fucking Microsoft.
If I could get the near the absurd price I paid for it, I'd throw my piece of shit 360 back at them.
All those assholes do is throw their fucking money around and buy up shit.
/rant off
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5-14-2008 @ 3:20PM
deaftly said...
Sony did the same shit last generation, stop whining.
5-14-2008 @ 5:56PM
Ninjakamster (PSN: Chin-Poh) said...
Give me some proof deafly.
5-14-2008 @ 2:17PM
Vincent said...
Those 3 guys with 360 in Japan will enjoy Vesperia a lot! A pity two of them are going back to USA after a few months!
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5-14-2008 @ 2:31PM
deusmecha said...
Took the words right out of my mouth.
5-14-2008 @ 2:33PM
Eric E said...
WHERE IS ETERNAL SONATA?!
I've been checking once a week for any kind of news.
Its been almost a year since they announced it. all they are doing is adding some costumes and more story. At this rate FF XIV will be out before it and it wont have a chance (yeah thats right, 14 b*tch*s. Thats VII x 2.
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5-14-2008 @ 2:43PM
leiwei said...
Not sure if MS paid money for exclusitivity. All I know is that there IS a Microsoft branch in Japan that oversees the software division. I'm also not sure if it's tied to the Xbox division there. All I do know is that MS is using their usual tactic of preventing other competitors from entering the market so that they can have a foothold on it first (e.g. IE to block out Netscape, WMP to block out other media players). And if they can't, they'll try to go against them while at the same time introduce new technologies/IPs/markets (e.g. Live! Marketplace introducing DD to mainstream, Zune Edge against iTunes introduces other forms of DRM, HDi from HD-DVD goin into Marketplace video DD).
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5-14-2008 @ 2:45PM
leiwei said...
Forgot to mention, their business tactic is very smart. Cheat the competition and steal from them if you can, hence a whole mess of anti-trust issues and lawsuits going at them. $1.8 billion lawsuit from EU because of WMP? Yea...
5-14-2008 @ 5:17PM
Ysleiro said...
Leiwei if you sold cars and all your cars come with AC ?
Is if fair for the government to ask you not to include AC so that competitors can have a chance of putting their AC in your cars.
Are car companies sued because their cars include features that other companies like JL Audio and Pioneer sell also. Can pioneer get mad at Honda for putting a stereo in all their cars. Because it limits Pioneer's sales. NO Pioneer has no right to do that.
Windows comes with WMP do I use it? NO. I use iTunes. MS can't stop people from downloading whatever program they want and installing it.
It's like asking Burger King to include a Big Mac with every Double Whopper.
Let me ask you something. Does Apple have to include the competition's software on it's machines? NO.
Then why should MS? people can get any software they want on any machine it's not MS job to include Netscape, RealPlayer etc.. with every copy of THEIR product sold.
5-14-2008 @ 3:42PM
leiwei said...
^ Well it's not MS's thing to do so, but because they include these apps, it leaves the competition out. There are tons of PCs out there w/ Windows but the many consumers do not download RealPlayer or Quicktime for kicks. Many consumers like my dad wouldn't even know what RealPlayer is for, but they will know what WMP is and what it does. It goes to the point where there is no "reason" to get RealPlayer because MS will just update WMP to have more features albeit not so great. You download and use iTunes? Well I use it too, and it's competition from Apple which drives MS to continue to update its WMP w/ iTune-like features including its own music distribution store. Do you realize that MS keeps telling the public that they "welcome" other competition but whine later that "it's not fair" when they do not have a part of the competition? Do you realize that MS started complaining about Yahoo using Google ads stating it to be a monopoly?
5-14-2008 @ 3:20PM
uh-oh polio said...
"If I could get the near the absurd price I paid for it, I'd throw my piece of shit 360 back at them."
agreed
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5-14-2008 @ 3:45PM
Meadows14 said...
We really need eternal sonata over here, i hate how XBOX takes some of those little hits off us, like Katamari for example
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5-14-2008 @ 5:42PM
Organic_Shadow said...
MS is essentially blocking PS3 from any Japanese following they can possibly get by paying for exclusivity of Japanese game franchises. They are NOT getting these exclusives for sales, they are getting the exclusives so that the PS3 cannot. They know they won't sell very well on the 360, but they are willing to spend the money to ensure PS3 doesn't get a few sales here or there.
Do we know if MS has paid Namco for exclusivity across the board? Doubtful, seeing as rumors keep surfacing about Ace Combat making its return to Playstation, either as multiplatform or exclusively. Also Eternal Sonata PS3 was officially announced, and even has it's own site. Remember when Beautiful Katamari was coming out and they said PS3 will get the next true Katamari sequel since BK really wasn't?
To me it seems like Namco is enjoying the free under the table money from MS while they can and making sure they always have the ability to put their games on Sony platforms once the install base is high enough to be profitable and once they learn the PS3 a little better. It's only a matter of time before we start seeing AC, Katamari, etc. on PS3 and with more titles following.
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