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Pigs can fly: Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan

Posted Aug 15th 2008 9:30AM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News


Sony may have won the July NPD battle against Microsoft, but things have changed quite a bit in Japan. Shockingly, Microsoft's console has beaten the PS3 across the Pacific -- a strange coup we never saw coming. The wild demand for Tales of Vesperia, an Xbox 360 exclusive (for now) spurred sales of the non-Japanese console, defeating the unusual xenophobic fears of the Japanese gaming public ... if only for this week.

Nintendo DS - 60,434
PSP - 58,501
Wii - 38,506
Xbox 360 - 24,962
PlayStation 3 - 9,673
PlayStation 2 - 8,503

The difference between Xbox 360 and PS3 this week in Japan almost fully negates the one month lead PS3 earned in America. With Microsoft aggressively pursuing other RPG franchises, like Star Ocean and Final Fantasy, it'll be interesting to see how fierce the console wars can get in Sony's home territory.

Tales of Vesperia confirmed, then denied, as PS3 game

Posted May 14th 2008 1:00PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News


The internet excitedly responded to Namco Bandai's recent presentation to the press, which showed Tales of Vesperia as both an Xbox 360 and PS3 game. The long-running RPG series has a strong fan following, but Microsoft secured exclusivity for the game. Since then, Namco Bandai has revised its presentation, removing mention of a PS3 version, apologizing for the confusion.

Also unseen on this revised release schedule is the previously announced PS3 version of Eternal Sonata, another Xbox 360-exclusive RPG. Considering Microsoft's subpar performance in the Japanese region, it surprises us to see Namco Bandai stick with that platform exclusively, especially for a genre that's so popular in Japan. We're pretty certain that we'll see more of Tales of Vesperia and Eternal Sonata on PS3, once Microsoft's moneyhats wear off.

[Via NeoGAF]

First trailer for Tales of Vesperia

Posted Dec 26th 2007 4:00PM by Nick Doerr
Filed under: Videos and Screenshots

2008 may mark the entrance of more JRPG's into the PS3's library -- this trailer is the first for the newest Namco Bandai Tales game, given the name of Vesperia. Either their character designs are getting lazy, or many of these characters look familiar to us. Since we can't understand Japanese, we'd like to assume the game relates to previous games. Perhaps even Radiant Mythology. Still, it's a decent looking game and we'd love to see more RPGs hit. Unfortunately, Namco Bandai hasn't confirmed which system it's going to be on. Namco Bandai once hinted at a PS3 RPG -- could this be it? Check out this new trailer, and see some new images here.

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