Famitsu published its estimates for the latest Japanese hardware/software sales.
Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.
Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.
That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.
Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.
I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.
Game Rant participates in the Megaton Musashi World Cup, checking out the game a little bit beforehand and winning the first round match.
This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.
The 3DS seems to be doing pretty well right now. However, I do wonder how the PSP is almost on par sales wise with the PS Vita? Does that mean the PSP is still going strong over in Japan?
3DS – 51,930 units
PS3 – 14,297 units
Vita – 11,544 units
PSP – 10,627 units
Wii – 6,654 units
Xbox 360 – 711 units
DSi – 455 units
PS2 – 474 units
PS2 is actually doing out, for the longest time the PS2 was over 1k, it's dying out.
I think what's more sad is the japanese are actually waiting for the wii-u.
It astonishing to see the 3DS do so well with the 3DSLL (3DSXL US/UK) right around the corner. These are the total numbers so far as of last week.
3DS 68,914 (-4%) 6,444,561
PSV 24,727 (+84%) 794,891
PS3 16,987 (+12%) 8,289,116
PSP 10,542 (+14%) 19,041,875
Wii 6,755 (+5%) 12,460,856
DS 1,310 (-18%) 32,958,592
X360 1,029 (0%) 1,594,307
As you can see, the 3DS is already catching up to the PS3 in a little over a year, which makes me think that its going to be another success in Japan. The Vita however, continues to struggle with minor peaks here and there. As long as the PSP continues to have the support that it does, Japan will continue to support it. It's great that there is still some major support with the PSP, (Time Travelers, which is a multi-console release 3DS/PSP/PSVita), but makes it difficult to justify a purchase on Vita, when it's available on two cheaper handhelds. I could see why it's also on 3DS, as the 3DS is the competitor, but putting it on PSP makes me wonder why Sony would want to compete with the Vita.