Tales of Vesperia Is Xbox 360's Fastest Selling Game In Japan

Kotaku: Sure, Namco Bandai's latest Tales RPG had to settle for a fourth place finish, but it faced strong competition. Phantasy Star Portable, with its Monster Hunter Portable-like appeal, still holds down the number one spot, with the newest Fire Emblem and Rhythm Tengoku Gold placing and showing, respectively, with well over one hundred thousand units sold. Tales of Vesperia's 100K-plus debut week is certainly going to move some Xbox 360s in Japan, as gamers there were lining up en masse to secure the 360 exclusive RPG.

[Zerodin]

Hold that thought while I go get my 90s techno mixtape, so with which I can fvck you in the face!

[nieto]

it's a Tales series game. everybody was expecting this...
on top of that this it's like the first time since the x360 launch that the console it's selling well.

really do you even know what you're talking about? it seems that you just write the first thing that comes to your mind.

[juuken]

...Why are you such an immature little douchebag?

This was *expected*. While Microsoft deserves credit for moving some consoles, after this game finishes it's run...they will go back down again. It's not like they have rpg's every month or something.

[solidjun5]

I mean you're getting a hard-on on this, when you already knew this was expected due to "Tales" games being popular. Like I said, you're something.

[Pain]

Xbox sells some in japan and the kids get all wet.

[BRACHATTACK]

You sad, sad little boy, what about the ps3's success in Japan? Microsoft are NOT wanted in Japan you freak, they can see them for what they are... IDIOTS.

[TheMART]

You mean the Wii succes, right? The PS3 is back at selling below 10k a week. What did it sell in Japan, 1.5 mln. or 2 mln. by now? The 360 might just be on what 700k, but the Wii is the real winner here

[doshey]

lets see mart u got that from vgcharts when sony is phasing out there system so dont even try to pull this crap

only thing im agreeing with u is on the wii part

[XxZxX]

lol, themarts, even though Wii is the real winner, PS3 still kicking XBOX 360 ass. XBOX King?? more like XBOX the last loser to me.

[Saint Sony]

Of course Wii wins, even PS3 owners agree on that. Tell us something new.

[BRACHATTACK]

I doubt that this is enough for Japan to suddenly start buying thousands of xbox's, but credit to MS for getting on the ladder in Japan.

[FordGTGuy]

sold 24,000 in Japan the week of the launch of Tales of Vesperia.

[mesh1]

LIL BOOSIE BAD ASSS look at me now when i was dead broke doing all that mad times look at me now ,guys im getting bored of waistin ga fraction of my time on n4g hahaha it good to see the war is almost over the 360 will sell like hot cakes in japan this year tales .infinte,last remanant,anoucement of final fantasy series not to mention it has oit sold its next gen rival for the last 3 weeks i think microsfot were right at e3 when they said they would sell a crap load of consoles this year haha i forgot when the price cut hits +gears of war 2.fable 2,banjoo 3,all rpg i mentioned above,left for dead,viva 2,too human,yess the end of the year and christmass period i wont even need to come on this site hahahahaha

[Common Sense]

People saw this cool game and bought it and then rushed home only to find out they don't even have a 360.

*Two days later* 75k copies returned.
jk

@below.
Apparently you missed "jk", which stands for Just kidding.
You, sir, are an idiot. My comment is obviously meant as a joke and if you can't see that, you take things too seriously and you need to go watch a LBP video.

[militant07]

i feel sorry for you
you real sad little fanboy -,-
same comment in every atricle in this site

[iamtehpwn]

LUL.
I fail.
I didn't see the jk. =[

[boodybandit]

.....

[militant07]

your fraky idiot
i now its joke
but your doing this everytime you post, and do you think that no one read your post in open zone.
its like say anything you want and at end type "JK"
your really IDIOT

[Cajun Chicken]

There's going to be a big pre-owned market of 360's in Japan at some point next year.

[Silogon]

And all Sony had to do to solidify its stance in Japan was release a couple RPG's and they refused. They, unlike Microsoft, is out of touch with reality. Shooters don't sell in Japan, Sony. You've spent 10 years building a dynasty and you knew what went into building each region and yet you fail at every turn to do what is right.

Microsoft kicked your ass in America, they're doing it in Japan now and they've been cleaning your anal cavity in the U.K. since you launched.

time to do something Sony. time to do something now or get out. We don't want to hear this 10 year plan junk, either. Most of us won't even be gaming in 10 years and if we are it won't be on your system.

Damn morons

[Common Sense]

Ps3 has sold more this year than the 360. The Ps3's game library has been increasing and the Ps3 sales have been on par with the Ps2's and it has surpassed the 360's (The 360 sold less in the same amount of time regardless of the fact in 2005 and most of 2006, it was the only next-gen console). The 360 got most of its JRPGs in 2008(about 2 and half years into its life-cycle). Game development takes about as long, somtimes longer, on the Ps3 in comparison to the 360. So if you are going to compare the 360's rpg lineup to the Ps3's, then wait till next year. Then you can compare the RPG lineups.

You said you won't be gaming in 10 years. That was just stupid.

Anal Cavity? You mean Rectum. The anus is the opening to the rectum and is known as the anal sphincter. Learn your anatomy.

Your head is so far up Microsoft's @ss, you're practically Bill Gate's colonoscope.

[Silogon]

You seem to know your way around the human ass... you should be proud of yourself and your boyfriend should too. I bet you two make a lovely couple.

Still doesn't change the fact Sony are a bunch of idiots and you're the runner up.

[Common Sense]

You are truly an immature idiot. Knowing the human anatomy is not a negative thing when you're studying to be a physician, you idiot. You're an idiot if you don't know the basic composition of the alimentary canal. Your digestive system starts with your mouth, esophagus, stomach, pyloric sphincter, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum and anus. This is all basic knowledge. Insinuating someone is an homosexual simply because they know human anatomy, shows your level of cognition.

[juuken]

Man Silogon, just shut the hell up.
Sometimes you make sense, and other times you're talking sh*t.
Just drink a huge cup of SHUT THE F*CK UP and spare us the pain of your idiotic statements that hold no damn water.

Wow Silogon, you have the 360 fangirls to cheer you on now? I would love to hear them supporting you when you switch sides *yet* again and sing the praises of the PS3! :D

[doshey]

dude this guy have major fanboy swings and has a bad case of diarrhea of the mouth

[GMR_PR]

"You seem to know your way around the human ass... you should be proud of yourself and your boyfriend should too. I bet you two make a lovely couple."

LMAO!!!!!! some body got own... hahahahahahahahahahahaaha.

@ Below

I really dont give a f@ck about numbers. I play games not numbers.

[XxZxX]

you call that owning??? man poor xbots has low standard. well should expected that, since selling 500+ more per weeks is very high to them. They will take anything.

[nieto]

DUH. Japan, Jrpg, Tales series game.
What you were expecting?

[BRACHATTACK]

The sad thing is these xbots think that the 360 is beating the ps3 just because of this one game, lets see them in 1 month when the 360 is back to its crappy state in Japan.

[doshey]

lets see how well they do in japan when ff 13 come out in japan

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Actually they have another big RPG coming in the next couple weeks with Infinite Undiscovery. So the trend may continue but even the most die-hard 360 fanboys can agree it will eventually go back to where it has been most of the 360's life.

Does it bother you that much that the 360 owners are pleased about something in Japan?

[doshey]

nope not for me i just hate it when 360 fanboy take it so far as saying that they will take japan ps3 is screwed in japan

[GMR_PR]

@ 4.3
"nope not for me i just hate it when 360 fanboy take it so far as saying that they will take japan ps3 is screwed in japan"

My friend you need to go out a little more, you're taking this sh@t too seriously.

[doshey]

i do get out so dont even tryin saying sh!t about my life when u dont even know me

[power of Green]

MSFT could be starting to change the 360's perception in Japan for the good. I remember when people in the USA rejected 360(laughing about MSFT for intering the industry).

We don't know what is being talked about or shown on the ground over there, we don't know if the Japanese have *or* have not been paying attention to what has been revealed or talked about over here.

Sales in Japan were climbing just after E3 many weeks before TOV.

[Shadow Man]

And this is just the beginning can you imagine whats gonna happen when Star Ocean 4 and Infinite Undiscovery come out.

[juuken]

...Ya try to give a compliment and the disagree buttons slam down. Guys, I'm not asserting that the PS3 doesn't have rpg's. I'm just saying that it needs more.

You still have to give Microsoft *some* credit. -.-

[Cajun Chicken]

I don't really like RPG's, but nearly every other genre of game is on the PS3 now.
If that's what the majority are playing on consoles, it should be sorted. There's enough FPS and racing games now Sony, concentrate on the other main marketable genre...and make some damn Platformers/action adventures like the old days while you're at it, oh and a new Devil Dice/Bombastic/XI.

[juuken]

I'm not saying "Microsoft FTW", but they do deserve some credit for moving a game like this. But I also think they'll need more than that to gain a foothold in Japan.

This agree/disagree system is so broken sometimes, I swear.

[juuken]

Oh, I get it.

Most of disagrees stem from the hatred 360 fans have for me so no matter how I give Microsoft some credit, the disagree button will be slammed.

I gotcha.

Listen, I really don't care ya know? I didn't ask anyone to like me here.

Enjoy your victory in Japan while it lasts. :)

[La Chance]

Looks like you dont get the message.

cant you see nobody wants you overhere.

Youre a hardcore sony fangirl in a 360 thread.Youre either faking your interest (want a better reputation) or trolling

edit:Oh , didnt read your post properly , you actually figured it out by yourself.Congrats.

[SkyGamer]

juuken, I gave you some bubbles. People are probably just use to your old comments and not being the wiser think you are just using sarcasm. Your comment was a good one as you stated facts, ps3 needs more jrpg's and not a year or two from now but now. It might take some time for people to get used to juuken 2.0. Don't worry, they will see you for who you are. Eventually you can't run from the truth.

[TheDude2dot0]

La Chance, you are not any better than Juuken. You are making fun of someone on a videogame website. It does not get any worse than that.

Why don't you do something for this website other than make fun of people who own a different console?

[Tarasque]

Actually i bet it is the sony fans that are giving you disagrees, cause you are giving the 360 and MS some props.

[juuken]

...Whatever LaChance.
Like I said, some of you don't know me that well. You want to accuse me of trolling and yet you do the same thing. Nobody like *who* doesn't want me here LaChance? I have a right to be here just like anyone else.

Your words do not hurt me in any way whatsoever.

[PS3rd the Turd]

hahahhhahahah PS3

[green]

Little drops of WATER can make an OCEAN.

[DaKid]

Star "Ocean" 4, see what i did there?

[Common Sense]

They'll evaporate due to diffusion (Movement of substances from higher concentration to lower concentration) and vaporize due the heat of the sun.

Edit
I meant evaporate. I meant diffusion as well. It will also vaporize due the heat from the sun and osmosis does not require a living cell. It's movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane (cell membranes are semi-permeable because they have phospholipid bilayers. The heads are hydrophilic, and the tails are hydrophobic).

[DaKid]

Don't you mean evaporation? osmosis would require a living cell of some sort. http://www.merriam-webster....

[DA_SHREDDER]

All of you. I mean, does it really matter what system sells what anywhere? Do you live in Japan? How does this affect any of you? People are saying stuff like, "I feel sorry for you" fanboy crap,, you guys are all in your own little worlds. Anything you type here doesn't effect anything in the real world. You can love or condemn this game and it will never change anything.

I for one could care less about a Tales type of game. I hate the action rpg genre because the Tales series gets it all wrong. Want action rpg? Play Fable 2. This game is complete garbage, but no matter how I feel about it, people are still gonna buy games like this. Thus games like this will always come out. Meanwhile, you guys are just gonna sit here , praise the game, talk crap about the 360, or the ps3,, and I wish you guys would just shut up already. You people just make me so freakin nausiated. Can you just stfu already ?,, all of you,, please shut your holes.

[green]

Someone seems to be having a bad day.

[NinjaRyu]

Sorry man but that's just not gonna happen here on n4g at all. Telling fanboys to stop talking sh!t about other console & stop praising there console of choice is like my mom telling me to stop dating Asian Women! You can say & wish it all you want but it not gonna stop them from doing what they want!

[Daishi]

Shredder you do realize you have to click the comments button to read them right, or do you just want the whole section to your lonesome? I know when I speak I don't have to make sense but sheesh your taking it a little too far...

[FantasyStar]

Tales of Vesperia does well but Lost Odyssey doesnt?!

OUTRAGEOUS!

[doshey]

because alot of people were not into 360 at the time and thought it would of been a waste.... ah screw it i cant change this at all

[LossTheEarthbreaker]

Lol it had nothing to do with extra discs.

It has to do with Lost Odyssey being extremely uninspired and Tales of Vesperia being a great game.

[Skadoosh]

Lost Odyssey is a new franchise and did well. Tales of Vesperia already has a huge fanbase. Big difference.

[LossTheEarthbreaker]

Not sure why anyone disagreed with Ska, but he's right and it makes more sense than my input.

I still hold that I didn't feel Lost Odyssey was particularly good or inspired to be in the first place, but it definitely sold okay, but was seen more as a JRPG for Americans in Japan.

Tales, as skadoosh mentioned, is already established in Japan.

[titntin]

Does 108K really make this the fastest selling 360 game? I thought that honor went to Ace combat 6 which saw huge queues and sales!

But I don't have the figures available!

Whatever - its a nice shot in the arm for the machine in the territory and we can only hope its not just a temporary blip - though I do suspect it is.

[green]

Tales of Vesperia beat Ace combat 6 by a whopping 30,000.And Hardware sales for AC6 was just above 17,000, while famitsu reported that the 360 sold over 24,000 due to ToV.
http://www.shacknews.com/la...

So i think it is safe to say that ToV is the fastest selling 360 game in japan.

Edit: Good for Microsoft,bad for me.ToV does not arrive in the UK until sometime next year.

[titntin]

Cool - thanks for digging out the figures dude!

[green]

No problem buddy.

[tordavis]

Bubbles to Green and Tintin for all the positivity and lack of fanboyism in this thread!

[cmrbe]

This is great for MS relative to what they have have done in Japan sofar BUT lets be serious. 24K sold with the launch of a popular JRPG if we compare to competition is not very impressive.

Celebrate yes but don't get ahead of yourselves. The PS3 and wii userbase in Japan is already at least 4 times bigger than x360 even with the x360 1 year head start. MS needs to do much much more in Japan to even have a chance of winning.

[tordavis]

Wait, don't even include PS3 because the Wii is still destroying the PS3 in Japan too. The system has been out for almost 2 years and they only managed to push 2+ million consoles. Wii is killing both the PS3 and the 360. Think about this, if IU is a hit, MS might move past the 1m mark and will sit at half of PS3's installed base. SO4 will be another huge boost. 360 could possibly catch up to PS3 in Japan if they keep those RPG's coming.

[KingKirchner]

I hate to say this, but I really hope the game does very badly so they'll port it to PS3. I loved Tales of Symphonia and love the Tales seris in general, but not enough to buy a 360 for it when it (plus Gears) is the only game I want for the system.

But at least I get to play Valkyria Chronicles in Nov. and that game looks great too.

[tordavis]

Dude, it's $199 come Sept and you can buy all those other great RPG's. If you think Gears is the only good game then obviously you haven't been reading da innernets! Bioshock used to be a 360 only game. Are you saying that's not worth getting?

[Skadoosh]

It's possible that the 360 will start to overtake the ps3 in global sales this month. The 360 is doing a great job.

[cmrbe]

is important. It can mean the difference this gen.

[soul899er]

uh, yeah until the people who got 360s in Japan get RROD, just remember, RROD never left. this will make the 360 go right back down to where it used to be.

[FantasyStar]

C'mon, the 360s now are alot more stabler than 2 years ago. The risk may still be there but the percentage failure has decreased.

[cmrbe]

friends suffered PROD's. Their advice is to me is to wait further. This is 3 people from 7 i know that have x360. However my friend with the elite hasent suffered one yet but he usses a fan and aircon room.

[Skadoosh]

I gotten the rrod once. Luckily I owned a replacement plan at Best Buy. :D

But I always had a few problems with consoles ever since my Sega Master System. So it comes with the territory. Remember the horrid ps2 disc problem.

[NewSchoolGamer]

Sure xbox360 sales have gone up with this game but what will happen next month? Nothing!!!!

Sure the xbox360 has two more JRPGS on the way but that is it!

THE XBOX360 needs more JRPGS than that not average B games like Blue Dragon, Lost Odyessy,etc.

[Skadoosh]

awwwwwwwwww, somebody is a lil mad. :(

[tordavis]

two more?

Star Ocean 4
Last Remnant (timed exclusive)
Infinite Undiscovery
FFXIII

Looks a lot more than 2 doesn't it?

[NewSchoolGamer]

hits Japan exclusively on the Ps3 what do you think will happen? Not to mention ff versus 13.

Stop talking about "the start of somethig big" oh please.

YOU WILL SEE, nuff said.

[tordavis]

--------------------> Open Zone for peeps like you

[pp]

xbox360 will take JAPAN ass hole droids Hahahahaha hahahahahahahaa

[XxZxX]

lol yup xbox360 will take japan's ass hole just as you say. I don't know PS3 and Wii want japan's ass hole. Thanks for coming out the closet.

[N00BZSUCKASS]

hAhahaHAHHAhahAHAHaha owned. oh wait. no.

[tako2000]

It's good game, but I don't get why people so care about Japan market?

It maybe where console game started but talk about size and trend still US market have better potential, Japan gamers' get too used to hand-hold and casual game...

Beside that, just wait till IU come out. That thing look even better then LR and ToV.

[cmrbe]

you can't say 15% of the gaming market is not important. Heck multinationals fight over 5% even. Since alot of great devs are from Japan. This makes the Japansese gaming market even more important. FF13 is exclusive to PS3 in Japan because there are not enough x360 in Japan. MGS,RE,FF,NG,DMC,ICO,Mario,Zel da and GT are all dev by japanese.

[immarriedtoafatchick]

i give it the day it launched next week back to normal =)

[N00BZSUCKASS]

u mean like MGS?

[XxZxX]

sure, if you cant count, 1 mil vs 100k = the same. LOL

[dkgshiz]

Thats the main reason people hate the 360. Well, that and tons of hardware problems, haha. Anyways when you think US, you think of George Bush. Than you laugh your self to sleep. So when people from japan think 360, they know its from the US and just laugh. Thats why the 360 is just a clown show. If you think this is the 2nd coming for the 360 in japan your dead wrong. Its an RPG, everyone knows thats the main type of games in japan. Its the only games they play. So don't have a pink pantie melt down because Tales of Vesperia sold a few copies. Its bound to happen over there. What about here in the US? I bet it sold like 10 copies. Plus this is from Kotaku, I wouldn't trust them at all. There usually dead wrong on there articles. Anyways to sum everything up, Asian products sell much better in all Asian countries. The 360 should just give up.

[Bon Scott]

So basically you're hating on a game console because of where it's from?

WOW.
Who cares if it's from Timbucktoo?
All that matters is that it delivers both quality and a nice quantity of games,FOR GAMERS ya ridiculous troll.

[InMyOpinion]

And MGS4 hasn't even sold a million in Japan yet. B-b-but it's future-proof!? Sony says it is!! lol! One year from now the PS3 will be cemented in third place. The massive RPG line-up of the 360 will kill it.

[clintos59]

But at the same time, wow I wonder how this title wouldve sold if it were on the ps3 or wii. Well guess we will find out when White Knight Chronicles or a huge wii rpg hits japan.

Anyways good to see the 360 finally getting some love in japan.

[Says you]

The hell up Silof@g master considering XBox 360 is extremely in last place in Japan! and Microsoft is the idiots you retarded moronic bipolar ass wipe!.

[Exia]

Good for Microsoft. Hopefully Infinite Indiscovery will do the same thing. :)

[CurlUpAndDie]

your welcome japan

[NewSchoolGamer]

Last Remnant is a timed exclusive and FF13 is exclusive in japan.

[foodbox]

...And, in a couple weeks, Infinite Undiscovery from the fabled triAce will be released...