Tales of Arise Has Shipped 1 Million Copies; It’s the Fastest-Selling Game of the Franchise

Today Bandai Namco announced that its recently-released JRPG Tales of Arise has reached a sales milestone.

[Nyxus]

Awesome!

[Lore]

Deservedly so. RPG’s offer so much fun with rewarding gameplay loops

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

I haven't finished the game yet but honestly, I was expecting more. I chose this game over Life is Strange: True colors and Deathloop but I kind of regret it. For some reason the combat in the Tales games always gives me trouble and Arise was no different, I just end up switching it to auto. But forget the combat, I play RPG's mainly for the story and so far this story is pretty underwhelming. I think Shionne is such a jerk and I don't know why Alphen even puts up with her. None of these characters really did anything for me. This story has no point, so far the game is hinting at a possible romance between Shionne and Alphen, and if it does, it will feel so forced because I'm towards the end and I've felt nothing. I was intrigued about this game mainly because of Shionne and she has not grown on me at all. Such a dry character and dry writing. I don't know what I was expecting... This is no Final Fantasy X or Final Fantasy 7 that's for sure. I mean this is still just a Tales game after all.

Once I finish it, I'm probably trading it in and getting deathloop.

[RpgSama]

I haven't played Deathloop I cannot comment, but surely a much better investment than Life is Strange.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

@RpgSama

No yeah of course, I was never serious about buying Life is Strange. I might try that later on when it's at bargain, if even that. So many good games coming out over the next few months, Kena: Bridge of spirits, Back 4 Blood, Far Cry 6, Elden Ring, Dying Light 2, Horizon Forbidden West and more.

Heck, I wasn't going to get Deathloop because the game didn't intrigue me that much but reviews have really surprised me.

[Stanjara]

Thnx for the info...I was also looking this for Shionne and FF romance.

Dry ha?

Ufff

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

@Stanjara

That's just my opinion of course. And I haven't finished it yet.

[KingofBandits]

lol Life is Strange.....ok bro. I was surprised by the Death Loop reviews myself but that game just isn't my speed. I bought the Tales collectors edition and personally have been loving the game, though I have been a huge Tales of fan since the PSX.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

@KingofBandits

What did I say? I said I'm "not" going to buy Life is Strange.

[Nicknasty]

I would be very weary of deathloops critics reviews. Something is very fishy about it. When you look at actual user reviews, it’s the complete opposite. Check out metacritic and see for yourself. It doesn’t look like a very good game at all. Graphics look terrible for a PS5 game and gameplay looked bland and boring. Something is really not right with that games reviews. I almost bought deathloop based on the reviews, then dug a little deeper on the game and decided against it. Went with TOA instead. Still playing it, and hoping it will get better here. Atmosphere is nice and gameplay is ok. Will have to see more of it.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

@Nicknasty

If you're like me, you'll probably find out Tales of Arise is a bit overrated also. As far as Deathloop, yeah I don't know... If I do get it, it's just because I found Tales a bit disappointing and traded it in.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

@Nicknasty

Also, user reviews on metacritic don't mean shit. Sometimes games get review bombed for no reason. Look at the Last of Us 2. People hadn't even played the game and they were already review bombing it because the leaks told them Joel dies. No matter if you like the Last of Us 2 or not, you can't possible think the game really deserves a 4 out of 10.

For all we know, Deathloop is getting review bombed because it's a Bethesda game and it's not on XBOX or something. It's really immature shit. If you're going to go by user reviews on Metacritic, then good luck...

[repsahj]

...I think tales games is more enjoyable playing in manual than auto. But i agree with you, Arise is not a huge leap compared to past tales in terms of overall gameplay. For me xenoblade chronicles 2 is the best rpg to date(yes better than FF15), imagine that game with ps5 graphics!!! Dont get me wrong, I love tales of arise (currently on my 20+ hrs). Is just that I want something more from it. I hope that my mind will change when Im half way of the game.

[Relientk77]

Good! I'm glad it's selling so well. It's a great Tales Of game and JRPG.

[gamer7804]

It’s really good, releasing it as multiplatform was absolutely the right choice

[JEECE]

In the UK over 85% of its sales are on Playstation. So if you are implying that being multiplatform is a major sales boost, I don't know what your basis for that is. Another fun note, the PS5 version outsold the PS4 version more than 2-1, so that trend continues, unsurprisingly.

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[CaptainHenry916]

Majority Xbox gamers don't play JRPGS; that's why most sells are on PS5

[andy85]

@lakebumstock you just made yourself look like 5x the fanboy he did.

[Nyxus]

@ Lakebumstock: why are you getting so defensive? He's just pointing out facts.

[JEECE]

@Lakebumstock
Haha I see you are new to N4G, but I didn't turn off replies, you just can't reply to a third level comment, so you have to reply to the second level again (like you did).

"So do you have world wide numbers or are you just gonna use the UK as a reference."

I use UK numbers because those are the only numbers broken down by platform that we get with any reliable regularity. If you have a source that provides worldwide numbers by platform, I'd be happy to use that. Until then, I'll keep extrapolating from the data I have available.

As far as steam yeah, obviously it's doing well there. I think every game should launch on PC. I should have clarified that I was talking about console (although citing physical sales should have made this clear). Although I don't know how you are comparing Steam concurrent numbers to the other platforms. I like steam charts, but I was unaware of similar charts for console. Cite your sources, please.

"More platforms = more sales sweetie."

Sometimes. I mean they could have made a PS3 version and some people would have bought it. The point is that at some point it isn't worth developing additional versions of a game for a smaller increase in sales. But sometimes being an exclusive is better. I mean when Titanfall was exclusive to Xbox, it was viewed as a premiere title, but then they made it multiplatform and diluted the image of the brand.

"Its one of the reasons why skyrim and rdr2 sold more than the entire uncharted series combined."

Well, Spiderman was PlayStation exclusive and outsold the Avengers, and that's on tons of platforms. God of War 2018 was exclusive, and it outsold lots of multiplatform games. Same thing with any Halo title. So you can really pick and choose any example there to support your point.

On the worldwide numbers thing, please provide a source of those, and I'll cite that.

[Michiel1989]

instead of celebrating the game the (insert console) fanboys go measuring dicks again.

[gamer7804]

@jeece I meant exactly what I said that it is really good and it was the right choice. If you tell a company they can boost sales even by 15-20% by widening distribution it’s a no brainer…

[solideagle]

Have you played it? how is the combat? Xillia 1/2 and graces F has the best combat...Berseria was button mashy and super easy especially playing with velvet, even on hard difficulty. I hope combat is not just flashy and actually a little deeper than previous games

[Teflon02]

Graces had the best combat for me personally and this maybe my new favourite in the end. But currently it's graces f

[Spenok]

Awesome news. Makes me want to jump on it sooner than later.

[Father__Merrin]

I wish there's a renaissance of JRPG this gen

[CrimsonWing69]

First, they have to get back to being amazing. I’m talking PS1 era level good, not these cheap Compile Heart level games.

Like if JRPGs were consistently on the level of Persona and FF we’d be back in business.

[Father__Merrin]

I quite enjoyed collecting the compile heart niche rpg during ps3 era. I'm holding out for a Cross Edge re release loved that game

[buckaroobanzai21]

Great news, ToA is an absolute masterpiece

[Lexreborn2]

I want it so bad, but I have to be an adult…

[Vithar]

great game, im in love <3

[jznrpg]

My collectors edition was a couple days late so they gave me a free digital code for the game that was cool on them . Enjoying the game and story

[adamwparker]

My daughter played a lot of Pokemon when that came out last time. All of this year and the end of last though, she's only been playing Genshin Impact. She loves it. She's Rank 56 because she's played it so much.
She tried Final Fantasy Remake, but stopped short in, saying that she likes the 'cartoon' anime, not the 'realistic' looking anime.
Knowing that her main core games of the last two years is Pokemon and Genshin Impact, would she like this game?

[notachance]

well this game has anime-style graphics so you're good on that, however the story on this is actually similar to FFVII with the rebellion thing going on.. although not serious all the time compared to FFVII, throughout the game there will be these things called 'skits' where you'll see the party members bantering with each other, some of them about silly random things.

[Teflon02]

Final Fantasy isn't anime, that's the first problem. Being Japanese doesn't make it anime. It's a Japanese game that doesn't use any of it in it.

Tales is like a great anime story and anime characters with animation from the people who did Demon slayers and Fate shows. This would be more up her alley as long as she's fine with a serious story. It's serious but alot of light hearted stuff inbetween

[ecchiless]

"Knowing that her main core games of the last two years is Pokemon and Genshin Impact, would she like this game? " yes, im AR57 on genshin and for me right now Arise > Genshin for my gaming time.

[Stanjara]

Ar55... Yes she will... Although this is more traditional exploring than Genshin/Zelda botw style.

[GoodGuy09]

Yes yes. Now give us remakes please.

[Traecy]

Great. The game is fun.

[patterson]

Really good to hear. I’m 30 hours in and it’s definitely one of the best in the series. 👍🏻

[TheColbertinator]

Fantastic game and should be done by the end of the month. I like how the cutscenes include the outfits no matter how stupid they look.

[Watchyabackbai84]

Great game must buy if you like RPG games I'm about 15h in

[Outlawzz]

Finally ! The tales of series receives the recognition it deserves. Higher budgets and more games incoming !

[Knightofelemia]

I waited like a kid waiting for Xmas to come with this game I bought it and I am enjoying it. Grabbed it for XB1 so far next to Vesperia, Xillia, Graces F, this one is next up on my favorite installment.

[BlaqMagiq1]

Deserves every sale it got. Hope this opens the door for more remasters of older titles.

[KingofBandits]

Fantastic news! I felt from just looking at the game that it had big potential for the series, after playing the demo this was confirmed. The game seems to be hitting the right notes at just the right time.