Bandai Lies to Protect Xbox Owners’ Feelings
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Apr 19, 2009 06:37 JST
- Tags: Marketing, Namco Bandai, Ports, PS3, Tales of Vesperia, Tales Series, Xbox 360
With the news that the additions planned for the long-awaited PS3 version of Tales of Vesperia appear to have been present from the start, Bandai have been accused of betraying Xbox owners with the “exclusive” nature of the game’s Xbox release.
They recently issued an explicit denial that there were any traces of the new features in the original game, especially the new character. Fans are less than convinced…
This evidence is rather stronger than the lingering traces of pirate loli Patty present in the code:
“In the drawer is a girl’s pirate hat. A name is written on it, but it is well worn and barely legible. ‘Pa-…’?”
Bandai’s response:
“There certainly was such a scene, but it wasn’t Patty.” It “was nothing like” any sort of cut story or otherwise.
Being a PR flack is a difficult job at the best of times…
Some Xbox owners have already vascillated:
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oh man most of you guys/girls? seem like your from the US, besides the point the 2 main teams Xbox 360 and PS3 have there own thing such as console only game such as for xbox 360 L4D and for PS3 valkyria chronicles, oh yeah the 360 you have to pay to play online, buy points if you don't own a cridit card, buy a batterys for the pad but you can play your own music whilst playing a game, as for the ps3 you can play online for free, don't need 10 dvds to play FF13 due to blue rays 25Gig size which means 2-3 discs, chargable pads (which means no going crazy looking for batterys whilst getting murderd online)+ nice comfy size pads + easy to link to PS3 console (link via wire and when done take off), much more stronger then the xbox360 and built in wireless and thats all and BTW Xbox 360 is a hit in the US coz it's the cheapest there so ofcoure theres more Xbox's then PS3's whilst in the far east the Xbox is the most expensive so vise versa and in here in the UK the Xbox 360 is being traded in for PS3's due to you have to pay to play online
What a load of shit.
360 has been overselling PS3 lately even in UK.
Go eat some more shit you stupid sony fanboy,
i guess you're guzzling haterade
Another retarded comment by a member of the SDF.
That was the longest sentence ever...
This issue is so easy to fix. PS3 gets a version with a special pirate loli character, so make a 360-only character downloadable for free who is a ninja loli. Don't fight the PS3 v 360 rivalry. Embrace it...
you mean self defense force?
Another stupid news for stupid sony fanboys to stop crying tears.
Grats sony fanboys, you will be able to play another game 1 year later full price, we'll add some crap no one cares about so you can stop crying since xbox is getting everything.
This website is becoming a fucking joke already. Bunch of sony butthurts.
I feel betrayed because they're giving me a port with some new useless character instead of giving me a new game.
I just realised... the font used in PS3 vesperia is beautiful. I assume its the same as the 360 one.
Why can't the US ports have such beautiful fonts?
Oh and Patty sounds from her dialogue way more bitchy then Rita was.... I like my lolis cute and moe thanks.
She is a "precocious" loli so you will have to learn to like her or be stabbed by her sharp sword.
What's the big deal.It's not like the PS3 is getting a version of Star Ocean, or the other 2 exclusive SE games made for the 360 anytime soon, or getting any of Idol games(lock stock and barrel 360 console exclusive)anytime soon.
The PS3 isn't even getting a scrap of addon material for Fallout 3 or GTA4 when the 360 has been getting it
exclusively all along and still has alot more exclusive stuff for both in the pipeline.It's not meant to be a crack at the PS3 or Sony, just meant to show that the 360 gets a ton of stuff the PS3 doesn't have and will never see.Just because the PS3 is getting a version of a year old 360 jrpg with some extra content to make it an attractive buy to PS3 owners, and maybe a double dip buy for multiple console owners is NO BIG DEAL.
RELAX!
Only sony fanboys care about this. Real people have already played and finished ToV 1 year go. Its old news.
The whole momentum of console and game sales was screwed up by Microsoft to begin with. They took Sony's work on the PS3's hardware and made an inferior machine to release it sooner to get better sales. Then they made deals with Japanese and American game makers to release their products on the 360 only(or additionally as with FFXIII). In nearly all respects, the PS3 surpasses the 360, or would if not for Microsoft's less than fair practices. Not to mention the fact that most if not all game companies would rather release their games for the 360 at this point,however the limitations of the 360 compared to the PS3 are what draw Better Games to the PS3.
If Microsoft took the time to make a better console, The PS3 would've been released first, and the whole market would be reversed in the western world, or at least sales would be 50/50
If you don't think Microsoft was in a rush to put together the 360, need I remind you of the Red Ring of Death? A failure like that would be disgraceful to any business. And their easy recovery from all the ruckus shows their consumer manipulation skills.
BTW I don't think anyone considers the Wii a hard core console, especially when Reviews constantly have a phrase like "might be the Hard Core game the Wii is looking for."
This is why we're likely going to see a totally backwards compatible 3rd gen MS machine out in the next 2 years.They started work on the darn thing shortly after the 360's release and have had it in development for quite awhile now.Blizzard was even asked to help out in some secret way with the "720's" development, which leads me to believe that they are close to a final hardware specs and are looking for certain Devs that will be able to come up with and release some cutting edge stuff for the release of the new machine(likely Christmas 2010-11).
That's true,
There's no reason to rage
Easy solution. Watch Youtube videos of said child pirate upon game's release. I managed to "play" MGS4 without ever buying it for PS3. :P
>I managed to “play” MGS4 without ever buying it for PS3. :P
NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN.
Just a quick note: Bandai doesn't do a thing about Tales games, it's Namco that handles Tales...
They're the same company, I'm just vacillating on how to refer to them...
While they are the same company, they still have their branches. Namco has worked on the Tales series since the SNES and it's the same case with Vesperia. Namco has their own original works under their names, while Bandai mostly works with game adaptions of anime.
In most games, I believe it still does display either Namco or Bandai after the Bandai Namco logo.
Lairs go to HELL.
/sankakucomplex/ - Xbox 360 trolling/General
It's funny how the M$ fantards think they have the greatest console ever.
and we have PS3 fantards saying the same thing.
As said earlier:
"Well, it isn’t. This is nothing but a “lol xbox360 got owned” news to make Sony fans feel they’re finally winning something. But the truth is nobody cares and this is nothing but yet another port with some bonus stuff to make sound you’re not wasting your money on old stuff just like Ninja Gaiden etc."
Please find another another game to blot about already, this got old after the second article on this game.
Seriously all I have to say is all you sick fucks upset me talking about "loli" pedophiles are the only ones upset and if it takes a character away than it isn't much of an addition.
Loli=child hentai
xbox owners should just all die.they should be happy they are getting ff13
Is it just me or this game just isn't that good to begin with, I believe only suckers shelled 60 bucks for this game in the 360 and only suckers will shell 60 bucks for this game in the PS3.
Well, it isn't. This is nothing but a "lol xbox360 got owned" news to make Sony fans feel they're finally winning something. But the truth is nobody cares and this is nothing but yet another port with some bonus stuff to make sound you're not wasting your money on old stuff just like Ninja Gaiden etc.
Xbox 180... PS3(Pedophilia Sells 3) ;3
xD k estupido soy xD
Geez, people are still going on about this?
If it's in the code already it's either laziness from Bandai-Namco or the possibility of DLC once the PS3 version has run its course.
Either way, if it makes anyone feel better, the games not even that good. Already completed and traded in. Eternal Sonata was better if you're after moe anime style graphics.
"They recently explicitly denied they was any kind of trace of the new features"
"They recently explicitly denied they"
They... explicitly denied they"
lol wut?
Sorry to bother, but in the second paragraph, you wrote "They recently explicitly denied they was any kind of trace of the new features, "
denied THEY was ?
oh who cares about small typos. Like anyone cares. Fix the error in your mind and move on....
internet english teachers...pathetic
Typing in proper case, using correct spelling and punctuation makes you seem like a more reliable source of information.
Using all lower case letters, misspelling words, and making errors like "your" instead of "you're", makes you seem like a 9-year-old kid.
This is not an opinion -- this is fact. If your résumé is full of mistakes, do you think the company will hire you? That is, a company other than McDonald's? The answer is "no", so go ahead and practice typing properly now, rather than having to break bad habits later in life.
/English teacher
I care and I daresay I am in good company. He or she was pointing it out politely, so what are you getting so worked up about? It's not as if a huge effort is required to fix the typo.
fucking grammar nazis.
its fucking annoying go fuck a wall.
I care because I would like to ensure all material here is in perfect English.
The only reason anyone would complain about 'grammar nazis' is if they had shit knowledge of the English language themselves. A lot of people prefer the things they've put effort into writing to remain error-free.
Fixed.
Oh who gives a fuck. Remember all the "exclusive" games on the PS2 that the exbawkz finally got six to twelve months after? They were loaded with extra features, that is kind of the point when you release a game that already existed on another console for forever.
Can you name 5 Xbox games with added content that sold over 500K then? If you can, mention what was added.
1.) Please stop acting like a black(?) guy, mr.white guy, your degrading yourself and other white foke
2.) I dont remember any exclusive games on the PS2 that got xbox upgrades, and ive had both systems and shit loads of games for both
Because swearing is totally exclusive to blacks. Is this some social experiment where you type whatever comes out of your head and hope it forms a coherent sentence, or are you functionally retarded?
is anyone ever sure what they're fucking talking about?
I like the "?" after black. It's like you aren't even sure what the fuck you are talking about.
Thats the dumbest thing I have ever read.
Everyone knows that only Blacks play Xbox and that only Asians play Playstations. Whites stick to Nintendo Handhelds, becuase the only games worth playing are on those.
Is anyone ever sure what they're fucking?
It's an analogy:
Black guys = SONY Fanboys
White guys = XBOX Fanboys
Cause PS3 is black, 360 is white.
I say the latter one, hmmmyes.
That's hiragana though. I don't know how the JP would normally interpret something that's incomplete, but wouldn't it need to be at least matching by character?
Give me loli or give me death!
I will unmake you!
So much rage over a child pirate...
The power of little girls who think there pirates is increadbly powerful, it is not to be mistaken
FEAR AND LOVE LOLI PIRATES!! ARRRRRRR!!!
if you were to pit it against a loli ninja...
i can picture it now. XD
Wish the new character was anything but a loli-pirate... my tastes somehow can't abide pirates. Here's hoping for a goth-loli costume.
is that a diskdrive I see on the computer in the background?
sheesh... those things still exist?
I still have a floppy drive :3
They are oddly useful every once in a millenia.
That looks like either a tape drive used for backup or an MO drive.
BAKAMONOME! Do you not know anything?
Zip drive is the way to go.
Playstation 2 on plate :P
rofl it does look like PS2 XD
pwned......
Hey, Left4Dead.
How about Ace Combat ?
Awesome game.
Indeed, xbox owners should just be content with an awesome game that the ps3 may never have
Game's pretty fun on the computer with a controller and split screen. The real trick though is hooking yourself into a live account and playing with a mouse and keyboard with all the gamepad users and kicking the crap out of them in versus.
I, too, express bemusement at the thought of playing L4D on console.
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/04/02/tales-of-vesperia-ps3-version-announced/
Wasn't it said there was going to be a PS3 version? Or do you believe they will pull the Haruhi trick?
The fuck would you play this on the 360, let alone with a gamepad?
PC and Steam FTW.
Umm... I believe Echo meant L4D, you know...
Get over it X360. Microsoft paid "GOD LOADS of MONEY" to get a “Exclusive” title just to sell units in Japan and careless for Bandai. Bandai knew it was going to make the game for PS3 anyways but also knew Sony wasn't gone pay "GOD LOADS of MONEY" for it. Sorry to say it but everybody is the gamemaker world loved getting free money from X360. Half the "Exclusive" are now going to PS3 plus the add-on. X360, R&D for PS3.
i say buy the 360 version and not bother with the ps3 version. if you buy it, your letting bandai win.
I shall buy the PS3 version, who said I don't want bandai to win
HAHAHAHA
NO
Bandai already won every time someone bought the 360 version. Suckers. Serves them right for sucking Microsoft's dick. Sony's dick tastes much better.
Sony is female. She has a pussy.
*slurp*slurp*slurp*
well then, have fun sucking a dick you homophobe... This anon wonders why you made such a homosexual comment that made you look like a fag.
That's not homophobia since he seems to want to suck it.
The homophobe is YOU!
Why buy it at all?
exactly, if you buy the game at all bandai wins.
Bawww I'm a poor little Xbox 360 owner!!!
No, seriously I am and NamcoBandai's attempts at patting my head and telling me that they have candy in their car are annoying me.
Because that doesn't look like candy, it smells like bullshit.
Little anon boy, I have candy in my van, why dont you come in and have some ;3
Oooh, candy.
360 owners getting outraged by additions such as this is silly. So they're claiming the additional content was in the game since the beginning but somehow locked or something? Regardless, still doesn't mean they'll get the additional voice overs. Please, they get outraged over something as little as this. Why, PS3 owners have been shafted left and right by not being able to get DLC for some games - DLC that aren't even exclusive to the 360 platform. Were PS3 owners outraged? Sure because it has happened multiple times. But were they outraged to the point of boiling/burning/cutting/trashing games & magazines and being a drama queen over one single title? Definitely not from what I've read.
Time to do some more reading.
ahaha this reminds me the gamecube days, where RE4 was supposed to be exclusive but capcom decided to release it on the ps2
Well, it's PR for sure... they aren't gonna admit that Patty were originally there. Basically it's like saying to MS (who I think paying Bandai for this timed exclusive) that they intentionally gimped the XBOX360 version. Now, although I believe that Bandai did do it intentionally, I also think that the reasoning behind it isn't because they are going to make a complete PS3 version. My guess would be that they lack enough time to fully incorporate Patty into the XBOX360 version.
I also believe that JRPG developers must be targeting PS3 platform first instead of XBOX360 initially (since obviously the core market of this game is Japanese), but somehow MS manage to lure them into making it exclusive (or is it???) for XBOX360. From business standpoint it's stupid, unless they have been given an incentive (which probably is). There are always some people that will like this game outside of Japan, but I believe that most of gamers that are going to buy gaming console for Japanese developed games would surely buy a PS3.
It would be interesting to see which console would be better for this kind of games outside of Japan. Will ToV sell better on PS3 or XBOX360? or probably a better benchmark would be the release of FF13 (which should offer the same content and release date on both platform). As it is right now, even Japanese developed games are still selling better on XBOX360 at US. Will JRPG games change that trend?
Well if they released the game at the same time for both systems, then that'd be more representative. Who in the right minds would purchase a game for a system 12-18 months down the line when they can get it earlier for the other system? Bioshock? Eternal Sonata? Sure, there's more content but been there done that on the 360. No reason I'd go and the PS3 version unless I really want to see the new content. Even so, I'd probably rent it. Other japanese games like RE5 show it selling more on the 360 than on the PS3 in the United States but that's only because of the greater 360 user base. It's apparently clear to anyone that if you have double the amount of 360s over PS3s, you should expect to see greater 360 multiplatform sales over PS3 counterparts. However, you'd need to divide the # of sales over total # of console to determine which console of choice had the higher attach rate.
In a few years all this talk will be just a bunch of bullshit (actually it already is but w/e) as PCs will become so powerful, that they will just be able to emulate everything
So in the end, im just playing the waiting game ^___^
have fun waiting
Cinnamon? Sanrio?