
Namco Bandai has consigned international fans of Tales of Vesperia to eternal beta tester status, saying it has no intention of releasing the PS3 version of the game in the US (and presumably in less important places too).
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Bayonetta’s pathetic PS3 port has become somewhat less pathetic with the news that Sega has decided to patch in HDD installation, three months after release, and after previously denying that it could fix load times, although the port will still be stuck with comparatively bad graphics.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jan 19, 2010 07:42 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Bugs, Eroge, Fail, Ports, PS2, Rankings, Video Gallery, Wii

The worst video game of 2009 has been all but decided, with 2ch’s 2009 “Kusoge of the Year” award being handed down to a title so buggy as to barely be playable, in fact possessing even more bugs than were present in the PC original.
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The PS3 port of “multiplatform” witch fest Bayonetta has been decried as a travesty with long load times, inferior graphics and a host of other deficiencies, but the hopes of those awaiting a patch have been dashed with a flat denial from Sega.
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Bayonetta has been praised to high heaven by gaming rags the world over, but it seems the atrocious nature of Sega’s PS3 port is something they are keen to avoid any mention of.
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Fans of Tales of Graces have been pained to discover the title has dozens of bugs, some severe enough to crash the console and other locking players out of various parts of the game; with the game being released on the Wii, which lacks any hard drive, the impact is doubly severe as no patches will be forthcoming.
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Analysis of the content of the Blu-ray disc housing Final Fantasy XIII on the PS3 suggests some unpleasant compromises may be in store for the Xbox 360 version, in spite of assurances to the contrary and what many suspect to be reductions in graphical quality on the PS3 version in order to keep both versions identical.
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Excessively diligent investigators maintain they have proven that the recently released Tales of Graces has a missing character, which is of course exactly what happened with the Xbox 360 beta version of Tales of Vesperia and its eventual perfect PS3 version.
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Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope International, the PS3 edition of Star Ocean 4, is apparently set to have additional characters in addition to the previously publicised enhancements, suggesting the Xbox 360 may have been a beta much as with Tales of Vesperia, a prospect sure to aggravate long suffering Xbox RPG fans.
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The developers of hit hostess seduction simulator Dream C Club have expressed their desire to bring the game out on the PlayStation.
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Left 4 Dead developer Valve has condemned the PS3 and scotched any notion that the series will be appearing on the PS3, saying the Xbox 360 community is “head and shoulders above the PS3.”
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Oct 30, 2009 16:48 JST
- Tags: Cosplay, DLC, Lolicon, Ports, PS3, Seifuku, Tales of Vesperia, Tales Series

Namco’s notorious business practices have been brought to the fore with the news that it is charging a shocking ¥300 each for the opportunity to view the Tales of Vesperia cast in upskirt fashion, with all 9 costing ¥2,700, practically the cost of a game…
However, Namco knows its marks well and it seems likely many will succumb; the panchira, such as it is, is visible below:
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