Tales producer: We are too focued on the PS3 cuz its popular

Very interesting interview with the Tales of producer ( Tales of Xillia, Tales of Vesperia, etc )

The producer mention how the studio is focusing a lot on the PS3 as its the most famous platform out there and they havnt started working on next gen platforms yet.

I will say that we havent started any development on any next generation systems. Were still focused on the PS3.

 

When it comes to platforms, it all comes down to what our fans have. Weve done lots of research and have determined that most Tales fans have PlayStation 3s, which is why most of the main Tales of games come out for that platform.

 

Tales producer

For more of the whole interview and how JRPGs have changed plus WRPGs have affected JRPGs you can read it here: http://www.siliconera.com/2013/04/15/tales-of-producer-talks-about-jrpg-changes-over-15-years-of-tales/

The next upcoming Tales will be Tales of Xillia which will be releasing only on PS3 this summer

More tales games incoming :D

Hey Finalstar, what would you do if your beloved Tales series migrates to Nintendo consoles?

Let's say that the PS4 does a Vita and flops in the short term, maybe, in Japan (we have yet to see any big Japanese game announcements for the PS4). The Wii U gets a big boost and Japanese developers develop for it.

What would you do? Ignore Tales? or get a Wii U?

Hey Finalstar, what would you do if your beloved Tales series migrates to Nintendo consoles?

Let's say that the PS4 does a Vita and flops in the short term, maybe, in Japan (we have yet to see any big Japanese game announcements for the PS4). The Wii U gets a big boost and Japanese developers develop for it.

What would you do? Ignore Tales? or get a Wii U?

ShadowDeathX

So basically what your saying is just "if".. we'll see when that happens but doubt i would get anything Nintendo other than the 3DS.

Vita is not flopping anymore ( in Japan ).

i think better to stay on topic.

Soooo...does this mean North America will be getting Tales of Vesperia on PS3 then?

Cause I want my KOS-MOS outfit and bonus loli pirate girl that japan got since it wasn't localized.:|

Soooo...does this mean North America will be getting Tales of Vesperia on PS3 then?

Cause I want my KOS-MOS outfit and bonus loli pirate girl that japan got since it wasn't localized.:|

Vyse_Legends

U and ur loli stuff.. you havent changed one bit :P

anyways i think we may see Vesperia this year because the producer hinted that this year will be a Tales filled year to the North America fans and since they said no localization plans for the Vita games then it got to be Vesperia PSN release or Xillia 2 release but i would expect Xillia 2 next year and Vesperia this year after Xillia lol but this is just assumptions

So he wants to do a wrpg huh? Rehashing tales is probably boring.

[QUOTE="Vyse_Legends"]

Soooo...does this mean North America will be getting Tales of Vesperia on PS3 then?

Cause I want my KOS-MOS outfit and bonus loli pirate girl that japan got since it wasn't localized.:|

finalstar2007

U and ur loli stuff.. you havent changed one bit :P

anyways i think we may see Vesperia this year because the producer hinted that this year will be a Tales filled year to the North America fans and since they said no localization plans for the Vita games then it got to be Vesperia PSN release or Xillia 2 release but i would expect Xillia 2 next year and Vesperia this year after Xillia lol but this is just assumptions

Hey Finalstar, what would you do if your beloved Tales series migrates to Nintendo consoles?

Let's say that the PS4 does a Vita and flops in the short term, maybe, in Japan (we have yet to see any big Japanese game announcements for the PS4). The Wii U gets a big boost and Japanese developers develop for it.

What would you do? Ignore Tales? or get a Wii U?

ShadowDeathX

It'd be like Tales of Vesperia for 360. He'd rather just not play it at all if it doesn't have the PS3 logo on the box.

His loyalty is stronger to a plastic box than it is to the devs he claims to love :(

So he wants to do a wrpg huh? Rehashing tales is probably boring.

GD1551

They are paying close attention to WRPGs and most JRPG devs seem to do that too.. pay attention to WRPGs but at the same time stay classic and have a JRPG feeling too.. we may see even bigger change next gen with JRPGs

[QUOTE="ShadowDeathX"]

Hey Finalstar, what would you do if your beloved Tales series migrates to Nintendo consoles?

Let's say that the PS4 does a Vita and flops in the short term, maybe, in Japan (we have yet to see any big Japanese game announcements for the PS4). The Wii U gets a big boost and Japanese developers develop for it.

What would you do? Ignore Tales? or get a Wii U?

Ly_the_Fairy

It'd be like Tales of Vesperia for 360. He'd rather just not play it at all if it doesn't have the PS3 logo on the box.

His loyalty is stronger to a plastic box than it is to the devs he claims to love :(

[QUOTE="ShadowDeathX"]

Hey Finalstar, what would you do if your beloved Tales series migrates to Nintendo consoles?

Let's say that the PS4 does a Vita and flops in the short term, maybe, in Japan (we have yet to see any big Japanese game announcements for the PS4). The Wii U gets a big boost and Japanese developers develop for it.

What would you do? Ignore Tales? or get a Wii U?

Ly_the_Fairy

It'd be like Tales of Vesperia for 360. He'd rather just not play it at all if it doesn't have the PS3 logo on the box.

His loyalty is stronger to a plastic box than it is to the devs he claims to love :(

I bought vesperia on xbox so i supported the devs.. focus on topic guys -_-

[QUOTE="GD1551"]

So he wants to do a wrpg huh? Rehashing tales is probably boring.

finalstar2007

They are paying close attention to WRPGs and most JRPG devs seem to do that too.. pay attention to WRPGs but at the same time stay classic and have a JRPG feeling too.. we may see even bigger change next gen with JRPGs

I think he has a point with JRPGs taking too long to complete though, to be fair, I don't think I've finished anyway except parasite eve, but most of them drag on way too long. Like I'm maybe 8 or so hours into persona 4 and I've felt like I've gone no where :|

That's fine with me and I'd rather see them stay on PS3 instead of switching to PS4, until much later in its life.

Hey Finalstar, what would you do if your beloved Tales series migrates to Nintendo consoles?

Let's say that the PS4 does a Vita and flops in the short term, maybe, in Japan (we have yet to see any big Japanese game announcements for the PS4). The Wii U gets a big boost and Japanese developers develop for it.

What would you do? Ignore Tales? or get a Wii U?

ShadowDeathX

And looking back, I recall doubting several Tales fans, namely our old friend Tikeio (who I didn't get along too well with, to be honest). I'll have to find that thread.

[QUOTE="lamprey263"]so popular that the average Tales game on the PS3 nets a little over half a million in salesSweenix

more then the 360 versions and wii versions of tales

so popular that the average Tales game on the PS3 nets a little over half a million in saleslamprey263

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

[QUOTE="GD1551"]

So he wants to do a wrpg huh? Rehashing tales is probably boring.

GD1551

They are paying close attention to WRPGs and most JRPG devs seem to do that too.. pay attention to WRPGs but at the same time stay classic and have a JRPG feeling too.. we may see even bigger change next gen with JRPGs

I think he has a point with JRPGs taking too long to complete though, to be fair, I don't think I've finished anyway except parasite eve, but most of them drag on way too long. Like I'm maybe 8 or so hours into persona 4 and I've felt like I've gone no where :|

It took them the whole gen to give us a Tales Wii port

so popular that the average Tales game on the PS3 nets a little over half a million in saleslamprey263

more then the 360 versions and wii versions of tales

[QUOTE="ShadowDeathX"]

Hey Finalstar, what would you do if your beloved Tales series migrates to Nintendo consoles?

Let's say that the PS4 does a Vita and flops in the short term, maybe, in Japan (we have yet to see any big Japanese game announcements for the PS4). The Wii U gets a big boost and Japanese developers develop for it.

What would you do? Ignore Tales? or get a Wii U?

finalstar2007

So basically what your saying is just "if".. we'll see when that happens but doubt i would get anything Nintendo other than the 3DS.

Vita is not flopping anymore ( in Japan ).

i think better to stay on topic.

Reported for hypothetical question dodging.

More to the point.  If Sony literally lost all jrpg support across all platforms and your only choice for jrpgs was on Nintendo platforms... what would you do?

Yes, its an "if", but it should be easy to answer.

On topic -

so popular that the average Tales game on the PS3 nets a little over half a million in saleslamprey263

Which is fine for a JRPG that isn't Final Fantasy.

Which is better than what both Gears of War: Judgement and God of War: Ascention did. Not too bad for a niche genre.

Bigboi500

[QUOTE="lamprey263"]so popular that the average Tales game on the PS3 nets a little over half a million in salesarchvile_78

Which is fine for a JRPG that isn't Final Fantasy.

so popular that the average Tales game on the PS3 nets a little over half a million in saleslamprey263

so popular that the average Tales game on the PS3 nets a little over half a million in saleslamprey263

1 game on ps3 sells more than any other tales game on other platforms combined.. ToV sold double on PS3 than it did on xbox for example, another would be Graces and so on ;)

"In regards to our franchise, not much has changed"

At least they can admit it.

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Outside of a PS4 I own any system that a Tales is likely to release on. Don't care, just give me mah Tales.

I didn't read, but I'm guessing this is the one where they said they did research for why its only on PS right?

If so... that was a lot of research, looking at that Media Create. :P

so popular that the average Tales game on the PS3 nets a little over half a million in saleslamprey263

Tales of Vesperia had a world-wide release on the Xbox while the PS3 version not only came a year late but it was a Japan only release and guess what... PS3 version still sold more! Tales of Graces was a Wii exclusive for a year and sold less than 200,000 copies then the PS3 version came out and sold almost a million!

Ratios are pretty big on both cases.  :cool:

[QUOTE="Shirokishi_"]

And Vita because.... why are they making Vita Tales games again?

DJ-Lafleur

lol true. I could see much more Tales fans owning a 3DS than a Vita.

Hey Finalstar, what would you do if your beloved Tales series migrates to Nintendo consoles?

Let's say that the PS4 does a Vita and flops in the short term, maybe, in Japan (we have yet to see any big Japanese game announcements for the PS4). The Wii U gets a big boost and Japanese developers develop for it.

What would you do? Ignore Tales? or get a Wii U?

ShadowDeathX

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

[QUOTE="ShadowDeathX"]

Hey Finalstar, what would you do if your beloved Tales series migrates to Nintendo consoles?

Let's say that the PS4 does a Vita and flops in the short term, maybe, in Japan (we have yet to see any big Japanese game announcements for the PS4). The Wii U gets a big boost and Japanese developers develop for it.

What would you do? Ignore Tales? or get a Wii U?

ConanTheStoner

So basically what your saying is just "if".. we'll see when that happens but doubt i would get anything Nintendo other than the 3DS.

Vita is not flopping anymore ( in Japan ).

i think better to stay on topic.

Reported for hypothetical question dodging.

More to the point.  If Sony literally lost all jrpg support across all platforms and your only choice for jrpgs was on Nintendo platforms... what would you do?

Yes, its an "if", but it should be easy to answer.

*grabs popcorn and a gallon of beer*

lets see where this goes

[QUOTE="ShadowDeathX"]

Hey Finalstar, what would you do if your beloved Tales series migrates to Nintendo consoles?

Let's say that the PS4 does a Vita and flops in the short term, maybe, in Japan (we have yet to see any big Japanese game announcements for the PS4). The Wii U gets a big boost and Japanese developers develop for it.

What would you do? Ignore Tales? or get a Wii U?

Ly_the_Fairy

It'd be like Tales of Vesperia for 360. He'd rather just not play it at all if it doesn't have the PS3 logo on the box.

His loyalty is stronger to a plastic box than it is to the devs he claims to love :(

[QUOTE="GD1551"]

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

They are paying close attention to WRPGs and most JRPG devs seem to do that too.. pay attention to WRPGs but at the same time stay classic and have a JRPG feeling too.. we may see even bigger change next gen with JRPGs

zarshack

I think he has a point with JRPGs taking too long to complete though, to be fair, I don't think I've finished anyway except parasite eve, but most of them drag on way too long. Like I'm maybe 8 or so hours into persona 4 and I've felt like I've gone no where :|

That's a bit much tbh :|

And Vita because.... why are they making Vita Tales games again?

And Vita because.... why are they making Vita Tales games again?

Shirokishi_

lol true. I could see much more Tales fans owning a 3DS than a Vita.

Hey Finalstar, what would you do if your beloved Tales series migrates to Nintendo consoles?

Let's say that the PS4 does a Vita and flops in the short term, maybe, in Japan (we have yet to see any big Japanese game announcements for the PS4). The Wii U gets a big boost and Japanese developers develop for it.

What would you do? Ignore Tales? or get a Wii U?

ShadowDeathX

[QUOTE="lamprey263"]so popular that the average Tales game on the PS3 nets a little over half a million in salesGue1

Tales of Vesperia had a world-wide release on the Xbox while the PS3 version not only came a year late but it was a Japan only release and guess what... PS3 version still sold more! Tales of Graces was a Wii exclusive for a year and sold less than 200,000 copies then the PS3 version came out and sold almost a million!

Ratios are pretty big on both cases.  :cool:

[QUOTE="ShadowDeathX"]

Hey Finalstar, what would you do if your beloved Tales series migrates to Nintendo consoles?

Let's say that the PS4 does a Vita and flops in the short term, maybe, in Japan (we have yet to see any big Japanese game announcements for the PS4). The Wii U gets a big boost and Japanese developers develop for it.

What would you do? Ignore Tales? or get a Wii U?

Nintendo_Ownes7

No clues, makes me wonder if we'll see a Tales character in the new Smash Bros roster.

And Vita because.... why are they making Vita Tales games again?

Shirokishi_

[QUOTE="Nintendo_Ownes7"]

[QUOTE="ShadowDeathX"]

Hey Finalstar, what would you do if your beloved Tales series migrates to Nintendo consoles?

Let's say that the PS4 does a Vita and flops in the short term, maybe, in Japan (we have yet to see any big Japanese game announcements for the PS4). The Wii U gets a big boost and Japanese developers develop for it.

What would you do? Ignore Tales? or get a Wii U?

archvile_78

No clues, makes me wonder if we'll see a Tales character in the new Smash Bros roster.

[QUOTE="Shirokishi_"]

And Vita because.... why are they making Vita Tales games again?

SonicNextGen2

[QUOTE="archvile_78"]

[QUOTE="Nintendo_Ownes7"]Isn't the Tales writer writing the story for the new Smash Bros.? I know Namco-Bandai is working on it. I thought I heard somewhere that he was writing the single-player story.

SonicNextGen2

No clues, makes me wonder if we'll see a Tales character in the new Smash Bros roster.

Lol true, i was saying that because i remember Lloyd Irving from Symphonia was a guest character in a Soul Calibur game at some point.

[QUOTE="lamprey263"]so popular that the average Tales game on the PS3 nets a little over half a million in salesGue1

Tales of Vesperia had a world-wide release on the Xbox while the PS3 version not only came a year late but it was a Japan only release and guess what... PS3 version still sold more! Tales of Graces was a Wii exclusive for a year and sold less than 200,000 copies then the PS3 version came out and sold almost a million!

Ratios are pretty big on both cases.  :cool:

The PS3 version of Tales of Vesperia sold over 650,000 units?

[QUOTE="Gue1"]

[QUOTE="lamprey263"]so popular that the average Tales game on the PS3 nets a little over half a million in salesLy_the_Fairy

Tales of Vesperia had a world-wide release on the Xbox while the PS3 version not only came a year late but it was a Japan only release and guess what... PS3 version still sold more! Tales of Graces was a Wii exclusive for a year and sold less than 200,000 copies then the PS3 version came out and sold almost a million!

Ratios are pretty big on both cases.  :cool:

The PS3 version of Tales of Vesperia sold over 650,000 units?

Gue's being Gue, no idea where he pulled those numbers from, especially with graces f.

[QUOTE="SonicNextGen2"][QUOTE="archvile_78"]

No clues, makes me wonder if we'll see a Tales character in the new Smash Bros roster.

archvile_78

Lol true, i was saying that because i remember Lloyd Irving from Symphonia was a guest character in a Soul Calibur game at some point.

Though I could see Lloyd Irving in SSB4.

[QUOTE="archvile_78"]

[QUOTE="SonicNextGen2"] Heck, they can put Goku in, Bandai is a subsidiary of Namco now XDNintendo_Ownes7

Lol true, i was saying that because i remember Lloyd Irving from Symphonia was a guest character in a Soul Calibur game at some point.

Though I could see Lloyd Irving in SSB4.

They could always go with the protagonist of Tales of Phantasia, Cress Albane, he'd fit in well with Fire Emblem characters in term of look. IMO