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Namco Bandai: Eternal Sonata PS3 "Japan only"

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Namco Bandai US has told videogaming247 that as far as it's aware, the PS3 version of tri-Crescendo's JRPG Eternal Sonata won't make it out of Japan.

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Wildarmsjecht - 566 days 12 hours ago
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Thats unfortunate. Hopefully someone decides to publish it for the US as well.
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chaosatom333 - 566 days 12 hours ago
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1.1 - what the hell?
That's so messed up.

I mean seriously messed up.

Who gave them the idea that Americans not= RPG.
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crck - 566 days 11 hours ago
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1.2 - Calm down peeps
Like when 2k was denying rumors about Bioshock. I'm sure Namco is in the same situation. They probably can't talk about a US version until after a certain time period. All part of taking MS's money.
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Saint Sony - 566 days 11 hours ago
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1.3 - chaosatom333
Don't worry, Americans already has it with 360.
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King_many_layers - 566 days 10 hours ago
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1.4 - Saint Sony
that's all lovely and everything saint sony, but completely pointless considering this topic is about the playstation 3 version of the game.

I don't think anybody can blame chaosatom333 when he said: "Who gave them the idea that Americans not= RPG", for not making everything perfectly clear so that a person whose only interested in causing a bit of a stir up for the fanboys.

maybe he should have said:
What makes them think that American's that might possibly only own a PLaystation 3 and can't afford to buy an XBOX360 because they made their choice based upon their previous experiences and playstation's success of the first 2 systems, would not be not be at all interested in the RPG.
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mikeslemonade - 566 days 9 hours ago
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Here's a PS3 exclusive feature it's region free so no worries.
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Enigma_2099 - 566 days 9 hours ago
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1.6 - @Saint Sony
This ain't MGS4, son!!! I ain't buying a 360 just to play this!!
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mindedone - 566 days 9 hours ago
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no worries if they have english translations in the japanese one.
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ZeroBlitz - 566 days 7 hours ago
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1.8 - @mikeslemonade
Kinda pointless comment considering Japan speaks Japanese. And understanding the language is pretty important in an RPG.
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Seraphim - 560 days 15 hours ago
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definitely unfortunate... guess I'll finally have to go buy the 360 version of Eternal Sonata since it's only $40. I was holding out and looking forward to getting it for my PS3 though.

we still have Disgaea 3, White Knight and a few others to look forward to though. ;)
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JVIDICAN - 566 days 12 hours ago
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if theres enouph demand for it in the states and europe it will come
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Mike Bowden - 566 days 12 hours ago
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Problem is, it's already been released in EU/US (albeit on 360) and no-one bought it. Maybe they don't want to make a further loss.

Shame really, as it's a great game that everyone should enjoy.
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JVIDICAN - 566 days 12 hours ago
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what else was being released on the 360 when it was released?
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ry-guy - 566 days 11 hours ago
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Skate was released a few days before Eternal Sonata and Halo 3 was released a week after it.
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darkwing - 566 days 12 hours ago
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its the Halo effect = more FPS games
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name - 566 days 12 hours ago
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They probably think that 360 sales in America reflect that Americans aren't interested. When it's really just 360 owners -_- PS3 fanbase doesn't= 360 fanbase
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CAPT IRISH - 566 days 12 hours ago
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4.1 - well
to be fair it was released at a bad time.
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rucky - 566 days 12 hours ago
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4.2 - I know huh
Playstation owners buy jRPGs not XBOX owners! Of course that's just the stereotype.
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kevoncox - 566 days 11 hours ago
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Actually the belife is that...
PS3 owners don't by games....seeing that only Motorstorm, Resistance, GTA4 and Cod4 have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. You have 2 luanch titles and only 2 exceptional/hyped games selling major copies. MGS4 should be added to that list.

While 360 has many more titles hitting that mark. It's just too risky at this time to port this game. It's really not that great an rpg as there are no challenges in game. None! Evey none boss fight is over in 2 rounds and every boss fight last about 10 rounds. Not a tough RPG.
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Ri0tSquad - 566 days 11 hours ago
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4.5 - @ name
I was just about to say that. Oh well.
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JVIDICAN - 566 days 11 hours ago
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dont start with that "ps3 owners dont buy games" stuff
its false old and overused
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Enigma_2099 - 566 days 5 hours ago
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4.7 - Kevoncox...
How bout you do either of two things...

... supply us with proof of these "facts' you bring up...

... or knock it off with the BS...
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bloodred_dragon - 566 days 12 hours ago
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This is...terrible news. Then again, it hasn't been released yet in Japan, and if it does well in Japan it'll surely come here. And there's no reason for it to do poorly, as it did well there on the 360 and the PS3 version is the exact same with extras. And like JVIDICAN already said, there's probably going to be (I mean, I've seen it already) a lot of Americans and Europeans who'll want this game coming to their shores. There isn't -too- much to worry about right now...
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sinncross - 566 days 12 hours ago
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hopefully sony will publish this then...
in fact it could work to their advantage cause if eternal sonata sells well in japan, us, and Eu (with sny publishing for the latter) Namco might be inclined to release some ps3 exclusive games for them, or more multiplatform titles where the ps3 version has been absent.
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ThePeoplesChamp - 566 days 11 hours ago
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im sure it will have english on it so i will just import it. thats why i love this region free stuff that sony does now.

edit: play asia has an asian version listed and all asian version of the games support english text and voice over.
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ChaosKnight - 566 days 11 hours ago
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I'm sorry, but I'm not surprised at all. I would think if Sony offered to help publish it in Europe or North America, they'd take it... But I highly doubt that would happen considering it isn't that large of a game.

Although, I might import it when it goes down in price despite own the 360 version :)
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jackdoe - 566 days 11 hours ago
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If enough interest is shown, it may still come out to the U.S.
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redwingsrock - 566 days 11 hours ago
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Oh what the heck, i want RPG's for my ps3, i was looking forward to this
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ilkercruiser - 566 days 11 hours ago
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That game should be counted as Xbox360 Exclusive again...
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Alexander Roy - 566 days 11 hours ago
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Exactly! Who cares if they release it for the PS3?

Boy, you know the meaning of "exclusive", right? Because I think it doesn't mean what you think it does.
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Vino - 566 days 11 hours ago
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So this game didn't sell well in the States???
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v1c1ous - 566 days 11 hours ago
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12.1 - it sold "ok"
nothing to write home about. enough to maybe cover costs, maybe not warrant a sequel.
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Alexander Roy - 566 days 11 hours ago
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WTF? Just because I'm not japanese I won't get it?
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JoelR - 566 days 11 hours ago
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Read carefully what Bandai Said is all I can say.
They didn't say no - they said at this time.
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Alexander Roy - 566 days 11 hours ago
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True. But still, I will be very pissed if nobody releases it in the US/PAL regions. I can import from the USA if I have to, but unfortunately I do't speak japanese, so I'm kinda dependant on those.
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JoelR - 566 days 11 hours ago
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have no fear - it will come
most of the localization effort is already over and done with so the cost of bringing it is very low.
Expect to find out that Microsoft has some time left

sept 18 2008 would be my guess ^_-
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Alexander Roy - 566 days 10 hours ago
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Have a bubble for getting my hopes up. But if they won't release it until September 18th, I will hunt you down and make you make them release it! Just kidding.
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JoelR - 566 days 7 hours ago
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have it on pretty good authority that +/- 5 days sept 18th should give news on it
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Xemnas - 566 days 11 hours ago
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15 - OH C'Mon
WTF man
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Vino - 566 days 11 hours ago
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So Eternal Sonata is coming out in Japan first, Well Disgaea 3 is coming out in August and Valkyria Chronicles is coming out in the fall so I'll have my hands full with those two until, if they decide to bring it to the U.S. for the ps3.

Edit: Bubbles, I'm pretty sure more RPGS will come out next year.
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hazbaz - 566 days 11 hours ago
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Oh, sure, no plans for this one in the US, but Tales of Vesperia? They already have english screens for it and it's not even out in Japan. Like it would sell any better than ES. It'll tank in both Japan and outside.

Namco Bandai are turning into such Xbox360 whores.
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kenshin22up - 566 days 11 hours ago
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It's not that big of a deal. I have the 360 version and it really isn't that great compared to RPGs on the PS2, a last gen machine.
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kewlkat007 - 566 days 11 hours ago
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20 - That's fuked up, I beat this game on the Xbox 360
Beautiful looking game with good English voice overs. But as an action-based game it was a little easy.

I'm sure sony needs help with the Jrpgs in Japan, I mean how many have came out over there Exclusively?
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Localization is already done with the 360 version, all this game needs is a publisher. If Namco can publish that sh!tty Fatal Inertia, they sure as hell can publish this. Its all going to be based on demand. I think its safe to say Eternal Sonata will be good for PS3 because its a pretty decent game and FFXIII and White Knight are probably not coming this year. I can't name a single good jrpg on PS3 except Folklore which was released last year.
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Baka-akaB - 566 days 8 hours ago
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i'm betting the us version was translated by microsoft ... just like how the US version of symphonia was done by nintendo for the gamecube , hence never available for the ps2 version
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DethWish - 566 days 11 hours ago
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NOOOOOOOOOO WTF?!!
I was looking forward to this game dammit!!
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oliverasadi - 566 days 10 hours ago
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23 - WTF
Well this sucks , i was looking forward to playing it here in the UK
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