Japanese gamer breaks disc, burns magazine article over Vesperia PS3 port

by Majed Athab on Apr 8th 2009 1:00PM

Perhaps "Tales of Rage" is a more suitable title for Tales of Vesperia on PS3, as fan reaction to the enhanced port hasn't gone over well. Fans of the series in Japan are livid at the announcement, seeing as many of these gamers bought systems just to play the formerly 360-exclusive game. In one case, a fan was so angry he snapped his game disc in half (... subconsciously telling himself he has a reason to pick it up again) and burned the PS3 announcement article.

While we feel sorry for such angered gamers, we do believe they should have known better. After all, the game was previously teased to appear on PS3 by Namco Bandai itself. Just couldn't wait, huh? No wonder they say patience is a virtue.

[Via Kotaku]

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Tags: j-rpg, namco, namco-bandai, rpg, tales, tales-of-vesperia

Reader Comments (53)

This is why you don't buy a console for one game.

I can kind of see where they're coming from, but still. Come on.

It happens, if I were to buy the Wii, the only reason why I would would be for Mario Kart

Well don't then, because that would be dumb. Though less dumb than buying a 360 for Vesperia, since Mario Kart Wii has about a 0% chance of coming out on the PS3 or 360, being a first party game.

If I ever relented (never gonna happen) and bought a Wii for Monster Hunter Tri, and then it came out for PS3...the same thing would happen. But with the Wii joining the magazine and disc on the bonfire.

It's things like this that help me get through the day. Ah, life may suck, but this is good. :)

click on that picture.

cartoon boobs ftw

I believe the guy should not just feel upset with Namco-Bandai, but also with Microsoft and their money bags.

I agree with Roto, you don't buy a console for one game unless you're willing to legally marry it.

Man that's comedy gold! I can picture a Japanese PS3 fanboy practicing Harakiri (suicide ritual with a katana) if MGS4 was announced for 360 (it won't, but still)

By your definition.. the population of Japan should have already been reduced by few million after the FFXIII annoucement? -_-;;;

The point is that they bought a console they didn't want just for a game which they could of gotten anyway if they waited.

@N00b

FF13 is only in PS3 in japan. No 360 version.

@noob
whata noob

yea really, thats kind of dumb, man up

so in truth he's pissed that he bought a 360? hahaha

Silly Japanese. Learn what we have that there are no exclusives anymore, everything just takes time... Even Halo isn't an X-box exclusive... it takes time for it to come out on PC for us PC Gamers.

I seriously think Metal Gear is a matter of time on X-box 360. I mean look at Bioshock, that was a super X-box exclusive... now it's not.

Just takes time.

Nope, no it really doesn't, cause as you might not have noticed, bioshock was PC also. I mean your seriously talking about to very different worlds here. So no, no it really doesn't.

Aye man, I'm with you. It's only a matter of time before Xbox gets it's 13 disc MGS4 box set with.

The only console that will retain it's large number of exclusives, is the PS3, purely because Sony own so many studios (30 or with franchises like Killzone, Motorstorm, Pixeljunk, Resistance, Ratchet and Clank, MAG, Wipeout and so forth), so all the PS3 1st party exclusives are locked away. Just like Microsoft and eerrrr, Halo.....

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what a tool.

ha! he should have sold the game and recycled the mag

What a retard. Breaking something you own like that over something like this is retarded if you ask me, so he's so pissed at Namco he's gonna now make the 360 version and even bigger waste of money by breaking it?(now he cant even trade it in to go towards the PS3 version , This kind of logic= EPIC FAIL!

AHHH!!! More people get to enjoy this game; I'm so mad I'm going to break stuff!!!!

Seriously... I hope MGS4 or Halo 3 go multiplatform so I can watch the fanboy rage reach apocalyptic levels.

I would feel the same, being lumbered with a vastly inferior Xbox360, and having to put up with the vastly inferior game...

Microsofts bribe money is not doing any good, you can't polish a t-u-r-d as they say...

You can polish a turd, the Mythbusters did it!

The problem could also be, you know, that there's a TON of new content on the PS3 version that just isn't available to 360 owners.

I couldn't care less about the game hitting PS3, but it does bug me that there's going to be so much content I won't get to see just because I supported the release in the first place. And it definitely sounds like far too much to be released as DLC.

The problem could also be, you know, that there's a TON of new
content on the PS3 version that just isn't available to 360 owners.

I couldn't care less about the game hitting PS3, but it does bug me
that there's going to be so much content I won't get to see just
because I supported the release in the first place. And it definitely
sounds like far too much to be released as DLC.

I think what's most frustrating for fans of the original Vesperia is that they cannot access this content at all without getting a PS3. Buying a 360 is a pretty big investment, and then having to buy a PS3 is an even larger investment. Namco Bandai probably intended on this delayed release from the get-go and in the end, no one really wins.

happens to the ps3 ports all the time, big deal

And this is why this generation of gamers are incredibly dumb. He burns a magazine because he bought a system for one game. Hmm, whose fault was that anyway? I'm not burning anything because FFXII is going to the 360. Brand recognition makes me want to punch these idiots in the face.

Someone should tell this guy that it's just a fucking game, and to get over it.

I'd be mad too. Think of the tens of people who bought a 360 just for Tales of Vesperia. You take away the only reason worth getting it and you get some incredibly minor moral outrage.

"tens"?

Bad memory or poor taste in humor, even as sarcasm that isn't even funny? The game sold like crazy in Japan, and in turn, so did the 360.

And think of all the ps3 rpg lovers that were deprived from the game altogether

Seriously good things come to those who wait

He made that mistake and now he's paying for it

You mean the 150k that it sold in Japan? For a huge franchise that's pretty low. Especially when you consider that most Tales of games are near million sellers.

They weren't deprived. They bought the 360 just for the game. That's the whole point of their outrage.

This event sounds suspiciously staged...

Hilarious.

patience young skywalker ;)

I'm sure Itagaki did.... lol

anyone did the same, but for NInja Gaiden II?

Belive me, yo don't want to know.

:s

I don't believe much people (if anyone) bought an Xbox360 "just" to play NG2. Buying a whole console in japan to play an RPG thats exclusive is just more reasonable for them. Heck, I was about to drop 200 bones just to play Star Ocean 4 (ok and to play NG2, GoW2, IU and ToV)....but I think I will wait it out now that I will be able to play NGS2 and ToV on the PS3..lol

"Patience is a virtue" Truer words never spoken

That's what happeneds when you follow trends blindly. I don't get why the gamer's so mad, he played the game. Oh no he's missing out on a little pirate girl, waaaaa!! Silly gamers.

Wow...how mature. Just because PS3 is getting ONE freakin' title that was formerly exclusive Japanese 360 fanboys break their games and burn magazines? LOL! I thought the Japanese were a little more classy than that. But anyway, they as well as American 360 Tales lovers should get over it because PlayStation fans have had just about every Sony franchise go over to the 360: Devil May Cry, Tekken, Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy, Dead or Alive, Virtua Fighter, blah blah blah... and y'all can't handle just ONE title?!?!? Gimme a break.

@ Roto13

That is EXACTLY what I was thinking the minute I read this article. Why do you buy an entire system for "one game" that you have to have if there are no other games that really interest you?

The japanese need to use better judgment when buying systems. Seriously. And they should try and see what other games 360 has to offer instead of whining about Vesperia coming to PS3. Geez.

HEE HEE. WHEW. I HAVEN'T PLANNING TO BUY 360 FOR THAT GAME . IM HAPPY FOR THAT GAME COMING TO PS3. THANKS TO NAMCO BANADI FOR SAVED MY MONEY! WHOO! TOOBAD TO POOR DUMB JAPANESE GUY! HE HAVE TO BUY PS3, ANYWAYS!

I've honestly never bought a console for a single game; I've stuck to the PlayStation consoles because they have the most games I like.

He no doubt felt the rage I felt when I read it was 360 exclusive and waited patiently for a good RPG for my PS3.

Lame gamer is lame. He should have broken stuff because he wanted a PS3. Thats the only crime I'm seeing here.

Why is there a penis on the Japanese link?

that's totally what I wanted to do too when I read the news. however, I think nothing would satisfy me more than trading in TOV the 360 version when I pick up the PS3 version. Just like what I did with the Bioshock. And that's what I will be doing with with the Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 and TOV.

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