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Namco increases financial forecast thanks to Tales of Xillia

by Richard Mitchell on Oct 26th 2011 12:30PM

Andriasang reports that Namco Bandai has raised its earnings forecast (PDF) for the first six months of the year. Sales, previously pegged at ¥178 billion ($2.3 billion), are now expected to reach ¥194 billion ($2.5 billion); meanwhile, operating income (i.e. profit) projections have risen sharply from ¥6.5 billion ($85.6 million) to ¥15.5 billion ($204.3 million).

The projections were raised on the back of high sales of Tales of Xillia and (ahem) AKB1/48 If I Loved an Idol in Guam. Just to be clear, AKB1/48 If I Loved an Idol in Guam is the full title of an actual game. We're not talking about Namco's newfound success in the island territory of Guam.

Via: Andriasang
Source: Namco Bandai (Japanese PDF)

Tags: financial, Namco-Bandai, playstation, ps3, sony, tales-of-xillia

Reader Comments (25)

If you like this "making money" thing, Namco, you should try releasing more Tales in the US.

@TheOtherJames

The tales series is like a drug....but I think they do not release in the states that much because gamers over here really do not appreciate good RPG's anymore....we are FPS crazy and little action adventure...sad but true....but I tell you man I can't wait to get my Rosetta stone and learn me some Japanese....because their are some games that we will never get to play here in the states that are just classics man...its a dam shame!

At least do english subtitles Namco Bandai with english menu support...i am good with just that.

@Streeks1984

Yeah that's why FPS get on my nerves even though I like them. They have completely overshadowed every other genre out there.

@TheOtherJames Only they don't make money in the states because the sales never offset the production/translation costs. I hated how Tales of the Abyss, arguably the best in the series and my personal favorite, tanked bad.

@Streeks1984 You might need a little more than Rosetta Stone to remember thousands of Kanji.

@TheOtherJames

Tales of the Abyss for 3DS comes out in February.

@TheOtherJames

Back on the day tales of vesperia was released on xbox360, we got NA and JP versions almost at the same time. But the sales were very very disappointing given the quality of TOV (for me, better than TOX).

In this sense, NB won't risk releasing tales quickly outside Japan. The sales in Western market is only like a surplus.

@(Unverified)
The 360 was probably the wrong platform for a tales game. Most 360 folks are more the halo/cod crowd rather then the folks who buy niche rpg's.

my poor ps3 has gotten very little in terms of jrpg goodness this gen. Most of my rpg'ing has been on the psp, which has craptons of them.

@mrantimatter

Get over the stereotype. That was probably more true during the last generation, but things have changed. The 360's install base is just as diverse as the PS3's.

@thisredengine

LoL trust me I doubt that Rosetta Stone is enough...I may need to go to Japan and find my next ex wife. LOL

@ItsameMatt03

Perhaps in America, but not in japan. You forget that JRPG's are developed with Japanese sales in mind. An American release is often an afterthought. In Japan, the 360 is practically non-existant. Sales are anemic compared to anyone's standards.

Tales of Vesperia was spawned way back when Microsoft was throwing money around to Japanese developers to develop titles in a bit to help the 360 gain traction over there. That's also what helped to spawn Star Ocean 4. When that tanked, they just ported both titles to the PS3 with enhanced features and 50 times more sales.

@ItsameMatt03

I dont know about that one bro....their is a reason why 360 gamers are not buying RPG's.

@Kagiroi

not 50 times.
as far as I can remember, japanese sales for Vesperia are like:
PS3 40K
360 15K

Star Ocean 4, both are around 20K.
Star Ocean 4 is the last title that sold relatively well on the Japanese 360.

back to the topic,
Not a huge tales fan, but... I imported Graces on the wii and Xillia on ps3. also own both 360 and ps3 versions of Vesperia (both are japanese release).

Personally, Vesperia >> Graces > Xillia.
Graces is decent, just not good enough to buy it the second time on ps3. They should put all three ps3 releases to NA imo.

@norfair

Sorry, it should be
Vesperia:
PS3 400K
360 150K

Star Ocean 4, both are around 200K.

Just say YES! for Tales of Grace and Xillia in 2012.

More like -

"Namco increases financial forecast thanks to the PS3 & PSP(& NOT the Xbox 360 game sales in Japan" LoL

@RealityCheck2011

Har har har.

@RealityCheck2011
It's because they don't make any SHMUP or visual novel games.

Kinda wish Namco Bandai would get bought out by a company that would actually release their games in the US.

@Undying
Granted, but Nintendo bought them and the cycle continues.

I just hope Namco release Tales of Grace on a month that doesn't have to many high profile games that way it sells enough copies so they could bring another Tales game.

Can't wait for Tales of Graces.

The high sale is mostly attributed to the promotion. NB brand it as the 15th anniversary game.

So NB given you have earned so much in game sales, please lower down the price of DLC..

@(Unverified)
lol nobody cares about promotions which don't include additional content

In other news, across the sea in the USA:

**** NAMCO-BANDAI!

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Posted: Oct 26th 2011 12:39PM TheOtherJames said

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