Topic: Tales of Symphonia Sells Swiftly in Japan

[Jonnyboy117]

And it's actually selling GameCubes!

According to Japanese gaming site Quiter, the new Media-Create sales rankings show both Tales of Symphonia and GameCube at the top of Japanese sales charts during the week of August 25 through 31.

Namco's newest Tales RPG, and the first game in the series to take place in 3D, debuted with an impressive 193,500 copies sold in Japan during its first week in stores.  Namco has said that it hopes to sell half a million copies of the game in total.  Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles and Kirby Air Ride are also both in the top ten for the week, along with several GBA titles.

The heavy-hitting launch of Tales of Symphonia has managed to make GameCube the top-selling console for last week, edging out PlayStation 2 for once.  Probably a good portion of the new GameCubes being sold are the special mint-colored edition created in honor of the Tales of Symphonia release.  Game Boy Advance SP handily beat out all of the big systems.

[Ian Sane]

Gee, an exclusive RPG sells Gamecubes in Japan.  Who would have thunk?

This is exactly the sort of game that the Gamecube really needed and I'm surprised it look this long for it to happen.  Even more surprising is that Nintendo has yet to work on a Gamecube RPG themselves despite that fact that the genre is huge in Japan and is pretty much a no-brainer killer app.

Anyway I'm glad to see the game doing so well.  Having Gamecube sales beat PS2 sales for one week is really cool.

[rpglover]

"Having Gamecube sales beat PS2 sales for one week is really cool."

yes it is- i just hope namco can meet their expectations for selling this game- and i hope it comes out soon in the us

[nolimit19]

well if it exspects to sell 500,000 in japan alone, it may be close....but if thats a world wide expecation, they should have no problem meeting it. either way, it is very nice to see nintendo doing alright.

[mastroiannijoe]

Great news for Nintendo on a whole but dunno if it will be that big of a deal or sell that many console in North America. This is a start for what Nintendo has to do, to get people to pick on the console.

[KDR_11k]

Damn, that just makes the wait seem even longer.

[Bill Aurion]

I didn't even know this topic was here. *replies*

My quest to post in every topic concerning ToS continues...

[KnowsNothing]

"This is a start for what Nintendo has to do, to get people to pick on the console."

They already pick on the console, they say it's "kiddy"  "stupid" "a purple lunchbox" and more.