As i've mentioned earlier, I have thrown my money at the Tekken and God Eater franchises for no other reason than the fact that those games are made by the same people that have worked on Tales, SoulCalibur, Gundam Extreme VS and Ace Combat, and it's apparent to me that Scarlet Nexus will be the decisive battle that will decide whether or not Bandai Namco Studios will re-confirm the PC ports of Tales of Arise and iM@S: Starlit Season or if those ports will get canned and the devs never make PC games ever again.

At the end of the day, Japanese game developers will always have a strong dislike towards the PC platform and while we cannot tell them to actually like PC gaming, we can at least vote with our wallets and tell them to set aside their negative opinions towards the PC platform long enough to consider porting their next 1-2 games to PC and the only Japanese game studios that seem to take PC gaming seriously are From Software and Idea Factory.

I've been noticing that a lot of anti-PC elitists have been demanding to see the PC version of Scarlet Nexus fail so that if it does fail, then Bandai Namco Studios has an excuse to stay on consoles. As someone who has paid attention to the PC gaming scene in Japan for the past 7 years, Japanese game developers have almost no faith in PC gaming and it would indeed take that one failure for them to never make PC games ever again. Also when you consider people whining about trivial ♥♥♥♥, I do not think that we can afford to care about "Oh, i'm not gonna support the creators of Tales cuz they aren't making a Tales game" and as long as people continue to be whine about stupid things and as long as anti-PC elitists continue to go "REEEEE IT MUST FAIL!", fans of Bandai Namco Studios games will have to be willing to purchase games that they may not necessarily like just to tell the devs to keep making PC games at all.

As far as I see it, I think that if the games succeed on Consoles, then the devs will consider porting it to PC. 1 Spec sheet to work with is easier to develop for and cheaper to develop for, than 1 Quadrillion. Then again, looking at the technology used by these studios, it seems that the problem stems from the lack of "Home Grown Engines". The American and European studios are less hesitant to buy Game Engines and use them (I.E. Unreal, IdTech, Unity, Cry, etc.), but Japanese studios on the other hand? Unless the game is Huge, will most likely try to use a Home Grown Engine. Tekken and Ace Combat both use Unreal, but what game engine do Tales of Berseria even use?
Heck, look at Digimon Cyber Sleuth, that game did great on Console which is why it got a PC port despite having a custom engine (That got rebuilt twice). While Digimon World Next Order didn't do so well, even though it ran on the Unity Game engine. Which is why it shocked me to see Cyber Sleuth on Steam but not Next Order.

Heck, look at studios like Capcom, even their Megaman Legacy Collection games on PC have a ton of funky bugs that don't make sense being there. Like in MMXLC V2, the Resolution for some reason doesn't save between sessions, and Vsync doesn't even function right half the time. Or Konami's Castlevania Legacy Collection how it can't support Full Screen mode. Even for a while Taito's Dariusburst Chronicles would actively delete my GPU Drivers for just quitting the game.
The only Japanese games I see that get the level of polish that comes with the territory are the absolutely huge series. Capcom's Street fighter, Konami's Metal Gear, Namco's Tekken, not even Square Enix is free from this problem either, their other Final Fantasy rereleases have a bunch of attributes that don't seem right, while their main BIG titles (13, 14, and 15) have the expected polish that is mandatory for a AAA game to be a AAA game.

As huge as Namco is, I don't think that even they're that opposed to releasing a game on PC without a massive upfront investment first. Even with Digimon Cyber Sleuth (A Namco Bandai game), the game overall feels, plays, and looks closer to a high grade indie game than something you would expect from a AAA studio (Not saying I don't like the game, just pointing out the technical aspect of it).
While the series like Tekken and Ace Combat are basically guaranteed to make an immense amount of money back due to the ridiculous popularity of those sagas, they can afford to spend a bit of extra money developing for the chaotic platform that is PC. While their less technically advanced games (i.e. Digimon) can safely be ported over to PC with minimal effort and minimal investment.

I don't really think it's that "Shallow" of a concept. The AAA market is imploding in on itself in Japan (Most likely due to the rise in the Mobile market which has exploded over there and is still skyrocketing), and looking at how other Japanese games work on PC paints a different picture, it seems that the Japanese studios don't really know how to handle PC development that well, even the lager ones. From my experience Japanese AAA games are usually extremely unstable or lacking even some of the most basic features that are expected in the modern world. I forgot which game it was that I played, it was released by MarvelousAQL, and the game would freeze and lock up when I switched to full screen mode, because my monitor is a U.Wide monitor (Even if I specified 1080p as the resolution). I believe that Japanese devs more or less want to stick to developing for consoles because its a safe bet and easier to develop for, there are less variables to deal with and less unexpected details.

The Japanese PC gaming scene will always be a series of glorified petitions, and i am wanting to gather as many people as I can to sign the petitions that need to be signed to tell Bandai Namco Studios to keep making PC games, because even if you're not interested in Scarlet Nexus, not buying it is an acceptance that the devs will never make PC games ever again, and this includes whatever franchise you'd rather have instead.

Ace Combat 7 and Code Vein give off the impression that we can't really afford to care about what's convenient for us when supporting our favourite studios, especially knowing how whiny we can be. In fact, I'm pretty sure Gundam Extreme VS Maxi Boost On staying on consoles is a reaction to our whining. Most we can really do tbh is to just be grateful that Scarlet Nexus is even coming to PC at all.

It also doesn't help that people on consoles outright demand to see the failure of Bandai Namco Studios' PC ports because if their most immediate PC release is to fail, they won't ever make PC games ever again. Thinking that this group is necessary because based on my experience with the PC gaming scene in Japan in the past 7 years, Japanese game developers will always operate with an expectation that fans of ANY of their franchises will like ALL of them, just because they chose to game on PC and this need to "buy x so y can be on PC" is here to stay.

I'm still sort of confused on the idea behind this group though. When was Namco's trust in releasing games on PC hurt? I mean, I see a TON of their games on PC,and there always seems to be a pretty decent stream of games being released here. So I'm sort of at a lost on how they "Don't" want to release games here. I would understand in some special cases, like how the VR section of Ace Combat 7 is exclusive to PS4 due to an exclusivity deal with SONY. Or how Pokken is a Nintendo exclusive game (That would be orgasmic to see on PC unleashed) because of the Pokemon theme (Although Pokemon technically belongs to GameFreak who are their own studio independent of Nintendo, with games like Giga Wrecker here on Steam).
So yea, forgive me if I'm a bit confused on the subject.

It's to get PC games from one specific studio: Bandai Namco Studios.

The creators of Tales are also the creators of Tekken, SoulCalibur, Ace Combat, Code Vein, God Eater, Scarlet Nexus, iDOLM@STER, Taiko no Tatsujin and Gundam Extreme VS.

I think the objective here is to get Namco to port over their RPGs. Not their fighting games. I was never really all that big on their fighting games, maybe Tekken and Pokken (Which is technically Tekken with a Pokemon skin and a step up on brutality), I'm also not all that big on their RPGs, but I do love their Arcade titles, and that I would kill to see more of on PC. Well, there is 1 RPG that I want on PC and that's Digimon World: Next Order.

but bandai does good ports for dbz fighting games till though right?

Something tells me that we'll be seeing Scarlet Nexus sooner than Tales of Arise

I think i might add Gamebillet to my isthereanydeal waitlist, cuz if the creator of SoulCalibur VI trusts it, then so will I.

Hiii Joined because im a big Tales fan and would love to see them port more games, looking forward to Arise.

Hello, Hello. Joined in for the hell of it. I would enjoy more of Namco Bandai's more exotic games to pop up on PC. Like Digimon World, or Klonoa. I'm not that big a fan on the Tales saga or their RPGs (Strange given the fact that I really enjoy JRPGs), but their Arcade games on the other hand, I'm all in if we can coarse them into bringing in more of those.

Console fans have been demanding Bandai Namco Studios' PC ports to fail so that they'll never make PC games ever again. Gundam Extreme VS Maxi Boost On is indicative that they're wanting out on the PC market and if Tales of Arise were to see sales performance similar to the likes of SoulCalibur VI and God Eater 3, then they will stop making PC games entirely.

It also does not help that the modern re-release of Mr. Driller: Drill Land is likely going to be developed by Bandai Namco Studios, Inc. They're going to expect fans of Tales, Tekken, SoulCalibur, God Eater, Code Vein Ace Combat to like it just because we chose to game on PC.

If we want a Japanese game developer to put their stuff on Steam, then we need to fight for it. Console fans are fighting for Bandai Namco Studios' abandonment of PC gaming, and they're winning right now.

superstition
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youre a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ moron as well as your entire group of followers. the games going to be released on steam.

note that your paltry efforts in giving them less than what one whale gives them on million live theater days will do NOTHING to persuade them IN ANY WAY.

YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE SITUATION AND YOURE ALL ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DUMB

You have my pe- axe.

I am now seeking the absolute worst of the Idolmaster fandom to help me on my quest. Perverts and other sexual deviants are welcome.

joined in for worthy cause <3

So after a year and a half of buying God Eater 2 for other people, i end up getting it myself.

I mean, we all have things we personally want ported to PC but the more important thing is that we keep feeding the devs money.

I'm still hoping for a Tales of Rebirth english release.

Don't mind me, just begging for thumbs https://steamproxy.com/id/flashn00b/recommended/389730
https://steamproxy.com/id/flashn00b/recommended/544750

Yep. I still need all the help I can get if Bandai Namco Studios is to continue with their PC support, and I personally don't like our odds.

Nothing announcement-worthy, but Ilinx (as in the guys behind the Gundam Breaker franchise) is making their first PC game through Black Clover: Quartet Knights. If you want Gundam Breaker 4 to be on PC as much as I do, you now know what to buy.

Otherwise, focus on the mission which is to mass-purchasing of Bandai Namco Studios' more recent PC releases, even if you're not a fan.

Why do i get the feeling that we'll be throwing money at Code Vein first?

Wishes old game Bandai Namco release are on steam..

I love how despite naming my group after a location in Tales of Symphonia, i'm posting more Tekken as of recently. Probably cuz i still gotta chuck dosh at it.

100% Must buy for that one. Don't care what Critics say, I absolutely love that game on the Ps3 (better than the Xbox Version) :P

http://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/609150/STAR_OCEAN__THE_LAST_HOPE__4K__Full_HD_Remaster/

Unrelated to Bandai Namco Studios, but i figured this might interest you if you want Tri-Ace to make more PC games.

Bump

Oh, and I have created forum threads for you guys to post review links.

:D

nice.

Gonna restructure this group so as to focus on the mass purchasing and/or review bombing of Bandai Namco Studios games. The fact that Gundam Versus isn't on PC likely points towards the developers considering the idea of dropping their PC support, and it doesn't help that console fanboys are encouraging them.

If you know of any Tales, Tekken, God Eater, Ace Combat or Gundam Extreme VS fans, be sure to point them to this group because we're all on the same boat in regards to getting more PC releases from this developer.

Heya, i`m new to this serie, is this serie great? Everyone say it is so i thought i buy the Tales of Zestria to see how it went.

We've finaly done it!

And now Tales of Zestiria and Tales of Symhonia are officially coming to Steam. :D

Im interested in how Coop and Multiplayer works on it

INDEED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u4Pm2vOD5o

Tales of Zestiria is released the 20th October on steam! Finally we'll be able to get some of them on pc! <3

Joined, since Tales is my most favourite RPG series of all time. Tales deserves much more critical and popular reception. I do wish I had found out about this group, sooner. I'm a very big Tales fan.

I'm not very familiar with Rise of Incarnates, since it's doesn't quite seem like my type of game. But this club, group thing, has inspired me to download it tonight. And perhaps I'll spend a bit of money on it, if it makes it more likely for Tales games to come to Steam.

https://steamdb.info/sub/61325/

♥♥♥♥ YES!

Theres a petition for Persona 5 on PC.

My fears have been confirmed: Rise of Incarnates IS the next Cladun X2.

Reworded the event in case the game is inaccessible after download.

I can't reliably post on someone else's Twitter (If there is a way, i don't actually know)