Eternal Sonata hits US on Oct. 21

by Majed Athab { Sep 12th 2008 at 9:30PM }

Eternal Sonata brought the charming sound of Chopin onto the Xbox 360 late last year; meanwhile on the other side of the console pond, PS3 owners waited with the utmost patience, just waiting for the title to cross over -- which it did. Then came the waiting for an official date, which will officially be over once you finish reading the next sentence ... or the headline.

The game will be out this October 21. That's four days shy of being exactly 13 months apart from the original release on 360. We're seeing shades of 2K's BioShock here, given the whole year difference. In any case, PS3 owners who so dearly wish to muck up the deceased composer's life can do so next month.

Tags: eternal-sonata, namco, tri-crescendo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

heckteck @ Sep 12th 2008 9:48PM

i swear if it takes bandai namco the same amount of time to bring out tales of vesperia i will be pissed.......if they ever do that is

duckhunt8 @ Sep 13th 2008 2:45PM

No ToV for PS3. We're getting a different Tales game.

Skyflur @ Sep 12th 2008 9:46PM

Trophies!?

saito ps3 @ Sep 12th 2008 9:52PM

this game will sell wayyyy better than the 360 version, because the ps3 still has the most rpg'ers. infinite undiscovery is doing horribly right now, it is selling baddd! if it was on ps3, im sure it would be doing 100x better, it has not even sold more than 12k yet according to vgchartz lol. just goes to show what 360 owners think of rpg's even though they act as if they are the rpg king

Skyflur @ Sep 12th 2008 9:53PM

12K? No freaking way, lol.

deathxrebirth @ Sep 12th 2008 11:17PM

Where do you see 12k? I only see 15k for all countries other than the US and Japan (which they don't have data for yet).

Alternatively, Eternal Sonata sold 190k in North America (270k total) and Tales of Vesperia has sold 57k in its first week (doubling Eternal Sonata's opening week) and already at 200k (worldwide).

I would like to think those numbers would be different if they released on PS3 first (especially in Japan), but they don't seem *that* bad so who knows.

dicknjane @ Sep 13th 2008 12:51PM

settle down sony slave. i know you're on a "hate xbox high" right now, but the 360 version sold over 600,000. so, ya. dont let the fanboy jitters get ya. good job.

Phantom @ Sep 13th 2008 1:07PM

I think that theres a good chance that they're sell well over a million copies worldwide on PS3 , mostly in japan , but quite a bit in other regions too .

Laruku @ Sep 12th 2008 9:57PM

i got mine preordered 2 months ago... japanese version ftw... i'll be playing it next friday... goodluck...

DeforMAKulizer @ Sep 12th 2008 9:58PM

Is October "Free paychecks-wallet suffocating-PS3 game hungry" release month... I mean with LBP, Bioshock, Guitar Hero:WT, Rock Band 2, Motorstorm:PR, this and many others, how am i, or any other person supposed to manage? Lets not forget that R2 would only be two weeks away! AHHHH!!!! October/November NPD sales are gonna be flaming hot...

digiboi @ Sep 15th 2008 10:53AM

Easy - buy one game at a time in the order you want to play it - then start taking advantage of used and price cuts.

Busy playing Folklore ($26) while I was waiting for SW:FU - but I'm not paying $60 for 8 hours of choppy gameplay. Thanks but no thanks.

freeblue @ Sep 12th 2008 10:02PM

so want to buy it..but i already put my money on littlebigplanet and fallout 3, and Iron man blu ray for oct :(

Organic_Shadow @ Sep 12th 2008 10:25PM

Wow... Oct 21 is going to be an expensive day. :(

LBP
Bioshock
Eternal Sonata

Hope Bioshock and Eternal Sonata aren't priced at the full $60.

Strike Man @ Sep 13th 2008 4:38AM

Why? Do you honestly believe that any of the above are not worthy of a $60 price tag?

I mean, it would be great if 2K released the PS3 version of Bioshock for $40 or something, but the game is easily worth the full $60 price tag.

Emophia @ Sep 13th 2008 5:32AM

The games aren't worth $60 when they're a year late and easy to get for $30 or less on the 360/PC.

Aex @ Sep 12th 2008 10:56PM

Already traded in my Xbox 360 copy on Goozex in anticipation for this :)

fernando @ Sep 13th 2008 12:39AM

@death

erm you do know IU has sold 70k in japan alone in its first day?

Evi1d33d @ Sep 13th 2008 1:12AM

Of course, Japanese have a very big RPG market. But compare to the US where all the people know is Halo it wouldn't sale as good.

Chris @ Sep 13th 2008 4:08AM

What about Europe? Are we getting it too? I suppose I can always import...

And I hope it has trophies.

FailedEXE @ Sep 13th 2008 4:47AM

Trophies haven't been confirmed, and there is no release date confirmation for Europe. I hope you guys will be able to get it, but like you said Chris, you can always import our version but I would wait a bit.

leiwei @ Sep 13th 2008 4:56AM

I'm glad this is out Oct , but... I just preordered Persona 4. It would be ashame if I immediately ditch this game once P4 comes out.... of course that depends on how much time I invest into ES and if i'll finish it. I have a habit of getting close to the end but never finishing a game - guess I just hate farewells and goodbyes.

But my god.... this holiday. I praise you all for trying to get as many games as you can for your systems. This holiday's definitely gonna rock.

-Jad- @ Sep 13th 2008 7:59AM

I'm sooo sold for this... Oct. 21 its a busy day for my wallet that 4 sure.

CrzyNick @ Sep 13th 2008 12:46PM

Thank god an rpg for my ps3.
I almost bought my 360 back to play some jrpgs.

ge01378 @ Sep 13th 2008 9:27AM

Lets be honest rpgs have a limited following in the usa. Most people want games they can jump into and not read 100's of pages of text before the game even begins. I enjoyed some rpg's when i was younger and had the time but who has time to devote that much time into 1 title when you have other games and stuff in your life? Companies are only going to release stuff that they think will sell and rpgs are the worst selling genre in the usa. except maybe fishing games..lol

Phantom @ Sep 13th 2008 1:09PM

well , there are plenty of people who like RPG's in the US and Canada(since I'm Canadian) so I think that rpg's can sell pretty well here , but in japan , sales of rpgs are just epic , mostly Square's .

HardBoiled @ Sep 13th 2008 10:13AM

will Eternal Sonata Have Trophy Support ?

-Jad- @ Sep 13th 2008 11:18AM

I doubt it to be honest... but a patch to boost sale could be come on a near future but the chances are slim.

RagingStormX @ Sep 13th 2008 1:16PM

Well...I am buying a modded 360 and downloading whatever games I want...IU will be played by any means necessary. But I see myself buying this for my PS3.

Mr_Tee_ @ Sep 14th 2008 9:29PM

this one is on pre-order now :)

growing list of games on pre-order:
Resistance 2, Fallout 3, LBP, PoP, Mirrors Edge, valkyria chronicles, and now eternal sonata, so glad i bought a ps3 over an xbox

oh btw does anyone know the release date for this game in europe(UK)?

add me on PSN : Mr_Tee_