LogFAQs > #902662904

You'd think that cheap/lazy Namco would rather release Vesperia on PS3 than localize Graces, however. "We already have over half of it. Less work means we pay less money!"

I don't remember my sources (remember: I wrote the Vesperia board sticky back when I was rather immature) but perhaps a lot of them probably were basing it on the individual to which you refer. It's been a long time so it wouldn't surprise me if the deal expired and, even if it didn't, what's Microsoft going to do that this point?

That said, the idea of a limited-window Xbox 360 exclusivity deal does make sense, since it answers the following questions:
1. Why was a Japanese-made game released exclusively on Xbox with a PS3 version not announced until a year later? Microsoft wanted one to boost their profile in Japan.
2. Why was the Vesperia localization by far the highest quality in the series? There was more money involved. Money that Bamco would never allocate. They were so lazy they wanted someone else to take care of the localization.
3. Why was Bamco so stingy about not doing the localization of the PS3 version for years? Their hands were tied. Legally. They couldn't do it.
4. Why did the PS3 version add so much? The Xbox 360 version was rushed and incomplete because Microsoft wanted the exclusive sooner. The 360 was never meant to get Vesperia.

These questions aren't answered with the "Namco was just lazy" idea.
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