{"id":1961,"date":"2021-09-09T23:42:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T14:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=1961"},"modified":"2021-09-09T23:42:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T14:42:22","slug":"20210909-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210909-1961\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales of Arise heads toward its launch date at the top of Steam\u2019s Global Top Sellers chart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20210908-175085\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-09-08 18:09 (JST)<br>Translated by. Nick Mosier<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em><strong>Tales of Arise<\/strong><\/em> is showing itself to be a popular title on PC. Since pre-orders began on Steam, the game climbed into the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/search\/?filter=globaltopsellers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Top Sellers<\/a> chart and reached the top during the evening on September 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tales of ARISE - Forge Your Path - Summary Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZW4o50mJONg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tales of Arise<\/em> was revealed in June of 2019 and is the latest title in Bandai Namco\u2019s RPG series. The setting for the game is the opposing planets of Dahna and Rena. The story revolves around Alphen, a man who has lost his memories and can\u2019t feel pain, and Shionne, a woman who is being hunted by her own people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game was developed in Unreal Engine 4 and features anime style graphics blended with a realistic watercolor style used to depict the game\u2019s sprawling maps. The battle system expands on what the series has done so far and gives players a high speed and dynamic action experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to its PS4\/PS5\/Xbox One\/Xbox Series X|S release, <em>Tales of Arise<\/em> is also launching on Steam. When it comes to Steam, the <em>Tales of<\/em> series has had a bit of a troubled past. The series first appeared on the platform starting with <em>Tales of Zestiria<\/em> and was followed by the <em>Tales of Symphonia<\/em> remaster. But these titles came under fire for their lack of optimization on PC. At the time, it was rare for Japanese developers to put their titles on Steam and many of them were dealing with PC optimization struggles, and these two ports were no exception.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Initially, the <em>Tales of<\/em> games on Steam weren\u2019t released to Japanese players. Besides the previously mentioned games, <em>Tales of Berseria<\/em> also wasn\u2019t released on Steam in Japan. It started to become a joke among some players that if you were talking Tales on Steam, you were referring to <em>Tales of Maj\u2019Eyal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But with <em>Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition<\/em> being released to Japanese users, Bandai Namco has been releasing many of their titles to Steam in recent years, with the exception of a few licensed games. Like many other developers, they\u2019re optimizing their games for PC and really putting an effort into having success on the platform. And with <em>Tales of Arise<\/em> also launching on Steam, there are probably a lot of fans happy to see it\u2019s also topping the Global Top Sellers chart.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1058\" height=\"697\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1058px) 100vw, 1058px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-002.jpg 1058w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-002-600x395.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-002-380x250.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-002-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-002-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-002-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-002-696x459.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210908-175085-002-638x420.jpg 638w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Steam\u2019s Global Top Sellers chart is based on the amount of money a game earns rather than the number of copies sold. This makes it easier for an expensive game like <em>Tales of Arise<\/em> to appear on the charts. <em>Scarlet Nexus<\/em>, another game from Bandai Namco, also appeared on the charts when it launched. But with that being said, if you look at the SteamDB <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/topsellers\/2021W35\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weekly ranking<\/a> for the week ending September 5, <em>Tales of Arise<\/em> made it to the top 10, so anticipation for the game is high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tales of Arise<\/em> is set to launch on PS4\/PS5\/Xbox One\/Xbox Series X|S\/PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/740130\/Tales_of_Arise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) on September 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tales of Arise heads toward its launch date at the top of Steam\u2019s Global Top Sellers chart. 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