{"id":2303,"date":"2021-09-16T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T09:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2021-09-16T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T09:02:09","slug":"20210916-2303","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210916-2303\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales of Arise is the fastest selling game in series history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20210916-175991\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-09-16 15:53 (JST)<br>Translated by. Ryuki Ishii<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>On September 16, Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that <em><strong>Tales of Arise<\/strong><\/em> has shipped over one million units worldwide (including digital sales) in its first week of release. Making <em>Tales of Arise<\/em> the fastest selling title in series history. The total worldwide shipments for the <em>Tales of<\/em> franchise have surpassed 25 million units.<\/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 - Launch Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2g3XPcVSX_A?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> is the latest title in Bandai Namco\u2019s <em>Tales of <\/em>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>This is the first game in the series to be released simultaneously worldwide. The game&#8217;s success was reported even before its release, as it climbed into Steam\u2019s Global Top Sellers chart and reached the top after it was made available for pre-order (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210909-1961\/\">see related article<\/a>). After its release, the concurrent player count on Steam reached 60,000, surpassing peak concurrent player count of all previous <em>Tales of<\/em> titles combined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game has been well-received by Steam users and has been praised for its massive and epic story, as well as its well-crafted UI and game systems, while maintaining the series\u2019 charm of exhilarating combat and character interactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sales figures for other <em>Tales of<\/em> titles were also announced on Twitter. <em>Tales of Berseria <\/em>exceeded two million units and <em>Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition <\/em>shipped more than 1.5 million units. 2.88 million, if combined with the original Xbox 360\/PS3 version of <em>Tales of Vesperia<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300c\u30a2\u30e9\u30a4\u30ba\u300d\u306f\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u53f2\u4e0a\u6700\u901f\u3067100\u4e07\u672c\u3092\u7a81\u7834\u4e2d\ud83c\udf89<br><br>\u300c\u30d9\u30eb\u30bb\u30ea\u30a2\u300d\u306f200\u4e07\u672c\u3092\u7a81\u7834\ud83c\udf89<br><br>\u300c\u30f4\u30a7\u30b9\u30da\u30ea\u30a2 \u30ea\u30de\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u300d\u306f150\u4e07\u672c\u3092\u7a81\u7834\u3057\u3001Xbox\u7248\u30fbPS3\u7248\u3068\u306e\u5408\u7b97\u3067\u306f288\u4e07\u672c\u3068\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\ud83c\udf89<\/p>&mdash; \u30c6\u30a4\u30eb\u30ba\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb\uff0b (@tales_ch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tales_ch\/status\/1438374900817797120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yusuke Tomizawa, the producer for the <em>Tales of<\/em> series, has stated in past interviews that his goal is to increase the overseas audience and acquire younger generation of players. 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