Eternal Sonata heading to PS3

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In-line with the rumours, a PS3 version of Eternal Sonata has been confirmed for a 2008 release in Japan...

Famitsu reports that Eternal Sonata, or Trusty Bell as it's known in Japan, has been confirmed as a PlayStation 3 release for 2008 in Japan. The title is currently available in Japan on the Xbox 360 (where it has had considerable success given the low unit sales of Xbox 360s in the region) and is scheduled for a European release on the Xbox 360 in October of this year.

The PS3 version of the title is also reported to offer two new playable characters, Crescendo and Serenade.

This slightly obscure Japanese game from Namco Bandai (published by Atari), takes gamers on a journey through the last hours of the composer Chopin's mind prior to his death. Even though the foundation of its gameplay is a traditional RPG, it certainly is a very unique looking title.
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With this, Beautiful katamari and also AC6 looking very likely to come to PS3, it looks like this "exclusive" banner for games dont mean much this gen.
 
I expect there to be very few exclusives this generation, unless its published by either microsoft or sony or that a little persuasion money has passed hands. Theres just too much money to be made from having your title on as many platforms as possible.
 
Tbh, I really don't care at all for 'exclusives', I'm just happy if good games come out on my system. The whole 'exclusives' thing is just bragging rights for the fanboys and a marketing tool for the executives.
The less it happens, the better.
 
I always thought it was announced as multi platform to begin with.. which makes sense in Japan at least with the Sony vs MS battle being so one-sided over there. Looks like MS did alright for themselves getting the 360 out there first and establishing a good sized userbase (although they could've done without the red light business :p). The PS3 being late and generally similar to the 360 in performance is obviously shifting the old ways of exclusives. Great news in the end for gamers with more games to play but bad news... for extreme fanboys!

Still the odd exclusive thing can be nice.. kind of validates my having both systems :D
 
mcwildcard said:
Tbh, I really don't care at all for 'exclusives', I'm just happy if good games come out on my system. The whole 'exclusives' thing is just bragging rights for the fanboys and a marketing tool for the executives.
The less it happens, the better.
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I almost completely agree, the only reason I like exclusives is if they are developed for the strengths of that console specifically.
 
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