I'm sorry to burst your bubble Ryanti, but the Namco Tales Studio was dissolved into Namco Bandai about a year and a half ago at this point, and while there are a few people that have worked on the franchise consistently (like the character designer), it's hardly a bastion of elite developers funded with a blank check. In fact the Namco Tales Studio was operating in the red if I recall correctly, which is why they were absorbed back into their parent company, Namco Bandai.
It's nothing to fret about though. It's really just a financial restructuring move on Bandai's part. We're obviously still going to get more Tales games.
And while Xillia is an apparently great game that I'm excited to eventually play, it certainly didn't sell nearly as much as Final Fantasy XIII, it was something like 600k copies of Tales of Xillia versus the 1.5 million or so FFXIII sold in Japan alone - don't misinterpret me there, that's not an endorsement of superiority in anyway. I really didn't like XIII myself. Either way, it's far from accurate to say it's outselling Final Fantasy.
Finally, I wouldn't rush to categorize people who enjoy the Tales of franchise, or any game franchise, into two different types. Yes, I certainly enjoy some of the plot that these games present, and I can appreciate the world setting without wishing I could escape and live their myself. In fact, some fans only play the games for the awesome battle system - Graces biggest selling point in my opinion.
Having said all that, I'm glad that you feel inspired by the franchise, but it is a franchise. Many hands have stirred the pot over the years, and the quality is sure to fluctuate as it has with any other media franchise. This will likely not be the only time you feel so strongly connected to a medium either.
It's nothing to fret about though. It's really just a financial restructuring move on Bandai's part. We're obviously still going to get more Tales games.
And while Xillia is an apparently great game that I'm excited to eventually play, it certainly didn't sell nearly as much as Final Fantasy XIII, it was something like 600k copies of Tales of Xillia versus the 1.5 million or so FFXIII sold in Japan alone - don't misinterpret me there, that's not an endorsement of superiority in anyway. I really didn't like XIII myself. Either way, it's far from accurate to say it's outselling Final Fantasy.
Finally, I wouldn't rush to categorize people who enjoy the Tales of franchise, or any game franchise, into two different types. Yes, I certainly enjoy some of the plot that these games present, and I can appreciate the world setting without wishing I could escape and live their myself. In fact, some fans only play the games for the awesome battle system - Graces biggest selling point in my opinion.
Having said all that, I'm glad that you feel inspired by the franchise, but it is a franchise. Many hands have stirred the pot over the years, and the quality is sure to fluctuate as it has with any other media franchise. This will likely not be the only time you feel so strongly connected to a medium either.
