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I keep meaning to purchase this game, trailers and game-play look good plus the top reviews. But i don't know about starting a lengthy RPG, i mean i think I'm at that point in my life where the long winded RPG is just too much with work and other shit.

I've been reading a lot of "my store only got 3 copies, I got the last ones" from various sites and forums I read. I think retailer reluctance and ignorance can be held partly responsible.


Do your part, fellow Brad, spread the joy.

Dang it! That sucks...

The big problem was the game wasn't advertised well enough to bring excitement.

This game is great, maybe not advertised enough, but I went and got it on day one.  I recommend this to anyone who likes turned based strategy.

What game?

If all goes well, this game is under my chrismas tree right now!!!!

If not, im totally buying it the 26th.....

For a new game like this, it is surprising that it was just a PS3 exclusive. I actually think not only would have sales been better if it was multiplatform, but a version for the DS would have been fitting to broaden the game. Designed similar to the Advance Wars series, I think that would have helped. I know PS3 owners are going to hate this, but it is just facts. There are less PS3 consoles out there which mean less sales, especially for such a niche game.

I think its the combination of WW2/anime/turn based strategy that's unappealing to our on demand action gamer market.  People will buy this game and love it.. but not that many.

This is such a shame. :( I knew I would love this game ever since I played the demo. I live in the UK and it was really hard to get a UK copy here, my internet ordered copy arrived 2 weeks after the game's release and there were no copies in Game, Gamestation, HMV etc and still aren't.
I think the game is brilliant and it makes me happy that I have a PS3. I think that if it was put on Xbox 360 as well, it woud still have to have been released before or after when it was, but the type of games I like always seem to bomb. Professor Layton is the only exception to that and it got massive TV commercial coverage.
p.s. I have Vyse and Aika from SoA in my team. If you stand them next to each other you get double firepower, a very useful tactic ^^

I'll get you Valkyria, don't worry. I'll be there soon.

@OmegaPirate
This is a crime, the game deserves better :(

Thats really too bad. Valkyria Chronicles really is a fantastic game.

Hilarious!  I remember reading about this game being PS3 exclusive back when all of these Japanese game companies were pledging exclusivity of JRPGs to the 360 or porting to going multiplat (console).  And now I'm sure the JRPGs that have come to the 360 first (or exclusive) have done much better than Valkryia(sp).  I'm thinking even that tactical JRP trilogy of sorts, Operation Darkness, Zoids Assault, & the other one have all done better in sales than VC.  :-) 

Perhaps a port of VC to the 360 is in order here?

I was thinking of picking it up after the Holidays. It sounds like a price cut is coming sooner than later, so I'll hold off on it.

I would love to get it if it were on 360 or if I owned a ps3.

I was really excited when I saw previews of this game, then I realized I had to get a PS3 to play it.
It will be on my first 3 games to buy list when I get a PS3, though.

p.s. I have Vyse and Aika from SoA in my team. If you stand them next to each other you get double firepower, a very useful tactic ^^"

And this is why you don't release a new, totally unhyped IP in November: it's like casting a baby gazelle adrift in a sea of sharks.  It's going to get eaten alive by Resistance 2 and LittleBigPlanet and every other big-name multiplatform title out there.  This seems like the sort of game you put out in April when no one releases games, so desparate gamers are more willing to give it "more than just a passing turn of the head."

It's laughable to see people suggest that if this had somehow come to the 360, it would've magically sold far better than it did. The fact is, similar SRPGs on Xbox 360 have performed worse in their first month in the US (Operation Darkness: 3K, Zoids Assault: 8K...these numbers come from VGChartz, and if you can cite a better source, I will gladly accept it). By comparison, 33K is a massive triumph. Even those other JRPGs that are exclusive (timed or otherwise) haven't pulled giant numbers in the US; for reference, Eternal Sonata pulled 56K its first month and Tales of Vesperia had about 85K. No JRPG this generation has moved tons of units in North America, frankly. I think if the game had been multiplatform, we'd be looking at sales of around 50K.

Better? Sure, but not spectacular.

Other users have cited the real problems
-no marketing
-released at a super busy time of the year and was lost in the shuffle
-some suggestive evidence that few copies were actually printed
-SRPGs (especially Japanese ones) aren't popular at all
-gaming tastes in the US seem to be geared towards action/FPS

It's too bad, because I had to pay extra money to import it since there was no Asian release. But it was easily worth the cash. I've only put 10 hours in, but it's great. I'd be playing more, but I have a few PC games to polish off and next month I'll go back to the US, where I won't have my PC but will have the PS3...seems like a good time to really dig into it.

Simply put, it is just getting lost in the Holiday shuffle. I loved the demo and wanted to buy it immediately thereafter; however, I am a husband and father of 2 young sons, so I have been buying Christmas gifts galore and haven't a dime left to buy myself anything. After the Holidays, this one is mine.

I have not picked up this game because of glut of other titles released in the same period.

I am confused, however, by the folks who are complaining that this game is hard to track down.  Amazon seems to have it in stock.

123 comments counting this one ! You'd think that game is quite popular. :p

I'll tell you why its not selling.  The cost is too high.  I would love to play this game and am constantly on the look out for a cheap version, not to take money away from the developer but simply to be able to afford it.  For xmas I asked for Little Big Planet, and that's it!  I wanted MotorStorm, Burnout Paradise, Eden, the list goes on.  My concern right now is having a roof over my head and feeding my two kids.  I live in Alberta Canada and we have no real financial problems, being a rich province, but $60+ for one game is getting silly. 
Our mortgage is killing us and games have been relegated to last place.  Enjoying the fact that none of us are dying is our current past time. 
Hopefully I win the Lotto and can then send big fat cheques to developers (and Podcasters) I like. 

Best game on PS3 this year, go buy it.

That sucks, Im getting it when I get my PS3 back from repairs and have money again

Maybe because it's a shit game that looks like it came out for the Dreamcast in 1998? 

Anyone still playing JRPGs or the odd strategy JRPGS in 2008 should really look around and see what games have come out since the days of the PS1.  As crazy as the game sounds, I've seen the same ideas in plenty of similar games over the past 20 years, it really isn't that original, just the first of its ilk on PS3.

These all are so full of clichés and played-out ideas from as early as the first Dragon Warrior games that it's embarrassing that anyone would be willing to overlook such lazy and stale game design in a retail product 20 years later.

Releasing said product with no advertising in the middle of the holiday crush is either knowing their audience well, or just oblivious planning.  The people that like this type of game are pretty keen on following this sort of stuff, and probably all had pre-orders since It's unlikely many retailers will stock the game at all without one.  It's been that way for a while with Atlus and similar publishers of these games.

I remember hunting down Gundam games and the early Suikoden titles for PS1.  You pretty much had to pre-order if you wanted to get the game, otherwise it was a frustrating exercise in calling stores and finding one at some store 30 miles away.

I agree with SumoX. Even if there are a lot of RPGs on the 360, it doesn't mean they're selling well, so making this game multiplatform will have little to no effect on the sales.

I'm buying it this holiday season anyway. The demo was awesome, and I expect the full game to be the same.

I might get it once the price drops. This holiday season sucked me dry like that girl that stands on the corner of Main St. by the 7-Eleven. Oh Bertha, you big girl you. Seriously though, I've played the demo and I like it, but not enough to warrant the price it's at now, and even if it did, I don't have that much money. It's all been spent on Bertha. lol. jk. Enough with the Bertha business.

If you have a PS3 and skipped on this one, please do not complain about how casual games are taking over.

I think the reason I have not picked up this game yet is because I don't own a PS3.

If they want to get this game to the casual gamers, they could of released it on the Xbox 360 as well. Being a PS3 exclusive would only hurt them. This came out in November as too may other blockbuster titles.  Putting this on the 360 as well would of gotten more people talking about the game and wanting to pick a copy to get aquinted to the francise.

Thank god

Hopefully anime themed games will then die off

I played the demo for Valkyria over my friend's house...
SO FREAKING FUN!!

then I found out it was created by the same guys who did Skies of Arcadia, one of my fav. RPG's of all time...
WELL AWESOME!!

then I found out it was PS3 exclusive... and then I cried a little... because I don't own a PS3...
same thing happened to me with LittleBigPlanet...

@DukeTogo:  Wow, your insight is amazing!  You should tell everyone what to like and play so we can all be as enlightened as you!  You're truly a great visionary!

Maybe if you had reviewed it, more people would have bought it. I was very disappointed that none of you took your time to play it. One of the best PS3 exclusives on it's lifespan to date and you totally ignore it and gave us a review of a stupid game such as "You are in the movies" ¬¬

one of the few great games Sega has released this year... IT WILL HAVE MY MONEY! The non-hardcore crowd just doesn't know how to make choices and never picks the less popular titles.. and apparently never plays demos!

I thought Giantbomb only cared about 10% of the games? You know, the important ones... lol

This seems like the type of game that's best released in the summer.

Valkyria Chronicles was pretty much guaranteed to have a rough time, sales-wise. A new-IP "anime" tactical game on the "loser" console released within one of the most crowded holiday quarters in history? A recipe for sales DISASTER.

That said, I think the game, and the future of titles bearing similar concepts will pull through. Sega still released Yakuza 2 in spite of the dismal sales of Yakuza 1 (and in Japanese-only to boot!), and things are looking up for Yakuza 3 as well.

However, I think Valkyria Chronicles HAS suffered in terms of North American media coverage. Other than a few early reviews on Eurogamer and 1up, barely any of the major news/reviews outlets gave the game attention during the most critical period after release. Sure, there were some good previews and all of the critical reception just far has been gangbusters, but when you're sandwiched between the biggest releases in years, I'd think you deserve an extra look. It's not like people have never heard of Gears of War 2, but a hell of a lot never heard of Valkyria Chronicles, which is a goddamn shame.

This game is fantastic and I hope has long legs cause it deserves recognition!

I think the problem was, that there was no copies on retail shelves.

I've been to a couple game stores and electronics stores in my area and none of them carried the game.

I had to eventually buy my copy off of Amazon.

That said, this game is pretty much a niche game. Games like these rarely see a massive sale right on release.

This game looks awesome and I was highly prepared to play it.
The problem is, it is an effing PS3 exclusive!  Nonetheless, it's unfortunate this is happening and I really would like to play it.
Goddamn exclusivity.

Been meaning to get this.  Every single player I've heard from loves this game.  Plus, it's a Sega RPG.

Looks awesome, though.

I can agree with SumoX on some of his points, but there is no comparison between Vakyria Chronicles and Operation Darkness: 3K, Zoids Assault: 8K. Valkyria is a good. The latter 2, not so much.

The game looks quite wonderful and charming. Im rooting for it.

"It's laughable to see people suggest that if this had somehow come to the 360, it would've magically sold far better than it did. The fact is, similar SRPGs on Xbox 360 have performed worse in their first month in the US (Operation Darkness: 3K, Zoids Assault: 8K...."