Any chance Bandai will bring Eternal Sonata to Steam?

[DJ Pon3]

I have no idea where to ask this and I apologize for it not being Tales related. But does anyone know if Eternal Sonata will ever come to steam? Seems so odd to me it hasn't already, considering how beautiful and fun that game was.

[no1schmo]

Probably a more official forum somewhere. Or the forum for the actual game on GameFAQs or something. Honestly, I found the game gimmicky and tiresome, so I won't say it's a big loss. The only good that came out of it was reminding adult-me of how good Chopin was getting me to buy a CD of his best compositions.

[💕Cyril💕]

It's my favorite game of all time. But unfortunately, no, there is no chance that they will bring it to Steam, for a lot of reasons.

First, they would have to port it from 360 or PS3 to bring it over.
Second, Bandai doesn't think it's worth the cost of that and marketing, and they're right. Porting and marketing for a game that at best was moderately successful that most don't know about today is a questionable decision.
Third, if it somehow is successful, could they call upon the original makers to deliver a sequel? Probably not. ES was a labor of love and product of its time that only <50 people made, that according to them themselves, was only possible because of Baten Kaitos. They're a small company and with today's unreasonably high standards, would take a team of at least four times the size.

If one wants to support ES, the best thing one can do is buy it on Xbox marketplace. If there is suddenly thousands of purchases on there, maybe Bandai will take notice. That's highly unlikely, if not impossible, though.

[Akupara]

The most I remember from that game was the 10 minute death scene

[MicroStutterEngine]

Originally posted by Akupara:

The most I remember from that game was the 10 minute death scene

LMAO SAME, I believe Falsetto was her name? But I still love that game

Edit: It was Claves I think

[andreasaspenberg575]

with today`s hardware, porting it should not be difficult. my 2 best pcs have 6 cores, which should be able to run the game if they manage to keep the requirements the same. i purchased both versions of it myself, to get the 2 playstation 3 unique characters. though if they do port it, they should add the option of removing the restrictions that comes into play during the game.