Tales of Symphonia Is the Best Selling Tales of Game Worldwide

Back in 2019, Bandai Namco announced the Tales of series passed 20 million copies sold worldwide. Now, Tales of General Producer Yusuke Tomizawa appeared in a video to go over the top selling entries around the world. While the best seller may vary by region, the best selling Tales of game worldwide is Tales of Symphonia.

The video kicked things off by talking about the worldwide best selling games right away. Tales of Symphonia was most popular worldwide, with 2,400,000 copies sold. Second was Tales of Vesperia, with 2,370,000, and Tales of Destiny showed up in third with 1,720,000.

From there, a general list without exact figures offered the full list of worldwide best selling Tales of games.

1. Tales of Symphonia
2. Tales of Vesperia
3. Tales of Destiny
4. Tales of Zestiria
5. Tales of Berseria
6. Tales of Phantasia
7. Tales of the Abyss
8. Tales of Eternia
9. Tales of Xillia
10. Tales of Destiny 2

From there, the presentation went on to focus on specific regions. It started with Asia and Japan, where Tales of Destiny took first place with 1,630,000 copies sold. Tales of Phantasia moved 1,330,000 copies and Tales of Eternia 1,200,000. In North America, Tales of Symphonia came out on top with 940,000 copies sold. It was followed by Tales of Vesperia with 810,000 and Tales of Zestiria with 600,000. In Europe, Tales of Zestiria took first place with 481,000 copies sold. It was followed by Tales of Symphonia, with 480,000 copies, and Tales of Vesperia, with 410,000 copies.

Here are the top 10 selling Tales of games in Asia and Japan:

1. Tales of Destiny
2. Tales of Phantasia
3. Tales of Eternia
4. Tales of Destiny 2
5. Tales of Vesperia
6. Tales of the Abyss
7. Tales of Symphonia
8. Tales of Rebirth
9. Tales of Xillia
10. Tales of Graces

Here are the top 10 selling Tales of games in Europe:

1. Tales of Zestiria
2. Tales of Symphonia
3. Tales of Vesperia
4. Tales of Berseria
5. Tales of Xillia
6. Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
7. Tales of Graces
8. Tales of Xillia 2
9. Tales of Eternia
10. Tales of the Abyss

Here are the top 10 selling Tales of games in North America:

1. Tales of Symphonia
2. Tales of Vesperia
3. Tales of Zestiria
4. Tales of Berseria
5. Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
6. Tales of Xillia
7. Tales of the Abyss
8. Tales of Graces
9. Tales of Xillia 2
10. Tales of Hearts

Here’s the full presentation, which does have English subtitles if you turn closed captions on.

This data does line up a bit with information about the most-played Tales of games from December 2020. The top three games in that poll were Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Vesperia, and Tales of Symphonia.

The next Tales of game will be Tales of Arise. It will come to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in Spring 2021.