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Ninja Gaiden 2 for PS3/Rev???
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Well, it could go multiplatform, but I doubt we'd see it exclusive to the other consoles. In any case, Ninja Gaiden is pretty much THE action game of this generation for me, so its sequel should be the same. And I doubt it won't make it to the Xbox 360, but I would be very surprised if Nintendo's console had it.
I think it really depends on when Ninja Gaiden 2 will be released. If it's to be released in 2006, then it'll definitely be for the Xbox360. But if Itagaki plans to let it slip to 2007 or longer and spend more time with it, he would definitely be considering the PS3 considering he wants the game to look the best it possibly could (and hey, better sales will NEVER hurt). 
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PS2 KID said:
Please move past MK2
I seem to recall him making the same comments regarding Ninja Gaiden 1 (prompting the same type of conclusions being reached on this very forum)...and look how that ended up.
He's basically been doing nothing but praise the X360 in recent interviews...I'd seriously be surprised if he jumped ship at this point. he's been nothing but loyal (money helps i'm sure) to MS's platforms currently and has already announced two games in development for x360...three if you count the vaporware that is Code Cronos.
He's basically been doing nothing but praise the X360 in recent interviews...I'd seriously be surprised if he jumped ship at this point. he's been nothing but loyal (money helps i'm sure) to MS's platforms currently and has already announced two games in development for x360...three if you count the vaporware that is Code Cronos.
Duckhuntdog
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Is RE4 around the 800k sold in the US? I think that is quite a bit more than Gaiden.Borys said:
Funny though. If you put it on the PS3 you get a piece of the pie with the other games and the Sony fanbase and name. Just look at RE4 for confirmation of what I'm talking about. Capcom stands to make a LOT more off RE4 on the PS2 than they made being the "one of a kind" on the GameCube. NG would have made a lot more on the PS2 if you simply calculate the numbers, but TN wanted a more powerful system.
It's a shame too, but that is business. These developers want to make money and get their games out to as many as possible. That is why there just won't be too many exclusives next generation. Power just won't be as much of an issue.
It's a shame too, but that is business. These developers want to make money and get their games out to as many as possible. That is why there just won't be too many exclusives next generation. Power just won't be as much of an issue.
I expect NG2 on teh Xbox 360, although there's a good possibilty that it will show up on other systems and I hope so because everyone needs to play this game. This is one game where I wouldn't mind seeing 6-7 sequels. However that line of his says nothing more other than he's not ready to announce NG2 on the 360. Most likely he just doesn't have authority from Tecmo to make it official. It deffinitely doesn't say, it's NOT coming to the 360.
C- Warrior
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RE4 was able to achieve that in what...3...4 months?
The numbers for NG are easily a year+'s worth.
The numbers for NG are easily a year+'s worth.
Borys said:
Not exactly.
Ninja Gaiden has been out for about a year longer than RE4 and has sold less worldwide. If you want to just compare US numbers they'd be about equal but seeing as how that's the Xbox's strength and that companies look at the worldwide sales it would make sense to look at them as well.
In the US
Ninja Gaiden- 520,000
RE4- 480,000
In Japan
Ninja Gaiden- 55,000
RE4- 145,000
Europe
Ninja Gaiden- ??? (let's just say 200,000 anyway)
RE4- 200,000
So worldwide totals would roughly be
Ninja Gaiden- 775,000 in about a year
RE4- 825,000 in a couple of months
I heard RE4 is already over 1 million worldwide but I think that's just shipped numbers from Capcom. If somebody has Europe number for NG let me know or Europe numbers in general since they are so hard to come by.
I mean I think RE4 has done well on the Cube seeing as how its had an awful 2004 in software and hardware sales plus the console gets a bad rap in that it can't sell "mature" games. Both games DESERVE MUCH MORE IN SALES but neither of them bombed. If they are toying around with putting Ninja Gaiden on more platforms its probably because Xbox has no userbase in Japan (and they expect the same for Xbox 360) so even a Gamecube version would outsell the Xbox version over there.
Itagaki seems like the guy who will put his games on the console that makes more sense to what he wants to achieve despite where his fanbase is and what makes more sense money wise. Fuck, he moved to the xbox when all his fanbase was on the playstation and Sony was (is) the biggest kid on the block in sales.
With his latest games, he's been trying to achieve visual perfection, so the natural choice was the xbox (he said he would choose the most powerful console and he did with the xbox). So it wouldn't be surprising if he jumped ship to another console if Xbox 360 doesn't meet up to his expectations as to what he wants to do with Ninja Gaiden 2.
If he wants the best absolute visual experience, he's going to go to the PS3. If the Revolution has gyroscopic controls and he wants players to experience sword fighting (who the fuck knows), then he would go to the Revolution.
With his latest games, he's been trying to achieve visual perfection, so the natural choice was the xbox (he said he would choose the most powerful console and he did with the xbox). So it wouldn't be surprising if he jumped ship to another console if Xbox 360 doesn't meet up to his expectations as to what he wants to do with Ninja Gaiden 2.
If he wants the best absolute visual experience, he's going to go to the PS3. If the Revolution has gyroscopic controls and he wants players to experience sword fighting (who the fuck knows), then he would go to the Revolution.
Shin Johnpv
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I kind of dont expect to hear any real info from itagaki untill all 3 systems are out and which ever one is going to allow him to do the most with his game from a visual standpoint that's the system your going to see NG2 on
The Take Out Bandit
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The Itadoggy will not stray beyond MS's invisible fence.
mashoutposse
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C- Warrior said:
...and that means that lots of the people who like this kind of game are on board with PS3. Make a great game, captivate those people, ?????, profit.