lol I was talking to my Nintendo rep about this earlier last week to about how Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge was published by Nintendo in the US... but how that means nothing. Or at least we assumed it was because he was able to track inventory on his end when they can't for third party games normally.

Bad for those that bought NG3, good for me since I held off on NG3. I've been burned like this before tho. See Blaz Blue or Marvel vs Capcom 3 or Street Fighter 4, I've had to buy multiple versions of those games before.

Japan only. I don't use VGcharts data for games in the west. And it's true, I checked at garaph.

So what that this game means nothing if it's exclusive or not, it's less than a footnote, imo. Not saying it's not a good game or not, cause I haven't played, but no one cares if it's Wii U, PS3, 360... but, by internet measurements, the game looks huge!

EX Troopers bombed today right? Well, the last Ninja gaiden did similar numbers on PS3, for example (25k)

Team Ninja already said  2 weeks ago they wanted to bring the content to the PS360, so I dont think the amazon reveal is that surprising really.

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/11/12/team-ninja-on-developing-for-wii-u-bringing-qte-free-ninja-gaiden-3-to-ps3-360/

But still, it is nice to get a confirmation. :)  Hopefully they will also feature a cheap DLC.

This was bound to happen considering that even Ninja Gaiden 2 being published by M$, appeared on the PS3 with other name.

Most probably the new edition will be named Ninja Gaiden 3 Sigma.

Edit: I wonder what will happen with Bayonetta 2.   Will Sega be able to find a loophole? I wonder what kind of contract they did with Tecmo and Sega.

Neither Ninja Gaiden nor Bayonetta is Japan-centric though; the target audience is clearly in the West. This is akin to pointing to Dragon Quest's western sales to call it a niche franchise worldwide. We're largely getting off topic here, and I admit this is my fault so I'll drop the subject after this post, but Bayonetta is a better example of a franchise where the internet love is far in excess of the real-world love. Call it The Dreamcast Effect.

The point is that (pre-III) Ninja Gaiden was a decent mid-tier title to have on your system in the West, judging by its Western sales. It didn't make or break a system, but a healthy ecosystem has titles like it.

i tought i saw in the trailer ninty was publishing the ip. this make little since. well sigma will likely have content that makes it different then the Wiiu version.

M$ published Ninja Gaiden 2 for the 360, and the PS3 got the game (with another name).   Based on this, I can say that if the publisher does not own the IP, then the game´s content can appear on different consoles.

Who worked on practically all previous Metroid games, again? Oh right, Sakimoto. Who was the one of the two who developed Ninja Gaiden 3? Team Ninja.

Sakamoto was responsible for Other M's story and characterization of Samus. The latter, in particular, is the reason behind the bulk of the hatred for Other M.

EDIT: oops

I swear I remember video dev diaries of Sakamoto saying Hayashi convinced him to have Samus appear out of her armour much more, and he was reluctant to go that direction originally.  If that's true it sounds more like Team Ninja's influence.