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Zim on 21 July 2008

Pretty fanboy statement there kingofwale. If NG2 should go multiplatform then a huge amount of games should. Let's just consider MGS4.

MGS4 has sold around 4.5-5 times as much if you give it an extra week. I would be willing to bet the budget for MGS4 was more than 5 times that of NG2. MGS4 advertising budget alone was probably bigger than NG2's budget. I saw the multiple adverts so many times, massive poster in shibuya, adverts running constantly on a huge amount of trains in Japan (those adverts are extremely expensive)

NG2 was published by Microsoft, MGS wasn't published by sony.

Sigma's sales on PS3 were pretty awful. It sold 380K LTD in America and Japan, NG2 has sold 440K in 6 weeks.

If we assume an average next gen game budget requires 500k to break even, NG2 already is in good profit.

Porting to the PS3 is known to be troublesome for developers. I believe it was criterion that said it was much easier going from Ps3 to 360 than the other way.



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Torillian on 21 July 2008
Zim said:
Pretty fanboy statement there kingofwale. If NG2 should go multiplatform then a huge amount of games should. Let's just consider MGS4.

MGS4 has sold around 4.5-5 times as much if you give it an extra week. I would be willing to bet the budget for MGS4 was more than 5 times that of NG2. MGS4 advertising budget alone was probably bigger than NG2's budget. I saw the multiple adverts so many times, massive poster in shibuya, adverts running constantly on a huge amount of trains in Japan (those adverts are extremely expensive)

NG2 was published by Microsoft, MGS wasn't published by sony.

Sigma's sales on PS3 were pretty awful. It sold 380K LTD in America and Japan, NG2 has sold 440K in 6 weeks.

If we assume an average next gen game budget requires 500k to break even, NG2 already is in good profit.

Porting to the PS3 is known to be troublesome for developers. I believe it was criterion that said it was much easier going from Ps3 to 360 than the other way.

how would it already be in good profit if it has sold 440k as you just said the previous sentence and it takes 500k to break even?

 



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BrayanA on 21 July 2008
Torillian said:
Zim said:
Pretty fanboy statement there kingofwale. If NG2 should go multiplatform then a huge amount of games should. Let's just consider MGS4.

MGS4 has sold around 4.5-5 times as much if you give it an extra week. I would be willing to bet the budget for MGS4 was more than 5 times that of NG2. MGS4 advertising budget alone was probably bigger than NG2's budget. I saw the multiple adverts so many times, massive poster in shibuya, adverts running constantly on a huge amount of trains in Japan (those adverts are extremely expensive)

NG2 was published by Microsoft, MGS wasn't published by sony.

Sigma's sales on PS3 were pretty awful. It sold 380K LTD in America and Japan, NG2 has sold 440K in 6 weeks.

If we assume an average next gen game budget requires 500k to break even, NG2 already is in good profit.

Porting to the PS3 is known to be troublesome for developers. I believe it was criterion that said it was much easier going from Ps3 to 360 than the other way.

how would it already be in good profit if it has sold 440k as you just said the previous sentence and it takes 500k to break even?

 

Wrong numbers I guess. This is what I can see

Region Japan America Others Total
Total Sales 0.04m 0.40m 0.14m 0.58m

582,239 for 6 weeks is not bad at all, with 25,177 for the last week (Week Ending 11th July 2008)
Ninja Gaiden sold around 900k worldwide. Ninja Gaiden 2 need 320 000 more to top its predecessor.
BTW Ninja Gaiden 2 is the most brutal hack&slash game so far IMO. I like it more then Devil May Cry 4.



FaRmLaNd on 21 July 2008

580,000 in 6 weeks is bad? You do know that not every game is a blockbuster. Its sales are fine considering how niche and difficult it is. Plus there is some evidence its being under-tracked in the US which would put it at over 600,000. People need a reality check when it comes to sales. Not every game is halo or mario galaxy.



MrBubbles on 21 July 2008
BrayanA said:

 


BTW Ninja Gaiden 2 is the most brutal hack&slash game so far IMO.

 

more so than conan ?



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bonkers555 on 21 July 2008

PS3 Fans can get NG2 and the 360 fans get MGS4, now everyone is happy.



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MrBubbles on 21 July 2008
bonkers555 said:
PS3 Fans can get NG2 and the 360 fans get MGS4, now everyone is happy.

 

id be happier if it was traded for Pixel Junk Monsters



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Blaiyan on 21 July 2008

Nah let it stay exclusive to 360. Who ever is in charge of shinobi should make something new and multiplatform. Maybe make it similar in some ways to NG.




JGarret on 21 July 2008

All I ask from Team Ninja is if they ever make a NG3, that they forget about the uber annoying grab attacks a lot of enemies and bosses use.



Shameless on 21 July 2008

Some of us want more reasons to keep both consoles, not less.