5 weeks, NGS2 haven't even sold 300K, lame

[Vueguy]

hey guys, i am selling NGS2 off, i will buy it back in the near future after everything has been fix or patch and more DLC has been release.

this morning i dream that me and a friend online beat the crap out of UN1 and UN02 w/ ease and hehe, i woke up, it was only a dream.

anyway, i will be returning to this forum in a couple of months to see how it go.
still like NGS2, but cause i want more profit back, i'll sell it as soon as i can before NGS2 got a price drop.

maybe i could get $50 back selling it now cause its still look like new.
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[Primeval_Demon]

You too Vueguy?

I think its a big pity everyone is dumping such a class game. True its annoying but I've sort have learned to live with the grabbing.

What will you all say if dlc turns out epic?

[Vueguy]

i heard Sath is trading it for MW2 hehe lol.
as for me, no i am not trading, i am selling it, but i will buy NGS2 in the next few months again when there are DLC or patch to fix NGS2 co-op online.
i really think the co-op online was cool, just the lag was uncool.
i want to play 60fps but instead we're playing in 20fps which is not cool, and Team Ninja haven't do anything to fix it, poor.

i still like NGS2, just that i have nothing to play it now.
U2 and i will be buying DBRB today for $40 at gamestop hehe, $20 price drop because of MW2 yeah.

i won't get MW2 thought since i don't like FPS games, but my bros will cause they were a bunch of COD fanboys.

once NGS2 release some patch to fix the NGS2 online and new DLC, i will be sure to pick NGS2 again and play w/ ya all again.
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[Skbzi]

Sorry, but the only epic DLC for NG games were the HPs, IMO. The MM in NG2 was garbage.

[Primeval_Demon]

How does anybody know what the dlc is?

I'm suspicious of something new myself. Its taking some time to announce anything. There is defo some sort of redesign I think. Its like they are developing something.

Could be new missions for mission mode.

[neoryu]

[Primeval_Demon]

@ Neoryu

Well I did say it was my opinion. I agree with the removing of stuff though. Its pretty obvious "definitive" was PR talk to build on the hype.

Yes NG2 does have more enemies and perhaps feels like faster action (depends on your opinion). But what has Itagaki done to it to get it like that? Strolling through a cave and I jumped out my seat when a crazy Worm jumps out and it needs no explanation.

And the two Armadillos, oh god not the two armadillos. I can now beat these painfully easily, along with Gigadeath the worm and many other cheap cads in that game. But its not the point. Itagaki, since Alpha 152, you have begun to get this idea that making the odds as against the player as possible makes the game appealing. NOT REALLY! You just get sick of it to a point.

This is why I think Hayashi's games are more fun. Don't care about the amount of enemies. Don't care about how 'epic' the feeling can possibly get. What I want is the fair challenge that the game should have. Sigma achieved this better than 2.

True, Hayashi himself has done this, but not with so many different ways. I admit the games are nothing like last gen, but honestly, imo Sigma, dragon sword and sigma 2 have been the more fun of the games. From my point of view Hayashi does seem to care more about the gameplay than Itagaki does. I am waiting to see Itagaki's first game since walking off. I am hoping that this break from Tecmo takes all the games back to their roots.

Both are guilty of cheap tricks, but from my own personal view Hayashi seems to care less about how fast you can kill the player or frustrate them.

[Neders]

All this talk about which NG is better or if Hayashi is better than Itagaki and, my conclusion, is that comparing NG2/S2/DS and NG1/S1 is like comparing crap and cake...1/S1 is a million times better, nothing to discuss here. The only thing I can take from this is that Itagaki-Hayashi partnership has been successful when making the games, but now Hayashi is on his own and I bet he is shaking in his boots.

However, I think that if he takes the time to analyze the crap parts of NGS2, the unfairness and our (the fans) complaints, then NG3 will be very successful.

But hey, since when did developers listen to us?
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[CoolBlackKnight]

[archwarrior]

Hey thanks for the link. I even found records of other games too. NG2 still sold under 300k
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[Takehaniyasubiko]

[Female Tengu]

[barrage23]

The latest fiscal report from Koei Tecmo Holdings revealed the sales data so far for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.

The Playstation 3 exclusive game has sold 370,000 copies worldwide after being released in late September (North America) and early October (Europe and Japan). In total, the Ninja Gaiden series surpassed the 4 million units sold milestone with the help of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.

[Female Tengu]

370k copies is ok, I think (for a game like NG). Sigma 1 "only" found 500k buyers.
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[Primeval_Demon]

@ Neders

I wouldn't really see Hayashi v.s Itagaki, I would see different takes on the games and thats why the results are different. True Hayashi hasn't proved himself but people will see in time he is a good designer in his own right. He doesn't just copy Itagaki's boss decisions and stuff like that.

@ CoolBlackKnight

You must find bits such as the stairs epic. I'm always happy to hear other sides. I did get used to cheap bosses and shuriken spamming as you do when you play. But for me, it didn't feel fun. I kept playing it because I have this obsession to progress through the game, but it didn't feel fun anymore. Much of the game, even on warrior, felt like a struggle. This wasn't because I'm bad. I just watch movements and develop strageties to any bosses or enemies. I just didn't expect half the stuff that happened in NG2 at first.

I think it is a pity because Itagaki has such talent and he came up with so many ways to make you get game over. I thought it was almost like he was laughing at us.