Itagaki: Xbox 360 is the Most Powerful Hardware

Ahead of the release of Ninja Gaiden II on Xbox 360 on June 6th, MCV caught up with head of developer Team Ninja Tomonubu Itagaki.

MCV: "Ninja Gaiden II has got some great previews from the press – how proud of it are you?"

Itagaki: "I'm very happy with it. It's not 100 per cent as I think that's not possible to do, but I think that I was successful in making a game that no one else could. This is a game that only my team and I would be able to make."

MCV: "Do you prefer to develop on the Xbox 360, rather than the other consoles?"

Itagaki: "Yes. In my opinion it is the most powerful hardware. I have a lot of friends that develop on it so in some ways I regard it like being at home when I'm working on it. There's no reason for me to go to a strangers house to make games."

[Varsarus]

It seems he is on drugs, well I think he takes them anyway...

[Jamie Foxx]

his tried to compare NG2 and himself to kojima and MGS4,im sorry but thats wishing & retarted!

itagaki and shane kim = LAUREL & HARDY or WILL AND GRACE take your pick

[riqued]

"I think Hideo Kojima (director of MGS) is very much like myself."

This pervert has serious problems...

[Jamie Foxx]

that he wears they get me everytime

[C_SoL]

buy my game damn it.....

[Genesis5]

So thats why the frame rate jumps all over the place in this game is it? Too much power.

[Statix]

He's never even worked on the PS3, how would he be able to tell if it's more or less powerful?

[pimpstation]

Yep it's just so powerful that he can't control it. It's So powerful that the camera has developed self-aware AI and does whatever it wants.

This dude probably dresses up like Kojima and then plays with MGS action figures and pretends he is him.

[Kain81]

And he is too Arrogant.
I dont like him personaly

[Panthers]

He is trying to become a legend like Kojima, but he is just becoming an ass.

[chaosatom333]

he is ON drugs.

[chaosatom333]

Hideo kojima would say other wise

--he would say "it's not 200 per cent as I think that is possible to do with the years of hard work"

[HighDefinition]

This guy makes me laugh.

[mikeslemonade]

Most powerful hardware? So can you, Itagaki, tell me why your game looks like crap and has frame rate issues?

[kevoncox]

So Komiji says Ps3 is most powerful and he's praised?
This guys says 360 is most powerful and he's crazy?

Lol...Fanboys...
I look at the Ps3 and 360 as swords.
360 being a Katana and Ps3 being a European broad sword.
In the right hands both can be destructive. However, the sheer power of a Broad sword cannot be harnessed by a person not strong enough to swing it. WHile the katana's power cannot be harnessed by a person quick/agile enough to handle it. Both powerful. Different types of power. I think that's evident by the fact that 360 games still regullary out perform ps3 games. Remember last gen when the xbox would blow ps2 graphics out the water and was limited to just slight graphically improvements in games. Heck the "more powerful" ps3 can't even do that this gen. Different types of poer. If you can't harness the raw poer of the broad sword, what good is it. If you can't move quick enough to swing the katana, what good is it?

[gamesR4fun]

wow he really thinks he can hold up his mediocre drivel to msg4 lol more powerful hardware indeed lol msg4 has him beat in every way real story not cheap grimy hack n slash kicks... real next gen graphics vs his deja vue game...
this guys a joke for putting his game in the same sentence as msg4...

"more powerful hardware" i could take that is if hed done anything to prove his point. His games a mirror of NG and not even up to NGS standards and at that it struggles with even a few extra characters on the screen the cameras a joke in some scenes. This guy is a freaking moron no wonder all he can do is spew out the same old violent cliches.

[lsujester]

I don't know about you people, but I love this guy. His games are nothing but hot chicks and ninjas, and he considers himself to be a god amongst men. What's not to love?

If this guy were a body part, he'd be a perineum.

[deeznuts]

Subordinate: Lord Itagaki!
Lord Itagaki: WHAT?
[Itagaki gathers up his dolls]
Subordinate: You're needed on the bridge sir!
Lord Itagaki: Knock on my door! Knock next time!
Subordinate: Yes, sir!
Lord Itagaki: Did you see anything?
Subordinate: No, sir! I didn't see you playing with you dolls again.

[KingME]

VERY VERY well said and an outstanding analogy. If people read your comment and can actually wrap their feeble little minds around what you are saying, there would be no way they could be disagreeing with you. Perhaps they can, because of their feeble little minds...lol

With analogies like that, I really don't understand how you only have 3 bubbles. Let me help you out a bit.

Bubbles up!

@bishop-br - try actually opening your mind to the analogy for what it is saying, while keeping your hate at bay, and you would have to agree that it's a great analogy.

Perhaps you can understand this one, what good is a high perfomance dragster, in an a race with constant hairpin turns, you will never get the thing up to its top speed. And it will loose in a race against a less powerful car which emphasis on handling and traction. Simply put, the PS3 is probably overall more powerful that the 360 but in some areas, but in other areas it simply isn't.

[BattleAxe]

This guy is getting to be way out of hand.

[lsujester]

Even if his analogy may not be very clear, what kevoncox is saying makes sense. The hardware in the 360 and PS3 are very different, and both very powerful. While CELL may have an edge in raw processing power, the coding required to fully use it is very much different than the coding in which the majority of programmers have been using their entire careers. Granted, it's all C++, but the actual cycle processes and such have to be executed very differently to make use of the very specialized SPU's. The hardware of the 360, although Power architecture RISC chips from IBM, is closer to the traditional x86 development processes that programmers have been using in PC's.

This fact is what has led to the numerous PS3 delays in both multi-platform releases and with exclusives. However, the overall stronger architecture of the PS3 will theoretically let developers have a slightly stronger computing base to work from in time... once they have down the tricks of using the exotic hardware.

[kevoncox]

I am so happy there are some actually gamers and people on this board with MINDs. It's simple to see that the Ps3 is a monster but do developers have the time and resources to use that power.

If you need to make a game from scratch in under 1 year for less than 10 million dollars, the ps3 probally isn't for you. The 360 would then be seen as a more powerful system because all of your tricks work. All of your coding efficently transfer and you are able to put ot mind blowing graphics with little effort. Your time can be used to refine, and further push your coding ability to the limit. If you can dictate a duration of time of 3 years then your developers will have all the time they need to learn the tricks and the trade of the system. Then you can further inprove your game. However, most game developers don't have that amount of development time...

In a 100 hard dash the 360 will win. In a marathon the ps3 should win.
Now the question is...is this gen a marathon or a 100 yard dash? I think it's somewhere inbetween. It's not the 10 years crap Sony is talking but it's not 4 years like people believe it will be. I expect the 360 to last 6 years. I expect a new 360 out in 2011. Sony's Ps3 will have begon to show it's teeth by then but it's superemcy will be short lived. Similar to how the xbox started to pull away last gen but the race was already too far out of hand for MS to win. Sony will be forced to released the ps4 in 2012. Think about how much tech has changed since 1997. Do you really think a console released in 2006 will be able to compete with devices out in 2016? That's like saying my P2 in 2006 could compete with a Dual core processor now.

[boodybandit]

regardless of what you or I think, Sony looks at gaming as a marathon and not a 100 yard dash. They still are supporting and selling a ton of PS2 hardware and they will do the same thing with the PS3 long after the MS "Next" Box and PS4 are released. They didn't drop their old hardware and abandon their userbase the way Nintendo and MS did with the GameCube and Xbox.

As far as Itagaki goes. The man is an obnoxious perverted idiot and an embarrassment to Japan. But I will still pick up NG2 despite what I think of this moron.

[dantesparda]

Can you shut the fvck up? you sound like a clown with your stupid-@ss analogies. And hm, submitted by DC Rider, eh? hm, hmmm, HMMM!!! Big-@ss 360 fanboy, they are just mad (both Itagaki and DC Rider) for the less than stellar review scores they've been getting. The game looks weak, very weak!

But i do gotta say (and sorry PS3 fanboys) he's right, the PS3 has yet to prove itself more powerful. While Uncharted and GT5P are good looking games (especially Uncharted) they still dont prove the PS3's superiority. Although i gotta say, Killzone 2 does from what I've seen and MS has yet to respond yet. Gears doesnt do it. But in the end, i would just say that they are both just about equal. Now later fangirls, have fun killing each other over stupid sh!t

[NO_PUDding]

@Kevoncox

Let me complete your awful analogy.

These warriors all fight each other constantly, so why are they wastign their time with a katana, when ultimately, you will find the best weapon will be a huge Broadsword.

Sure it's more difficult to weild, but if you aren't already dead, get in there quick, and learn it!

That's why the PS3 is clever, but challenging the developers, it creates a market within itself.

You will find next generation will be the same, Sony create hardware that is ultimately more powerful, but needs to be worked on. It's how developers can seperate themselves and create a HEALTHY market.

Not a stale "let's crack anotehr one out of this franchise becuase it's so easy" ethos.

And really... work on your analogies, that was so difficult for me to spin.

[juuken]

How could you not believe that! The 360 has so much powa that it burned a house down! Come on man, ya gotta believe this guy!

*cough*Itagaki is smokin' that pipe again*cough*

Lol @ kevonkox, you're cracking even ME up. Please, stop while you can...I can't take it anymore!

*falls off of chair laughing*

[Bubble Buddy]

kevonox > i look at the ps3 as a lightsaber that can cut through any sword...

[otherZinc]

is exactly correct!

[Legion]

Yes... good analogy. A fictional weapon that is expected to be unbeatable in the future.

[Alcohog]

He also said PS3 is more powerful, previously:

http://www.gamesquad.com/fo...

Not that Itagaki contradicting himself would be anything new.

[CrazedFiend]

Ok so, the way you put it, the PS3 is the overpowered dragster and the 360 is the lesser powered car that can handle the hair-pinned turns.

That's a fair analogy. I have no problem with that or with kevoncox said. The only problem is that your analogies are not related to Itagaki's comment. His comment was not about which system performs better. He said that the 360 is the "most powerful".

To place his comment into your analogies, he's basically saying that that underpowered car is actually MORE powerful than that dragster (and can still handle the corners), and that the katana has more strength than the broad sword (this I believe though, was not too far from the truth, but I don't think kevoncox was thinking about that when he wrote his comment).

So basically, I agree with you guys, but I still can't agree with Itagaki, and it doesn't sound to me like you guys do either.

[kevin1122]

no pudding, i would have to disagree. The katana is the best sword and japanese swordsman ship is the best. Its off topic but i had to correct you on that.

[dan-boy]

you shouldn't believe every little story you read on the net. especially some of the stuff posted on here.

after playing the demo, i can confirm, that i've not seen it stutter, or the frame-rate dip at-all! the game runs lightening quick, and is silky smooth.

i'm hoping that doesn't rain on anyones parade!

[Bloodwar]

I think the fanboy who created this title wanted to start a flame war. Serious. Itagaki also said he believes that MGS4 or NG2 could both be contenders for the game of the year. That would have been a a cooler more friendly title to this article but some deuche thought it would be cool to place the title we have instead. Sad. Here should be the title, "Itagaki, creator of Ninja Gaiden 2 states that MGS4 could very well be a game of the year." That shows he is not a some fanboy developer but someone who knows games. But wow, the spin. I'm dizzy.

[Saigon]

that you are wrong...sony is the first company to make the step to multi core processing...and i will let you know this now...multicore programming is the future...so devs need to get use to it now or get out of the water...

[RobotIsTheFuture]

"Yep it's just so powerful that he can't control it. It's So powerful that the camera has developed self-aware AI and does whatever it wants.

This dude probably dresses up like Kojima and then plays with MGS action figures and pretends he is him."

ROFL!!!

LMAO @ the Kojima Poser XD

[ASSKICKING4U]

Its funny how all of you PS3 gamers react it seems that you spend more time defending the console than playing on it.

[HateBoy]

This man is in denial, fanboys can argue about the quality of games and so on but there really is no doubt that the ps3 is the more powerful machine. Anything less would be absolutely ridiculous considering the ps3 came out a year later and hence benefitted from tech-advancements made in that period.

[Alcohog]

And how do you determine that exactly?

[godofthunder10]

i've never read so much bias childish remarks.just because someone said that the 360 is more powerful he's a drughead and retarded.if he would have said the ps3 was then they would have said he was smart and knew what he' was talking about.

the truth is that i've read a lot of unbias articles and they were not by the psm or the xbox magazine,or people that like one company more then the other like kojima.they said that the ps3 and 360 were really equal in power because of the way they are made.they also said that the ps3 will do things better in one way and the 360 would do things better in another way.

i've read articles from ps3 fans about a years ago and they said that the 360 has used up all it's power because it has been 2 years and that was all they are going to get out of it.well the ps3 been out almost 2 years and it has about the same amount as graphics as the 360.

i don't understand why everyone is acting like kids saying my game system is better then your system,it's childish.the ps3 been out almost 2 years and the 360 been out almost 3 years and they are the same damn thing(1 system might have 1 more piece of brick flying then the other if a building is blown up ,big f**king deal,who's going to count damn pieces of bricks).i know that some ps3 fan will say that the 360 was out 1 year earlier and they are right.the only problem is that if the ps3 was more powerful then the 360 don't you think that it would have showed it by now.

when the ps3 first came out and the graphics wasn't as good as sony promised,ps3 fans said it will take a year before it blows the 360 out of the water because the 360 had a 1 year head start,when that didn't happen they said wait till 1 more year,well its been almost 2 years and the graphics are still about the same damn thing.the same game on the ps3 might look a little better then the one on the 360 or the same game on the 360 will look a little better then the one on the ps3.and if 360 or ps3 fans disagree with that are just childish fanboys because it's the truth.

i'm also tired of hearing what system has the best games,and i'm also tired of hearing that all the games on the 360 sux just because they have a ps3 or the 360 fans saying the opposite because it just show how bias and childish they really are.the 360 and ps3 both have good games and bad,over rated and underrated games,games that was suppose to be good and they suxed and games that was suppose to sux instead they are good.for exsample before L.O was released on the 360 they gave it a good review but after it was released it was a let down and they gave it a bad or a so so rateing.the same thing with the ps3.before haze was released every mag and web site gave it real good rateings but after it was released,they said that it had to much lag and loading time and the game wasn't anything that was promised to the people and the same people that gave it a 4 out of 5 or 8 out of 10 then gave it a 2 out of 5 or a 3 through 5 out of 10.the last time i checked haze had an average rateing of 4 out of 10.

i'll amit it,i think kz2 will be one of the best gams of the year if not the best but i just don't get mgs.i played the other mgs games and they suxed,they had more cut scenes then game play and the story didn't make any since.now they are saying the same thing about mgs4,they are reporting that mgs4 will have at least 25% to 30% more of cut scenes then game play and that suxs.in another word they are saying that we will be watching mgs4 more then we play it and this is a fact,they said it on g4 and i've read 1 article in a game mag that said it.well we see why kojima was running out of room on a br disc for.

i just don't understand why ps3 fans bring up mgs games when trying to proove that the ps3 has better games when the ps3 has a lot more games that's better then it.if the mgs were so damn great then why did it never break any records,hell people never even made a fuss over it till they announced mgs4.the way you could tell how great a game is by how many that was sold as a single game not the whole franchize.for exsample,look at gta 1,2,3 or 4,halo 1,2,or 3,rockband,almost all the mario games,all these games broke sales records one way or the other,now these are what you call great games that will last forever like pac man did,hell till this day people still play pac man.

[LiQuid revOlvEr]

that is the lamest and nerdiest thing ive ever heard!!

[yesah]

if anyone actually looks at th hardware specs, you would know the ps3 is clearly more powerful.

[juuken]

@1.37, 360 owners should be playing their many, many, *many* games instead of being here in the first place.

Are they doing that?

I think not.

[lsujester]

Hey, Saigon... I wanted to you let you know this now.... that you are a fracking retard. What I said had nothing to do with multi-core anything and had to do with processor architecture and coding.

Just so you'll know, the 360 is also multi-core, and has still proven an easier developmental platform than the PS3 has. It has three PowerPC cores, each with two symmetric threads, which is a total of six threads for your ignorant self. The CELL has one general purpose PPU, and seven SPU's (one is disabled on PS3s), for a total of eight possible threads.

It's pretty fracking obvious that multi-core chips are the way computers are ran now, every major chip manufacturer is doing it. But that does NOT mean that every single multi-core chip is the same as another one. And it does NOT mean that more cores are better in every circumstance.

Look at what Intel and AMD are doing, and even what IBM's PowerPC architecture has. Their multi-core chips are in complete contrast to what IBM/Sony did with the CELL. Their chips emphasize latency over bandwidth, and have things like branch predictors and caches to improve code fetching times and the like. While CELL has an enormous floating point threshold, it still requires very specfic coding in comparison to other, more general purpose x86 architectures. While CELL is a monster at things like scientific computation and running servers, if you used it to run Windows, it'd choke and die. That very specific coding is why the PS3 is harder to program than the 360, not because it has multiple cores. But once developers learn that specific coding, the PS3 is a beast with it's beefed up hardware.

So the next time you decide to run your mouth and say that someone doesn't know what they're talking about, how about you first understand what they said... and more importantly, know something yourself?

EDIT: Also, Sony wasn't the first to anything. IBM's Power4 was released back in 2001. AMD and Intel got theirs going in 2005 and 2006, respectively.

[skychad2222]

the xbox360 and the wii have much better games.
i cant think of any good reason outside "uncharted" to but a ps3...

[skychad2222]

only good game is uncharted

[KingME]

NO! what I am saying is that there is a place for a dragster and a track with hairpin turn (Current gaming market) is not it. The dragster is a specialize vehicle that only serves on purpose and that is to blister ahead in a straight line at top speed. Any twist or turns will either greatly affect it's performance or totally destroy it.

[Bladestar]

ohh wow... this is going to turn very ugly up in here! Itagaki prepare to be stoned! It's ok for a developer to brag about blu-ray and the pS3 this and that.. but not the 360...
[running back and forward like a chicken with head cut off... screaming, "ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"]

[GiantEnemyCrab]

all those disagree's just prove your point. How many stupid "the power of the cell" article's have we got on this site?

Yes, why listen to a dev that has been involved with both the 360 and in a lesser extent the PS3 with Sigma? Even though he wasn't leading the team he was involved. Or we should listen to a bunch of commentors with no experience making games on either who are mostly not even old enough to buy beer?

Good to see Itagaki not mincing words and telling it like it is.

NG2 next week!!!!!! I can't wait!

[Relin]

Itagaki had absolutely nothing to do with the development of Sigma. He seems to consider it a bastard child and pawned the responsibility on someone else; he has absolutely no experience with the PS3.

[Premonition]

lol I guess you didnt think did you, when you only develop on one system how can you say out right that its the most powerful system? its like some guy saying SNES is the most powerful system and hasnt even tried touching the PS1 or Dreamcast. The cell is already proven a super computer, i dont see how that cant get the point across most peoples head.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

"YH: My position was to challenge Itakagi, (laughter) so in fact there is almost no involvement from Itagaki. Of course he is the Ninja Gaiden executive producer so he was observing, but there was almost no input."

Observing
ALMOST no input

The man is the Executive Producer. Of course he had some involvment, even if it was little. I would say that proves your "absolutely nothing" argument wrong.

Relin below:

"I don't claim to know how Team Ninja runs their studio, but there's been nothing to show Itagaki's familiarity with the PS3's hardware and plenty to show he doesn't know anything more than his fat check from MS has told him."

Your right you don't know how Team Ninja runs it's studio, so that quote is all we have. So like I said Itagaki has been involved. Your last statement about a "fat check" shows no matter what truth is provided you already have your mind made up. I wonder if you consider Sony's fat check when one of the developers claim the PS3 superior in the hardware?

[Relin]

Talk about grasping at straws. I have no doubt that he peeked his head in from time to time, like any good manager, but that doesn't mean he got his hand dirty enough to know what the PS3 is capable of. Hell, it's rare for any producer to do any sort of engineering: they're the business/creative types.

I don't claim to know how Team Ninja runs their studio, but there's been nothing to show Itagaki's familiarity with the PS3's hardware and plenty to show he doesn't know anything more than his fat check from MS has told him.

@GiantEnemyCrab

I'm obviously dealing with a master of logical thought and reading comprehension, so I'll just let this one die.

[Maverick_]

He's the one and only guy to say this. Too bad Ninja Gaiden 2 is extremely mediocore and looks like PS2 games running at 25 frames per second.

We all know the truth, the truth is in the game he just made... Ninja Gaiden 2. Xbox 360 has NO WHERE NEAR the amount of CPU, raw processing power of the PS3... and it's not myth... it 150% true and has been proven and said by tons of different developers over and over.

Look at Ninja Gaiden 2 LOL. Look at everything on the Xbox 360 including the "improvement" from Gears 1 and now to Gears 2"

Notice how the 2-3 games on the Xbox 360 even considered to look that great are Unreal Engine games with pop in texturing....

Notice Gran Turismo 5, Uncharted, Killzone 2, Resistance 2(which we will see on June 13), MGS4, Little Big Planet,Ratchet and Clank...there are so many more and nothing has used the full potential of the PS3 processing power yet... though Xbox 360 has nothing that looks like Gran TUrismo 5.

PS3 is also said to be getting an "improved" version of Bioshock.

Don't by the Press Release from one guy who is extremely overrated and has made nothing but a Ninja Gaiden Hack n slash... which is a good game but nothing even close to legendary. Now his sequel has received mediore reviews, mediocore reviews about the graphics, framerate, textures.... everything.

We;ve heard how the PS3 is getting the better textures in Mirror's edge, could have had TWICE as much on screen if there were only a PS3 version... how GTA IV could have been a much larger and more "next gen" GTA if it was PS3 Exclusive....with the CEO of Rockstar saying GTA V just might be PS3 Exclsive(HINT HINT: WE DONT LIKE DUMBING OUR GAMES DOWN)

Go read Insomniac's multiple and countless R & D articles writing about the PS3's absolutely GIGANTIC CPU advantage over the Xbox 360 and how after being on the market 2 years... you would without a doubt start seeing games on the PS3, the Xbox 360 just can't do.

Insmoniac are an independent company and could just as easily makes their games multiplatform and makes tons of money. The like Sony. These are well documented articles.

John Carmack of ID, Todd Howward or Bethesda, Guerilla the developers of Killzone 2 have said for Killzone 3... it will be even more crazy looking... because it just takes time learning custom codes for the PS3 to reall pull it's power out... it will take years to really see what it can do.

We all konw the truth and can see it in the games. NG2 looks like a turd(sorry).

There is nothing on Xbox 360 even remotely competitive graphically except Gears of WAR 2 necuase of bump/mormal mapping texture's laid down over EVERYTHING and its still cant touch the PS3's best lloking games.... GT5, Killzone 2, Resistance 2 we will see soon... even the detail in MGS4.

PR FTL. You can see it in the games. Don't talk crap when your game is a turd and even worse REALLY looks/runs like a turd.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Fact of the matter is there is more raw processing power in the CELL that probably will never be unlocked in games. The PS3 might have the mega gazillion FLOPs, but if it is not something that a developer can harness it has no effect on the games.

Sony over-engineered the PS3 for the wrong market. That is why the PS3 was marketed as an all-in-one home super computer instead of a gaming machine. They realized the mistake and albeit the high price point, there is little return in terms of improved gameplay or graphics.

If you spend gazzillion amount of time you will get games that look great on the PS3 and just slightly better than the Xbox 360. Is it worth it? Ask the developers and the gamers. So far, I love my 360 and ordered the PS3 MGS4 LE console. Hopefully, there will be great games other than just MGS4, GoW3 and next FF. Otherwise, I got a $700 limited edition paper weight!

OH, AND BY THE WAY, I WOULD TAKE ITAGAKI's WORD OVER ALL YOU GUYS!!! SO STOP POSTING FALSE INFORMATION!

[PimpHandHappy]

look at the guy

unless your not seeing it but ppl are making fun of him and not sh!ting on your system.....

He thinks he i talking from the shadows like a Ninja because of those shades.

You want to know what this is Bladestar? This is aimed at BRAND loyalty people like alot of ppl on this site. Thats all it is

if ppl cant see that or understand why a guy looking like that says something as off the wall as "Strangers house" and 360 is "uber" powerfull then fine

you know this guy beefs with Kojima....his game is going head to head with a great CLASSIC franchise......

[Alcohog]

Itagaki "tells it like it is"? He said before that the PS3 is more powerful. Durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

http://www.gamesquad.com/fo...

[dan-boy]

just reading your post...

it appears that you dont know anything, and just like to repeat the propaganda that sony owned studios like to put out. plus, you've not played ng2, the demo doesn't have the frame rate problems the reviewers have mentioned(only the camera is slightly dodgy).

you prove time and time again, not just in that post, but in all the other garbage posts you write on here that you're a fanboy through and tthrough. killzone2's game engine is top notch, and could well be the best game engine on this gen of consoles! after the financial investment, and the man-hours that have gone into that game(it's been in development since 05), it's expected to look incredible. but, it doesn't prove that the 360 couldn't run it, it only proves that no game engine has been created to match killzones on the 360. you fanboys read the propaganda, and think it is gospel

[Surfman]

of course it is... This dude made a EXCLUSIVE game for that console. He wants sales.

[Legion]

Hmmmmm.... are we talking NG2 or MGS4? Does it matter...? Both have said similar things about the system they prefer.

[fork_at_gamestm_]

Its well more powerful becuase it has more powerful controller

it has betetr online that lets you play peopel with the comtroller which lets you change batteries and has a friend adding feature which lets you talk to peopel as well like in msn

But on the ps3 you need to install a game to play it

[DanteLinkX]

......Minus Bublues for that Fork guy, seriously wtf?

[Skaterboy Tell Em]

"am not a kids im old enough for you to be your dad"

Comment of the week lol,that just reached a new level of stupidity.

Edit: i see he's outdone himself with this....

"your dad is stupider than me anyway

he stels free mini trolleys and sells them for money"

Keep it up lol

[lsujester]

Thank you guys for the biggest laugh of my day.

"your dad is stupider than me anyway

he stels free mini trolleys and sells them for money"

Classic.

[J@D]

"your dad is stupider than me anyway
he stels free mini trolleys and sells them for money"

Did his said he's actually stupid? or Am I wrong? The stupidity got a highly new level today hahahahahahaha. Most funny comment of the day'

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[JVIDICAN]

lmao

[juuken]

*falls off chair again laughing*

Dude, stop before it's too late.

[MisfitSmurf]

theres something called spell check might wanna look into it

[SickNick85]

He is 100% fanboy...

[J@D]

not, not, not ur a wrong...

His just a drug user... his acne treatments are making blind and hallucinating 4 real. j/k

Now, 4 real this time...

His just desperate to sell some more copies afetr all the "GOOD PRAISE" that NG2 got from the reviews *cough*framedropproblemes*coug h*pop-intexture*cough*makinguse rtobelievetheyareninja*cough*an dothers*things*cough*

^__^

[Homicide]

360 sucks. I'm glad I sold mine.

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

Itagaki: "I’m very happy with their Dirty Tricks" ;-D

[morganfell]

who is more intelligent and knowledgeable. you choose.

itagaki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

or the man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[Pain]

I needed a Good laugh to start the Weekend!!!!

Thanks!!

I like how he in deffence mode since his Underling Outshined his Game with a Remake of a Older one ported.

say no to crack kids or u become that guy.

[Veryangryxbot]

He did say "IMO".

So basically, its not a fact. Its MS money.

[Montrealien]

Talk about someone or something is good or in bad, as longs as you keep on talking about it. Get it fanboy tools?

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

Attached pic is more fitting.

And before you start flaming, disagree and reducing my bubbles with your multiple accounts or PM each other like you do, let me tell you.

NG story is bad BUT its combat is one of the best. Due to Combat alone NG makes is a very good game but this guy is a total douchebag

[Lookbehind]

Pay me a lump some I'll say anything ms wants also.

[MrWonderful]

And the team behind NGS must prefer to work on ps3 because from all the chatter going on around here sigma was a better game @ 60fps and 1080p natively. so it can be done without you.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Sigma was not native 1080p and has anybody even mention what FPS NG2 is?

You can bet Itagaki was involved with Sigma on several level's.

[1stKnighT]

Actually the chatter is that Ninja Gaiden Black is better than Sigma.

[MrWonderful]

@ giant crap infestation.

from your post it seems like you dont know what you are talking about. and yes sigma is 1080p natively

[BIoodmask]

I suggest you read these before calling GiantEnemyCrab names bc he is right.

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

http://forum.beyond3d.com/s...

[Marceles]

In 2006, Tecmo and Sony announced the development of Ninja Gaiden Sigma for the PS3. Eidos got the European publishing rights for this game.[80] Itagaki had no direct role in this remake and judged it as a flawed game.[81] He, however, said that Sigma was to let PlayStation owners have a taste of Ninja Gaiden.

The Cell processor of the PS3 let Team Ninja overhaul the game to use larger and more detailed textures. The game world also had a few changes. The team added a few new areas and several save points and shops. Changes to the game engine let players shoot arrows in midair, fight on water surfaces, and play as Rachel in a few chapters and missions. Players can also shake the Sixaxis controller to increase the power of their ninpos. Team Ninja added foes and bosses such as bikers, fish-men, and Gamov. They also added a pair of katanas called the Dragon's Claw and Tiger's Fang. Although marketed as the "more complete" version of Ninja Gaiden, Sigma left out several features found in the Xbox games. It did not have the opening movie or the unlockable games. It also had fewer costumes than Black did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[Bonsai1214]

it was actually 720p native, but w/e. anyways, it was 60fps though. and he had nothing to do with the development of sigma. his co-director headed up sigma and on some levels made it better than ng2

[bruiser81]

THAT WOULD ALSO MAKE BLACK BETTER THAN NG2 SO WHATS YOUR POINT? THIS GUY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST BEEN ABLE TO PULL OFF THAT GREAT WORK HE DID BEFORE IF HE'S TALKIN THIS MUCH SH#T NOT TO METION THE 360 IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE XBOX HE HAS NO EXCUSE. AND BEFORE YOU LABEL ME AS A FANBOY I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW I HAVE ALL THE RECENT NG BOTH THE XBOX VERSION AND THE PS3 VERION, AND I KNOW FOR A FACT "NONE" OF THE PREVIOUS 3 HAVE HAD FRAME RATE ISSUES OF EVEN RUMORED ONES

[mistertwoturbo]

Ninja Gaiden Black better than Sigma? Dude, they're essentially the same damn game.

[Real gamer 4 life]

I mean what do you guys expect? Ted price will tell you that the ps3 is the most powerful system out there, and without blueray, it would not be possible to make this game. Hideo kojima described the ps3 as a theater experience compare to the rival system. Different people from their respective side will always say there is better then there rivals.

[Angelitos]

uh, Cell, use of Hard drive, Blueray>>>>360

[PStriple703]

Thats why NG2 looks like ps2 game rite?
smh

[dachiefsman]

no wrong...

[ISA_Scum]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

That's for you and your game.

[Area_51]

ewww,this guys face looks like a damn pin cushing, go get a skin graph loser...get it from your a$$

[Condoleezza Rice]

He will never have as much respect as Miyamoto and Kojima.

[LuHawk]

Yeah right you might want to wake up out of that dream

[Maverick_]

LOL He's made one good Ninja Gaiden game and one mediocore one that runs like crap on the console he's talking about. Why would he even come close too be compared to Kojima and Mayimoto??

[Enigma_2099]

... the stigma of the sexual assault incident doesn't help him much...

[Surfman]

Check who is approving the post. Pathetic...
Change title.

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

LOL check contributer ISA Scum that is so funny haha bubbles +

[ISA_Scum]

Is the vid working for you? It's not working well for me.

EDIT: Never mind, it's working fine!

[Expy]

It's more of an opinion than anything. He likes developing in a DirectX environemtn, that's pretty much what he said.

[power of Green]

We already know what the flamebait header says its proven with every single Multi platfrom title.

[LenHart]

many multiplat titles including GTA4 and IRONMAN look and run better on PS3

there are numerous multiplat titles which look better on PS3 --tiger woods/darkness /Blazing angels/oblivion being examples

x360 cant even handle games at 1080p native

so why even talk

on the other hand GT5p,RR7,WARDEVIl,WIPEOUT HD and NGS all run at 1080p at 60 fps on PS3

X360 will never have anything to rival KZ2 /Uncharted

Far Cry 2 also looks better on PS3 with deeper colour saturation

[ISA_Scum]

It's people like you, claiming me to be a troll that are the true idiots. Obviously, you don't read. We all know why multiplats don't do as well on PS3 moron. It's cause it's 360 lead (easy to develop for) and simply ported to PS3. What happened when Burnout/DMC4 were led developed on PS3 and ported to 360? PS3 version = OWNAGE.

You 360 fanboys are pathetic. True split-dev like Call of Duty 4 makes the same or PS3 superior products. Ports=crap and lazy programming.

[Varsarus]

Not only was PS3 lead platform for Burnout, but the developers said they weren't using the full power of PS3 GPU, since it was restricted, and still is I think.

[LuHawk]

dont nobody care about no burnout get them ps3 controllers out of your butt fool

[joevfx]

yaeh siny restricts parts of there hardware the first half year there systems are out cause thats what gives them there 10 years and why there game slook better and better as the system gets older. they did it with the PS2.

[juuken]

PoG hasn't taken his meds yet again!

[Varsarus]

It's Public Relations, I'm surprised none of you thought of it....

[HydroBoy]

this guyz a clown .. lol .. first he calls DMC shallow ..now 360 is the most powerful hardware ..soon man will be able to fly

[damrightfresh]

sure that why ninja gaiden 2 show the power of the 360 ..lol..sigma looks better

[jackdoe]

Lol. Says a designer who never developed on the PS3. He should have said that it was his favorite instead of the most powerful. He would have been taken seriously then.

[InMyOpinion]

Well, the same goes for all the developers that have only made PS3 exclusives right? Like Naughty dog, Guerilla games, Insomniac etc. They don't know anything about the power of the 360.

This whole thread is completely retarded. You fanboys act like babies. Some developers prefer the PS3, some prefer the 360. DEAL WITH IT!

[Bathyj]

The difference Jenzo is all those devs you listed never say crap about XBox, sure they praise PS3, cos they know it well, but they dont have to sling mud like this c0ck is doing.

Besides every good dev know what XB is and what it can do. Its basically just a PC which everyone is familiar with.

What I dont get is, everyone admitted last gen Xbox was stronger hardware and no one had a problem with that. Now the roles are reversed, its just a big b*tch fight everyone wants to cry about.

[InMyOpinion]

I get what you're saying Bathyj, but in what way is he slinging mud? I did'nt see him say anything negative about the PS3 or the Wii in that interview.

I also think that unlike the Xbox last generation, the PS3 hasn't proven to be superior yet. Last gen the Xbox had better looking multiplat games than the PS2. This gen the 360 has that upper hand as well. If it was the other way around I would have no problem admitting that the PS3 had the better hardware. But it isn't. Some games lack AA, run at lower resolutions etc.

Sure, Killzone 2 looks mindblowing. But at the same time we don't know what a game would look like on the 360 if the developers had $60 million dollars and 5-6 years to work with.

[iPirates]

I agree, he's not slinging mud.

"I would have no problem admitting that the PS3 had the better hardware. But it isn't. Some games lack AA, run at lower resolutions etc."

Naturally, every system is going to have games that are worse than others. The 360's extensive lead on the ps3 can also be attributed to the earlier launch, and the time it took for the PS3 to pump out attractive games, and garner some extra features. (or at least hype about new features.)

Killzone 2 is a big budget game, and its looking awesome. Halo3 was also a big budget game, and had a few years of developement under its belt, so maybe that's a means of comparison? It looked good, but not mind blowing. What's your point?

I guess we don't know what it would have "looked like" on the PS3, as you stated. Not that it makes a difference anyway.

"the PS3 hasn't proven to be superior yet"

That depends on your definition of superior. And how much time your going to allow a system to have before you deem it inferior. The 360 is maturing right now. The PS3 is still growing.

[Bathyj]

Fair enough, I think I jumped the gun a bit and I'll eat a bit of humble pie here. You're right he wasn't mudslinging and I guess I was more reacting to the headline and the way these threads always blow up. Sorry.

But I think this guys character had a bit to do with the way I answered too. He puts himself up there with Hideo (sorry, nowhere near his league) and he thinks he's a rockstar or something. He's an Xbox fanboy, you cant argue with that, and theres nothing wrong with that either, (except maybe his games would have sold well if he wasn't and went multiplat. Or maybe not), but even though he says its his opinion, he knows many will take his remarks as fact. He has no PS3 experience and whats more he has motive to dislike PS3 in my book. His own B-team outperformed his game (IMO) with NG Sigma on PS3, a console he acts as if its not worth dirtying his hands on. I just dont see how he can say XB is more powerful when its a know fact its not, even as you say its not fully proven yet. To me 3rd party titles will never show the difference but 1st party titles already put it beyond doubt, but I digress. If he wants to be honest he should just say I prefer working on XB, even though I have no PS3 experience and then people would just take it as that. But still I think its wrong to say I like apples better than oranges, if you've never eaten an orange.

[Ri0tSquad]

It's his opinion. Graphics in NG2 are good but nothing to brag about.

[SKUD]

Exactly. In his "opinion".

[Premonition]

lol if he wants to play the opinion game, im going to say "In my opinion I think his opinion is wrong"

[lodossrage]

I wonder if he even realizes that the rest of his peers feel VERY contradictory to what he does

[Kaz Hirai]

Prepare to be URINATED on by my good friend, the ingenius Kojima-san! On second thoughts, you aren't even WORTHY of his urine!
How DARE you compare SUB-PAR TRASH like FLOP Gaiden to Metal Gear Solid 4?

13 days until Judgment Day, Nazisoft!

MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!

[PR0NE]

Hirai-sama, there is some hot dog crap ready to be shoveled into this pig's mouth, waiting for your orders...

[LevDog]

NG2 graphics dont compare to MGS4.. This guy is smoke some serious Pole.. Ms pole that is..

NG2 looks like everyone was drenched in Vaseline.. They are all shiny and glossy looking..

Why are there soo many Ps3 haters everywhere? Its like the media, after bashing the PS3 the first year.. Cant admit defeat and that they were wrong.. so they continue to make crazy things up and even in the reviews, they nit pick..

They didnt nit pick GTA4 which was far far far from perfect.. Sad truly sad

[OmarJA]

hahahahahaahaahhahhahaha

hhahahahahahaahah cough ... cough

hhahahahahahahooooooooohhhhhh hhhhh I .. I CANT BREATH

*passed out*

[AlterEgo]

ha!

he couldn't bring himself to say NG2 will be better than MGS4.

Glad he's not THAT stupid

[hotshot127]

i see where you guys are the same. you guys both have visions but only one of you actually make that vision come to life and that persons name doesnt start with an I..........

[trikster40]

Says the deranged man who hasn't made a game on any other console...

[ape007]

explain why ng2 looks like an as$ and it has framerate issues that is not even found in the orignal ng on xbox

[pwnsause]

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No comment....

[LenHart]

"I think Hideo Kojima (director of MGS) is very much like myself."

AHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Alexander Roy]

"I think Hideo Kojima (director of MGS) is very much like myself."

Am I the only one with that slight taste of vomit in my mouth?

[xboxftw]

@nasim/lenfart

"I think Hideo Kojima (director of MGS) is very much like myself."

The only difference is he's Hideo and you're Hideous.

[Sephiroushin]

Arrogant like ever. Itagaki stay away from the cocaine.Itagaki you have to learn from Hideo Kojima he is a real creator like a god and he don't call himself like one.The most powerful console is the ps3. I think microsoft had paid millions to him or in reality is in drugs.

[hotshot127]

.........

[Mikelarry]

i own an xbox but lol. hes spots on his face must be getting to him

[Rhezin]

you really have some................PATHETIC BURNS OF A TWELVE YR OLD.

"13 days until Judgment Day, Nazisoft!

MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!"

Is the 13 days the time left until you grow some nawts?

[dachiefsman]

pass around the tissues....gezus...this man says his opinion take it or leave it.

He reminds me a little of Jaffe or Mark Cuban. They all say whats on their mind and they don't give a eff what people think.

At least they are honest and not sheepish with their opinions.

how about this....the 360 wii and ps3 suck long live Sega Genesis.

[Baka-akaB]

honest ? What part of him is ?
Acting like a jerk is being honest ? Talking loud like a jerk got nothing to do with honesty . Tell us he got balls , aint afraid of smack talks , yeah of course i'll agree ...

Is it honest when he literally sh*t on his co worker from Sigma and when his new game is basically sigma 1.5 ?

Is he truthful when he says he's leaving NG because there is very little else to do to improve it ? Especially when the games looks like sigma black ? An upgraded sigma with blood , framerate issues (at least from the current versions) , the same old not awesome camera , and a few new weapons ?

I like the game , mostly for its difficulty and its very own fighting style , so i'll probably enjoy NG2 too , but lets not live in denial .

[dachiefsman]

how am I in denial...I never once mentioned NG2 in my post...I was talking about the man not the game...if he has an opinion he is entitled to it...

I don't understand how him saying the xbox 360 is more powerful equals him being a jerk....

[Fanboy Slaughter]

I've seen this interview on here before.

[SolidSnake93]

Then you have nothing to blame for the games flaws.
To that I would like to add why doesn't it look much better than NGS.

[Alexander Roy]

NG Sigma - which he doesnt seem to accept as a good game - while being done by one of his "grunts", runs better on the PS3 (1080p@60FPS) than NGII - done by him, "the master" - which has framedrops/slowdown on the "most powerful" console, the XBox360. Somebody please pull him out of Microsofts ass.

[OOG]

....................
dont see the point of why these even make news...we all know what it will cause

[Sephiroushin]

i think he should ask
Yes micro$oft had paid to me millions and millions
and i can't go to the ps3 or other consoles.

[Sephiroushin]

i think he should ask.
Yea, micro$oft had paid to me millions & millions and i can't make games to other consoles. don't you think

[lociefer]

seems like all 360 fanboys are living in a dream , including itagaki and that (tunerboy) guy , saying that 360 is more powerfull is just dead wrong and all 360 owners/fanboys are afraid to admit it , but this stupid son of a biatch comparing himself to kojima is just hillarious, and frustrating , he's giving himself waaaaaayyyyy tooo much credit for just mentioning kojima , its like comparing god (kojima) to an ant

[Hellsvacancy]

just another blind delusional tw@ much like those climate change protesters!!!

[Avto]

This bloke makes games for X360 sure he's gonna say X360's the best and Insomniac says PS3 is the best, Infinity Ward says both are good Valve hate PS3, Criterion Games love PS3 Itagaki thinks X360 is the best, Tetsuya Nomura thinks PS3 is the best.

[jspc1989]

hideo kojima like a god? dude u need to get out more! and get urself a girlfriend if you dont have one.

i admit he is a very very talented producer and i love metal gear 1, 2 and 3 so far with acid 1, 2 and PO. But he isnt some sort of messiah. my life wouldnt be any different without him, i would just be playing a different game lol.

and why cant he brag about 360 hardware, u hear it alot about ps3 so y not? i love both and the wii - its called being a gamer not some person who gets off on a few computer chips. ill say it about 360 and ps3 fanboys grow up!

and you are right you cant compare NG2 with MGS4, 2 different games entirely with different art styles story, everything in fact.

jesus its now illegal on here to express an opinion.

how many of you have met Itagaki or Kojima and had a personal one on one chat?.....yeah thought so, so how can you really insult either of them. you should thank them for actually making the games.

peace out x jc x

[OmarJA]

" but I think that I was successful in making a game that no one else could."

God Of War III will piss on your little flop gaiden 2

enjoy your last days with the 3fixme

[Sneaky Snake]

please don't make me laugh :)

[Baryndor]

Dud has always been a paid Microsoft Shill.

[DarK-SilV]

Other: (22 minutes ago)
Title is once again flamebait. You do not follow the guidelines on N4G and I have petitioned the admins that even if you are top contributer of the month you should not be awarded anything because you can't seem to follow the rules other's do.
Reported by: GiantEnemyCrab
lol

[kenshin22up]

is he trying to be Uwe boll?

[darthv72]

he said in HIS opinion the 360 is the most powerful. As a 360 player even I can see that his statement is his opinion. It isnt the most powerful and neither is the PS3. They will be out done by the next incarnation and then the same thing will happen after that.

[Bellic Jr]

His response to GOTY- "I think it will be between NG2 and MGS4" How much Acid and Shroom does this crazy fool consume? Itagaki's cult following is less than a 1/3 of the gaming population and this I'm sure of.

MGS4
GTA4
Resistance2
GeOW2
Resident Evil5

all of these games are FAR more well received than NG PERIOD! I'm sorry Itagaki but you aint as Elite as you'd like to think you are and saying you and Kojima are very much alike? YOU FUGGIN WISH! You sir are far and away from being remotely genius as Kojima San is.

JUST SAY NO AND PUT DOWN THE PIPE BECAUSE CRACK IS WACKER THAN POG, GEC AND THEMART@KMARTKINGS PUT TOGETHER. Now thats WACK!

[lociefer]

couldnt have said it better

[Rims]

Itagaki the XBUG

[Monty_The_Great]

is now infested with PS3 fanboys. Anytime there is an article that praises the 360 it gets flooded with PS3 fanboys. Maybe when MGS4 finally comes out this place will get back on an even playing field. Because right now it seems there are no 360 owners on here and all PS3 fanboys.

[Bellic Jr]

I think this is more about Itagaki comparing himself to the Kojima than positive 360 details.Itagaki is a flea and Kojima is the BIG DOG! We all know N4G is PS3 dominanat and thats why I LOVE IT. You can always checkout teamxbox or xboxqueens though.

[mistertwoturbo]

Actually this site used to be ran by all 360 people. If you want to go to a pro-360 website, go to Eurogamer.com section. 95% 360 gamers there.

[moja]

"... there is no other studio in the world that could create a game like Ninja Gaiden II, other than myself and my most trusted comrades."

"Especially since we own the intellectual property and we would show up at their door in full samurai gear."

[yanikins111]

Kojima - Legend.
Itegaki - Idiot.

[mightydog01]

We both think a like. itagaki is not in the same league as Kojima. He's really crying inside cause he back the wrong horse, when hes looking at mgs4 Kojima master piece with envy.When in realilty ng2 is poor so he jump on Kojima tail saying crap about he's like him tryin to take credit off Kojima great master piece Mgs4. He's a nobody up against KOJIMA.......If I had a xbox360 and I look at ng2 when he said the 360 most powerfull.....I be very worried indeed because the game proves it aint and he talks a load of cr#p.

[yanikins111]

Its the attitude that separates them imo. Kojima has produced arguably the best series in video gaming history, yet he is humble. He has always wanted to do more with it, to push gaming further than it has been taken, and he has NEVER (that ive heard of) crowed about his accomplishments. This idiot on the other hand has produced a good series, but acts like everything he touches is the best thing since air. Kojimas games are long, thought out and deep. Itagakis are shallow fun and flashy. Yes they are good. No they are not classics, in my opinion anyway. Now if he went away, and came back in 5 years with a deep, unique game that pushed some boundries, even if it wasnt the best game id have a little bit of respect for him.

[Frost-Wraith]

yep 360 is the most powerful console...tht is if consoles only mean the original xbox nd 360 to u...which is...sad

[SacT0wnF1n3st]

Please shut up. Kojima is more respectable and definitely a much better developer than you biased a...hole.

[Elginer]

will be the best action game for quite a while, folks just mad cuse you suck at the game, it's ok...that's why it's only for hardcore gamers on a console thats for GAMING not watching movies. See I can spin the bullcrap too LOL

[Ryoji Chubachi]

Traitor!

[livespawn]

duck and cover to avoid fanboy gunfire.

[LarVanian]

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!OMFG!!!!! I so can't believe he just said that!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!! ROLL ON THE MOTHERF*KIN' FLOOR LAUGHING!!!!! LAUGH YOUR BALLS OFF MAN!!!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! F*CKING LAUGH OUT LOUD!!!!!! LAUGH TO THE HEAVENS AT THIS JACKASS!!!!!!!!!!!
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Itagaki...................... ............................... ...................YOU FAIL!!!!!
Prepare to get raped on June 12th XFags!

[squablo]

I have all the current consoles, and a ton of games for all of them as well. Xbox 360 is superior for a few reasons, and graphics is not one of them. I play my xbox 360 much more then my ps3 for the following reasons:

1.communication - where is in game xmb?

2.custom soundtracks - again, sony where is that feature

3.media center integration - with my xbox and my media center pc, I have it all

4.voice chat on all games - some ps3 titles dont have it (like the club) and if they do, the quality is different for each game.

5.port configuration - on xbox platform, I only need to open 2 ports. On ps3, you have to open certain ports on certain games just to host an online match.

6.no HDD installs - 4GB anyone? Seems like this is becoming the norm

7.controller - whats up with sony's 12 year old controller design?

8.XBLA - tons of good games, and tons of bad ones. Key word here is "tons"

9.beta testing is more used on xbox live

10.the amount of games available - xbox has WAY more games

11.windows live messenger integration - that one rules, come on you guys have to admit it

12.and if graphics do matter, then Gears of War is still to this day one of the best looking games out there.

Now having said all that, I will admit the hardware for the xbox 360 is flawed big time, as I have had many many xbox 360s since launch. The ps3 hardware is more reliable, at least so far. But the system overall is a much better experience then the ps3, both in and out of game.

As for Ninja Gaiden II goes, none of you have played it yet, and it saddens me to see that most of you just read whatever reviewers spit out at you and use it for your little fanboy war. The combat system is unmatched. Period. As for Sigma being better, I also have to disagree. The sections where you play as Rachel really threw off the pace of the game. Did it look good? You Bet!! Did it play better, or even the same as Ninja Gaiden Black? Not a chance!

Lets just all play the game before we start using reviewers biased opinions on games. After that you can conitnue your flame war. Itagaki has created an action game with the combat system of a full fledged fighting game on steriods. It is, and probably will be for a long time, unmatched by any game in its genre

[Monty_The_Great]

one of the most thought out post on this sight that I have ever read. The only problem is that you are posting on a site that is full of immature little kids, even worse than that, there all PS3 fanboys. Like you I have both the 360 and PS3 and I play my 360 far more. Really the only thing I use my PS3 for now is that it plays my Blu-Ray movies. But alas, you will get phantom disagrees or replies that make no sense and just say Kojima is god and MGS4 is the best game that will ever be created and nothing else in the world matters. Its retarded really how this site has gone down hill so much.

[myabsolution]

As much truth as there is in your post, it wont get ya anywhere. I play where the games/features are too, so obviously we know what console I picked.

If a developer says they prefer the 360 and think that IT is the best, then hes an idiot; if a developer says the Cell/Ps3/BluRay is an untapped oil well and is the best, then theyre just speaking the truth and theyre a genius.

[MrWonderful]

1.communication- yes for multiplayer, but when most play a single player they dont wanna talk to someone else.

2.custom soundtracks- maybe but not with all games

3.media center- better at it than 360

4.voice chat- same as #1

5.port config- last i checked i didnt have to adjust anything to play or host a game online

6.hdd installs- its more of a benifit than anything. go play mass effect and watch those textures load.

7.controller- its what you prefer.

8.xbla- we have games on psn adn more innovative.

9.beta testing- thats funny because you are fixing most of the bugs for us!

10.the amount of games- i would expect a console that has been out for a year and a half longer to have more games. this =fail!

11.windows live- i can agree with you on this.

12.graphics- gears was nice but even lair beat it in the graphics department (even though gameplay was not what was expected). the key word to what you said is "ONE of the best looking games out there." sry bud but the ps3 is starting to flex its muscle now.

with all of this said. I own both consoles but play my ps3 more as this is my console of choice. but which ever you chose you're getting a great experince either way.

[devilhunterx]

1. Firmware 2.4

2. Firmware 2.4

3. I stream videos, audios and pictures from my pc already.

4. thats not sony fault if the developers dont program it right.

5. no idea what you mean. i got wireless and have everything set to AUTO. I have hosted games online many times.

6. i have 320 gb HD now.

7. whats with you using your feet to walk? use your hands now. yea. thats how your logic is. if it works. use it.

8. quality over quantity. and xbla isnt 2 year old. try again.

9. upto the developer. not sony. try again.

10. its easy to make low quality games.

11. not a big thing. i got a computer for it.

12. yea it does. maybe the best looking on the xb2 til date. but UT3 on the ps3 is much better. and Uncharted beats both of them.

[yanikins111]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

AH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

<coughs up a lung>

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Seriously man. Every point that you bring up has been countered a hundred times. Get over it.

1.communication - Predicted in under 2 weeks

2.custom soundtracks - Predicted in under 2 weeks

3.media center integration - Can set to stream from pretty much any pc, not just those running windows.

4.voice chat on all games - Predicted within 2 weeks

5.port configuration - Has more to do with your network hardware than the console itself. I had to manually set up every aspect of my network when i had my 360. Ps3 has been plug and play, but ive updated my wireless modem since then.

6.no HDD installs - Mass effect and GeOW texture pop up anyone? Zero loading times on uncharted anyone?

7.controller - Its pretty good how it is.

8.XBLA - Flow, Pixeljunk monstors, Super stardust HD, Tekken 5 DR, Super puzzle fighter, Riff everyday shooter, Etc etc etc.

9.Never tested a beta. Never want to.

10.the amount of games available - ps3 is growing. that years head start was good for something other than providing us with an untested peice of hardware.

11.windows live messenger integration - Ill admit it.

12. Uncharted, Heavenly sword, Super stardust HD, Killzone 2 <cough>

The only people who still post things like this are fanboys that are too delusional to let go.

Fale.

[Whoooop]

Itakagi... Don't lie to yourself.

Bring that game to the PS3 where you can develop it without limits.

:)

[zypher]

doing that would be a "lose of face". why lose face bringing your game to a console that your subordinates produced a superior version of a previous iteration on, which just so happens to be the same system you've spent years slamming?

[dragunrising]

Mr Whoooop (made sure there was four o's) don't lie to yourself. You wouldn't buy this game even if it came out to PS3. AS far as developing on a system with no limits...I'm sorry, I think you have the PS3 confused with the PC. No matter what game comes out for Xbox or PS3, the PC will always have the better looking version hands down. Before you think I'm a PC gamer, think again, I'm not. Its the truth. If you want to talk about graphics and obsess over them get yourself a PC. Otherwise have fun playing ONLY PS3 games. PS3 is a more powerful computing device, Xbox 360 is a more powerful GAME playing device. YES, I SAID IT, MORE POWERFUL...OH NOEZ I'M GOING TO GET LYNCHED!!!

[name]

Tell that to the more talented devs who developed sigma for the ps3. Which scored notoriously higher than his games.

[Bellic Jr]

My last bubble goes to you. Your comment =Nuff Said.

[Rusted]

chill out, he's a good developer but the statements he declares in the interviews... well, are jokes.

Pure gold, pure involuntary gold humor.

[zypher]

i'm sure most of you will disagree, but he actually doesn't come off sounding like a butthead in this interview. still, before he makes outlandish claims like "XBox 360 is the most powerful hardware" maybe he should make a game that showcases that. to date all his games look marginally better than their XBox counterparts...yes, XBox, as in PS2's main competitor. now if he can produce visuals like GT5 Prologue or Heavy Rain on the 360, then his argument would have legs to stand on. and whats up with him comparing himself to Kojima? thinking that your game is the best in the world is probably something every developer has thought to themselves.

[Rusted]

but i really like to see the script of every game (or games) made by Kojima and Itagaki and comparing, not the technical development only the script, do you really think they could be the same quality? just think all the research to write each game (Metal Gear and DOA, DOA Volleyball or Ninja Gaiden)

[zypher]

so true. i'm still trying to figure out why, of all people, he compared himself to Kojima. Kojima's games are as much about story as anything else. as a matter of fact, you'd be hard pressed to find any single franchise with a story as deep and involving as MGS. on the flipside the characters and story in Ninja Gaiden was my biggest fault with the game (along with camera). Itagaki had to have been high when he made that comparison.

[myabsolution]

im a big team ninja fan.. mainly for DOA.

I think what he excells at may not be graphics, I think it is features.

Take DOA4 for example... it has SOOO many options and features on it, and the game was made in 2005 right next to 360 launch. Online mode kicks major ass, youve got lobby modes, tournaments, replay saves, design your little avatar, watch other people play on big screen tvs, you may it, its basically all there right off the bat.

[DarK-SilV]

they ARE fighting a losing battle that’s why they say so mush crap
Expect more to come especially when MGS4 is released

[thereapersson]

Ninja Gaiden's framerate issues state otherwise. I thought this was supposed to be the uber-ninja game to kill off all other games this summer? Too bad it'll be overshadowed by MGS4, as it's really a good game despite its technological shortcomings. Itagaki kind of deserves any negative press it gets, however, for shooting his mouth off at other developers. Just like Free Radical's HAZE fiasco, if devs would concentrate on making great games and not focus so much on what others are involved in, they wouldn't run into as many problems come review time.

[gk07]

reading all these posts really cracks me the fck up lol funny shiit you guys are right and all lol

[thenickel]

He just came out and said what most developers have been afraid of saying lol. I'm definitely picking this game up but find it hilarious how PS3 fans get so offended when somone has a different opinion then they do. He's trying to sell a game people and at this rate we will never know which console is more powerful. Actually I'm ready for the next gen already because I'm just not satisfied with what I'm seeing this gen from PS3 and 360.

[kevanio09]

uh how many have actually played NG2 here?

and how many are going on their own opinion.

Just played the demo. The graphics arent spectacular. The frame rate holds up quite well but its dropped a few times. There was screen tearing at the same time. But this was for a few seconds. When nothing was happening. The camera is annoying but with some settings altered and using the right trigger when necessary wasnt too bad. The story still sucks however ¬¬.

Also whats with the god worship of metal gear solid? Apparently if anything bad is said of it in any way, the person has to be wrong. Jeez.

[kewlkat007]

seems like Devs cannot have an opinion. Hey that's like that other article and some dev praising the PS3, sheesh, this is nothing new.

This guy only develops for the 360 as some Only PS3 devs, nothing shocking here besides the fanboys feeling desperate again, and trying to justify their console.

Can't anyone have an opinion? without it being a MS conspiracy and Money and all this BS?

Sheesh its ALWAYS a conspiracy when anyone talk about MS in any Positive light. Oh he was paid.

[zypher]

well, i for one didn't mention anything about a Microsoft/Itagaki conspiracy, at least not in this article lol. my gripe with his comment is that his mouth says one thing, but his game says something completely different. if you're gonna make yourself the face of all things 360, then at least have the substance to bag it up; don't just through out baseless claims. Kojima hardly sounds as in-the-pocket-of-Sony as Itagaki does with Microsoft, and from the reviews alone MGS4 stomps all over Ninja Gaiden 2. Kojima said something about next-gen systems in reference to food, and the 360 fanboys pounced on him. however, Kojima's backing his claims up with MGS4.

[Dareaver1]

In my "Opinion". That's what he said. Many Sony developers just state that the ps3 is the most powerful. At least this developer said that In His Opinion the 360 is better. Opinion being the operative word.

Many ps3 fans take things to seriously, and they take it personal. Where has he downplayed the ps3, provide me with a quote from him trashing the ps3. Not only that, in this interview he sounded pretty reasonable in my "opinion". He said he admires Kojima and said that they probably produced the best games for their respective genres. Let's see, NG2 is a action hack and slasher, and MGS4 is a action stealth shooter. Why are you people comparing the games.

You all really need to get a grip on reality, especially the ones that worship Kojima, oh and i do remember all the trash talking when Kojima was misquoted or whatever when he seemed to badmouth the ps3. So easily many of you forget what you have said in the past. Though i'm not one to bring up the past, maybe some of you should read what you said before, and notice that many of you are building unhealthy relationships with your consoles of choice.

Oh and i'm just curious, who has played the retail copy of NG2 yet. Oh, no one, i see, so many of you need to keep quiet about a game you haven't even played yet. All i hear is junk about what reviewers have said, now look at what you all are trying to do to Eurogamer; all the reviews for NG2 are right, but a well said review of MGS4 is wrong and they are being bought, paid off, or whatever. Some of you really need to grow up.

[Maverick_]

lol Bloodmask wishes.

[myabsolution]

yea, completely pointless things such as calling out a contributer belong in the open zone pal.

[Baka-akaB]

I dont think Sigma is better personally , but its close enough in looks . My problem is it should looks miles ahead .

Anyway what the hell did it even play the same ? My first experience of NG was with Black , and asides from the ego trip from itagaki , Sigma is a damn fine remake . It loses bonus from black , but i'd seek the reason from the Team ninja and Tecmo people that are anti-sony (or to be fair pro the competetion's exclusive money) rather than a design's flaw .
Some scenes are obviously arranged differently given the technological differences between the two titles , even in cutscenes , but otherwise it even keep the average camera system the serie always had .

So asides from console war usual crap , and people just licking Itagaki's face in an obedient and loyal way , i dont think anyone got any business dissing here NG Sigma ...

I could at understand least Itagaki's reasons for talking this way about his own colleagues ... Despites his delusions of grandeurs , the main competition is actually tecmo's own Sigma title .
NG 2 hardly propose something fresh and new compared to the original game , so without the dreaded next gen remake , both games sides to sides would looks and do looks like night and day .
Now sadly for Itagaki , while NG2 is obviously better looking , he still face an already next gen ready version of his game , with the same not fresh and very small in numbers additions and same flaws .

[Stinkey]

I don't like this Dudes arrogant attitude. Kojima is a way better Dev and it's not for him to say whether or not he is as good as him. Also wuts this crap about the 360 being the most powerful machine. U gotta be kidding me. Maybe when he tried working with the PS3 was in the dark with those stupid BLADE glasses on

[Ashta]

Like...Itagaki's joking right? I mean...Ashton Kutcher is going to pop out and say we're all punk'd right?

[mistertwoturbo]

No I believe Dave Chapelle will jump out and say "You've been Zapped!"

[etownone]

well its been proven so far with every multi-plat released,
same way original Xbox owned ps2 last gen in every multi-plat.

wake up sonydroids.....

[Baka-akaB]

Its only my speculation but i bet Tecmo considered releasing Sigma on 360 , but hit a wall with itagaki , and wouldnt put both in concurrence .

He's doing a good job with NG so far , but his prima donna act is starting to sounds more like his perks , rather than his actual dev skills .

Going on another franchise , rather than rot there getting lazy while younger staff release great looking remakes of your main title , should be a good idea and rejuvenate him , hopefully with less talks , at least until he really delivers

[TripleTags]

His Acne medicine.

[AIZEN THE STRONGEST]

well hes not fooling himself, your fooling yourself, you sound like a pc fan from the heart, every pc crytek fan i ever see always switches stuff to xbox cause their wack platform cant keep up with ps3, ps3 is pushing cgi graphics ingame this gen, if thats not what your looking for in visuals, then wait til 2100 and games will be holographic.

[KingItachi]

Itagaki - san how do we get to your fourth dimension.

[Salta_nelas]

Did anyone notice that when an exclusive PS3 game is coming out or when good news are pending to the PS3 side, 360 news tend to appear to spread FUD?

I wonder why NGS is 1080p/60fps and NG2 is 720p with frame rate problems.

LoL@ Itagaki and NG2 as a "AAA" for 2008.

[J@D]

The most powerful hardware? ha hahahaha HA! Only on his wet dreams that is.

^__^

[Lord Vader]

omg the comments on this thread are hilarious !!!

it's teh powa of teh cell...

no no, it's teh powa of teh 360...

ROFL = too funny !

Frankly, i got both machines & I'd say so far this gen, "teh powa" of both of them is OVERRATED. I cant remember a time with so many games that have framerate issues, clipping, popups, bad textures, major delays, required HDD streaming... shoot most of these "next gen" games seem kinda last gen with a new coat of paint to me... with a few exceptions like Gears & Uncharted to make both camps happy.

Maybe Next Gen will be Next Gen = LOL

[shadow-sentinel]

Itagaki, Kojima is not like you. He is much more better than you. Kojima eats your games for breakfast.

[Baka-akaB]

both 360 and ps3 fanboys from that current page are an embarassement period , the above guy from post 19 included and a ps3 dude higher up as well .

Back to topic , i am harsh on him , but there is so much more he could have done , with all that energy he uses to brag .
Its a crappy example , but all those prince of persia , god of war , devil may cry , ninja gaiden , features nothing on the multi player side ... Its a damn shame , especially for a title like Devil may cry featuring now on a constant basic a second hero (vergil in dmc 3 collector , nero in 4) .
I think it would be damn neat to have some coop in a stylish and fast paced action ame like those ...
cant believe the one who had the balls and the skills to pulls this off was one of the Lord of the rings beat them all on ps2 !!

Mikami was mentioning lately again how little those guys improve the genre . NG2 will still be fine dining , but it could have blown us away . just imagine how embarrassing for the title if the sigma game developped alongside NG2's dev they decided to put the same gory effects ? What the hell would be left as news features ? A claw and 1080p and dumbed down difficulty ?

[ustayclassyn4g]

itagki,the poor man's hideo kojima. dude must be blind, it's why he wears those shades all the time, but when his game is exclusive to that console and with his ego do you expect anything less?

[wangdiddy82]

looks about the same as sigma or even worse.. And let me tell you something.. his games arent all that great to begin with.. Lol this guy is a retard.. I never understood this guy.. He acts like he is a rock star or some kinda of super star..

[AIZEN THE STRONGEST]

you havent seen a game called ratchet and clank, that ends your entire argument, and ps3 isnt a console.

[Fishy Fingers]

He should come have a go on my PC ;)

[Kyur4ThePain]

More's the pity then that your game can't seem to get more than 8/10 running on that most powerful hardware. Maybe you were holding back?

It's funny, but for some reason I never expected to hear something like this from him.

[ChickeyCantor]

he said IN MY OPINION, so he could have meant that 360 is enough for his idea's.

>_< i lol at you fanboys XD

[GameDev]

the man is a mental midget

[mjaruzel777]

Bahahahahahaha!!!

[highdro]

lol....first kim talks sh1r now his talking sh1t...is seems thoes people are ms are really on some sh1t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pshizle]

have you played NG2...thought so!!!

[Baka-akaB]

how about reviews (and its up to everyone to trust a source , or to sample poll a quantity) , the jap demo (and the worldwide pretty soon) , and obvious enough on screen details ?

its quite obvious that NG2 is hardly that different from ng1 , if you enjoyed the first you'll enjoy the 2nd probably , like i do (but with disappointements on my side ) , if you dislike it , well shiny new graphics wont make you enjoy it neither .

[n00bPwner]

owned. PS3 is sh1t! lol

[mistertwoturbo]

Well at least he says "In my Opinion" and not downright say "IT'S FACT"

[2cents]

its a shame, I dont even think he knows or cares that he pisses people off, he just seems so casual about everything. As if its normal to have one's head inserted up one's chocolate factory.

[Dareaver1]

what did he say wrong. He said that in his "Opinion" the 360 is more powerful and then loosely explained why he thinks that. It wasn't like other devs that made it seem like it's a fact what they are saying. He did state in his opinion.

He didn't even sound like his normal super arrogant self. He just stated that he is happy with the game he's developed, the fact that no other dev team could create "his" game, and that he admires other developers like Peter M. Not only that, he didn't say anything bad about Kojima and he even said that they have probably made the best games in their respective genres. Which i believe to be possibly true. NG2 is an action hack and slasher, MGS4 is an action stealth shooter. Why people on this site are comparing the two is beyond me, but i think both games have potential for greatness from their fans. They both are niche games and apply best to their hardcore followers. I personally can't wait for NG2.

I know Itagaki is known for his arrogance and super machismo (LOL), but this time his interview was respectable and reasonable well said. I don't know why people were expecting him to maybe down his own game. I like that he finds the 360 to be home, i loved the DOA series and thought it was the most fluid fighting game to date, not the best, but the most fluid. Soul Caliber comes in at a close second for fluidity, but i think it's the best 3-d fighter period.

[2cents]

Do you prefer to develop on the Xbox 360, rather than the other consoles?
Yes. In my opinion it is the most powerful hardware. I have a lot of friends that develop on it so in some ways I regard it like being at home when I’m working on it. There’s no reason for me to go to a strangers house to make games.

Thats the only answer that didn't sit well with me. The last line. That "stranger" had a big part to play in his success in previous years. It seems he has quickly moved on and forgotten the hands that used to feed him.
Why not say, I have yet to experience the benefits for developing games on the other consoles, and until that time comes I will stick to my preference, the 360.

[Dareaver1]

it's nothing like developing for the ps2, and not only that, he developed DOA for the dreamcast also. I do believe that MS has borrowed a lot from Sega as far as their console and it's controller is concerned.

So maybe he sees a little bit of dreamcast in 360. But i don't think he is spitting on the past for the work he's done with the ps2. I think many people are reading far more into it and making their own interpretations for what he's saying instead of just taking them at face value.

oh, and he has been with MS since their jump into console gaming.

Edit: well he's never been a profound speaker. That would have been less fanboy flamible, but what he said was not offensive in my opinion. He has been with MS for awhile now, and the PS3 is a different animal as far as development goes, and sony is to blame for that, so it is a stranger. But look at the very begining of DOA, it was even on Sega's Arcade boards, and like i said before; Sega was a big inspiration to MS and it's console gaming development.

[Dareaver1]

Sega's arcade board was his first outing for DOA, then Saturn, Then Dreamcast, then XBox, Then XBox 360....

DOA was ported to PS2.

So Sega, whom i think is behind MS's move to console gaming, was always Itagaki's console of choice when it came to the 3-d realm....

Kinda spooky when you make all the connections.....

[PimpHandHappy]

he looks like he might drive a van and kidnap little girls

you want to trust that guys opinion you go ahead.....

[mistertwoturbo]

Oh yeah for all the comments relating to Ted Price and other PS3 developers saying that they prefer working with the PS3 than the 360. You guys are also taking things they say out of context. Never have I seen an interview with any of those developers from Naughty Dog or Insomniac downright claim "The PS3 is more powerful than the X360"

In some interviews there was even a question for Naughty Dog "what would it take to port Uncharted to the 360?"

All that was replied was "we'll we'd have to do things differently without blu-ray and a standard HDD." but they even say it might not be the same quality.

And as much as I hope Itagaki rots in hell next to hitler, you guys are still taking what he said out of context. He said "In My Opinion" which is OK in my books.

[Bluejet]

" And as much as I hope Itagaki rots in hell next to hitler, you guys are still taking what he said out of context. He said "In My Opinion" which is OK in my books."

LOL I have to agree, as much as i hate itagaki he didn't say anything that bad. But i think hate for the guy has grown so much so that anytime he speaks it just fuels the fire.

[Rockxy]

Sorry but MG looks like a Atari Jaguar Game and the
characters act like High school musical:( Reminds me of a Pakistani Movie.

[Awesomeo3000]

who cares wat this guy says hes made wat 2 games ninja gaiden and dead or alive and he walks around like hes the greatest sh#t in the world i mean ninja gaiden is good but in no way groundbreaking

[digger18]

Its because he and his friends are too stupid to learn how to use the power of the PS3 and they only like cut down PC's like the 360, easy to program for.

[bioshock]

who want to hear ths cheap lowlife....ma team as done waht none other could....hahahahahahahahahahah haha....igtigi wahever his Fcvkin name is...if thts perfect i mean 7.9..on meta...thn he really needs an applaud...hahaha

[highps3]

This guy is a tool... Bottom line...

Ill take MGS4 over NG anyday... Hes the biggest s*** talker...

[Says you]

So powerful then why does the game that he made look exactly the same and doesn't even stand out from the first one except you can slice your enemies in half thats not that much of a difference and something tells me is the graphics doesn't tell me that the console is powerful

and maybe if he develops a game for PS3 he'll change his opinion I wonder if he seen Killzone 2 or Metal Gear Solid 4 and Uncharted?.

[dragunrising]

I mean come on people...Someone says 360 is the most powerful hardware and now 100+ people (and a few with their multiple profiles) have a vendetta to say very hurtful things to one another. If you don't agree with the article than say why; bringing other people down doesn't strengthen your point, it makes you sound like a dousche bag. With the hundreds of "PS3 HAS MOST PWERFUL HARDWARZ EVERZ" articles, why is it necessary to flood the comments section in a Xbox 360 article? Obviously, if your trashing the game (NGII), and/or Xbox 360 you shouldn't be here. If you don't like Itagaki, that's fine, however that doesn't make the game better or worse. He doesn't have too many idols but he says what he believes, and that is something to respect. I didn't read anything about PS3 in the article, only why Itagaki has a preference to develop on one console over another. PS3 fanboy fanaticism is never welcome.

[NikV3]

[edit] Sexual harassment scandal
On November 7, 2006, various gaming sites reported a female former Tecmo employee filing a sexual harassment suit against Itagaki.[25][26][27] She claimed Itagaki has made several unwanted sexual advances on her ever since September 2003. While Itagaki has admitted to kissing her, he said whatever has gone between them was consensual. This stance is backed up by Tecmo which claimed its one month investigation has revealed the accusations were solely the venting of the female employee's frustrations over her personal affairs.[28][29][30] Tecmo has also demoted Itagaki and the accuser for their mingling of "personal affairs with their corporate responsibilities". Meanwhile, the court has found Itagaki innocent of the charges.[31]

they payed her offi think

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[Time_Is_On_My_Side]

He didn't even work on Ninja Gaiden Sigma which was just a remake of the first one. So if the XBOX was the only console he worked on and now XBOX 360, of course he's going to think that. Once he gets out he'll find that each console is different, that is the funny thing too. Usually Japanese companies go to Nintendo or Sony not Microsoft (American).

Anyways so far most of his games look the same with minor upgrades to them.

[dragunrising]

Last time I checked, Ninja Gaiden was a sequel. Usually sequels don't stray too far from the tree if you catch my drift. A few games go above and beyond being just sequels (MGSIV, GTAIV) however most games are very similar in nature.

[Trekster_Gamer]

Bla Bla just another my console is better than yours debate
Come on kiddos get a grip

[fishd]

All Of This Discussion About Which Console Is More Powerfull Will Be Ended After Sony Shows Heavy Rain.

[TheExecutive]

it should have ended after KZ2 was shown during sony's gamers day

[DaddyDC650]

So I'm not even trippin!

[Rocko]

I bow down to you sir.

[project76dodo]

PS3 owns and will really pick up pace starting June 12th
MGS4 will showcase the power of ps3

followed by LittleBigPlanet,Resistance 2, Far Cry 2

[juuken]

*cough*Itagaki, put down that crack pipe!*cough*

[TheD_R_E]

He's really goin out of his way to sell his seriously overrated game. Him and Shane Kim are really setting new standards in un-professionalism.

[Amp]

pour 1 out for the homey :P

[Martini]

Since the ps 3 is supposed to have oh sooo much powa why in the hell 95% of multiplatform titles play and look better on the 360 ? Why is GTA IV 720p on 360 and 640p on the PS3 ? I wanna hear some answers from the "all knowing experts" here on N4G.

[Mc Fadge]

I'm not an expert (flattered though ;D) but it's because the developers built games on the 360 first (or so I'm told). The games that were built on the PS3 and then the 360 (e.g. Burnout Paradise) are better on the PS3. So... Yeah, hope that helps :3

[TheExecutive]

What I would like to know is where are all of the groundbreaking visuals for the 360?

What is the 360 coming out with this year (its 3rd year) that will even come close to KZ2 graphics (releasing early in the PS3's 3rd year). NOTHING groundbreaking has been released since GeoW.

If ppl STILL think that the 360 is more powerful than the ps3 after recently seeing KZ2 in action then they need their heads examined.

[Martini]

What you fail to realize is if KZ was released on the 360 it would look the same or better.

The 360 visuals won't blow the ps 3 out of the water( and the other way around) but they will always have a slight edge or higher resolution (GTA IV).

[thecaruptor]

this guy is a joke. How can he say the 360 is more powerful than the ps3. has he ever developed a game for the PS3? no why? prob to hard for him. i for one own all 3 consoles. also i own all 3 last gen consoles.

granted alot of dev love to develop games for the 360 cuz its much easier vs making games for ps3. they way i see it its like making a code for a pc and trying to run that code on a mac. you know its not gonna work the same. they both diff platforms.

if he thinks hes such a big Sh!t that he can do anything he wants why not design a game for the ps3 lets see his skills @ work. ohhh wait what skills. to me NG2 is just another expansion like all other games coming out now. just with some lil minor changes here and there.

other than that im off to go play some Wii. lol

[UziSuicide]

The guy seems to think he's a rockstar...

Right.

[GameDev]

Gamespot HD TV or better known as microsoft channel is already running segments of the development of this abortion and the only way he would give them a test copy is by HAND delivering it all the way from japan.
the only thing missing were the ninja bodyguards..bwahahahahahahahah ha

[RoseSapphire]

The issue here is that he's claiming one system is more powerful than the other when he has refused to make a game on a Sony system since Dead or Alive 2. How would he have any idea how good the hardware for the PS3 is when he won't even try it?

[LinuxGuru]

This guy gets more dumb with each interview.

Making opinions about the most powerful hardware when, in fact, he hasn't EVER developed ANYthing for a system competing with the 360.

[sumfood4u]

It's a Big NO NO, to sniff, while Writing Article Full of more Hot Air than his Bed Side Blow Up Doll!

[zodiac909]

yeah that guys is on drugs and is a stupid @$$wipe

[Mwaan]

He was responsible for some of the best graphics on the original xbox. I can't wait to see what he accomplished on 360 with NG2. Just a few more days.

[TheD_R_E]

You can already see it. Just watch the commercials or gameplay videos.

[Mwaan]

Plus, some of the more impressive levels in the game probably haven't even been revealed in screenshots and videos.

[LinuxGuru]

And you act like he's developed for other systems than the Xbox / Xbox 360?

He hasn't so therefore your argument has just been invalidated.

[TheExecutive]

NG2's graphics are very underwhelming... watch the gameplay videos...

[Surfman]

HAHAHAHAHA Xbreak 360

[IzKyD1331]

LMAO!
did this guy just compare himself to kojima?
man thats gold

[OC Shock Value]

See usually when i see all this kinda stuff on here i take a stand. May it be against the 360 or PS3. I always defend the bashed console or PR guy thats being roasted on this site. but NOT today.

This guy compared himself to one of the people i look up to.
A man of great story telling.
A humble man of wisdom (even tho im extremely arrogant)
A Perfectionist

Mr Kojima himself.

Im not going to trash talk this man like i should. Im going to simply let him off easy this very nite. Maybe he was just cought up in the moment. Thats the excuse im gonna make up for him. He got alittle shook up that metal gear is getting 9s and 10s left and right so he got kinda scared. Theres nothin wrong with being scared so i understand the guy.

Personally im scared of alot of stuff. Roller Coasters, Heights, Big bugs, Flava Flave. Im scared of stuff also.

THIS man is afraid of Mr Kojima. So afraid that he wants to be like him.

I hope he doesnt think that his (pretty good) game has what it takes to be on par with The Legendary Metal Gear Solid franchise. He should compare himself with the maker of splinter cell or somethin. MGS is up there with Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto, Zelda, Mario, Halo, Bioshock. The few games of THAT nature that are classified as GREAT. Or Phenominal.

And as for him thinkin that 360 is the most powerful console. Its a very great system in my opinion. I love my 360, play it all the time.

BUT metal gear is live proof that PS3 is much more powerful then the 360. Not taking anything away from the 360. Hell im probably gonna pop in some Mass Effect after i finish this last race in GT5 Prologue real quick.

I know im rambling on and on but i dont really care because i just had some taco bell and it was great. And this man is trying to ruin my taco bell by comparing himself to kojima in ANY kind of way. The only thing that they have in common is that they make games for a console.

So he needs to quickly and swiftly SHUT his mouth and get back to work on a new DOA Fighting game.

Over n ouT

[LinuxGuru]

WELL said.

+ bubble

Enjoy your Taco Bell.

[Michael Jackson]

oooh itagaki.. the creator of ninja gayden smegma. oooh so powerfull.

[LinuxGuru]

SMEGMA hahahahahaaahahahahahahaahahah aha

I LoL'd

[OC Shock Value]

I should disagree with you just because you have michael jackson as your avatar. Every time i see that mans face i die alittle inside. EVERY time.

But im gonna agree just because you are upset about that wannabe kojima. I actually thought he was cool at one time.

He can redeem his coolness thru another DOA game tho. just not right now.

[Neo604]

I know for sure I'm smarter than Itagaki.

[Lanontscuz]

should give props to deeznuts for that great Spaceballs reenactment...anyways he always freaks me out with his looks anyways...

[butterfinger]

about his molesting/sexually harassing the women he works with. The guy is a complete and utter creep. It must pain him to see his game sell like warm dog sh!t in Japan...

[Michael Jackson]

^^^
heeey.. they actually eat that over there.

[OC Shock Value]

Aight mighael this is your last chance. I already told you how much i hate you.

EVEN THO i thought Thriller was a great song. and best music video of all time.

Strike 1 / You being michael jackson

Strike 2 / Disrespecting Japan.. Metal Gear came from japan man.

[syanara]

we are all listening to a guy who made an exclusive that flopped? okay now sanity has totally left this place

[etownone]

he's also the guy that made one of the best action games of all time, remember, sigma? the game every ps3 owner raved about and wet their pants when they finally got a chace to play it.

NG also has the best fighting gameplay to date for any action, including God of War.

so, show a little more respect...since,
your probably one of the sonydroids wishing inside you can play the sequal to your precious sigma.

and just because you say NG2 flopped doesn't make it true. it hasn't been released yet you moron.

(sometimes i understand some droids because they have just been brainwashed, but people like you just come off sounding stupid)

[syanara]

I don't remember people raving about sigma cause sigma also flopped probably because there was a a ton of ps3 games comming at the time like heavenly sword and Resistance was still hot and besides ninja gaiden sigma wasnt GREAT it was only good. besides whats with the insults? are you like getting pissed at me or something? I mean seriously ninja gaiden sigma was not good ninja gaiden isnt even that great of a series all toghether God of War isnt the best either the best ACTION game out right now I would have to say is grand theft auto 4 and soon metal gear solid 4. devil my cry I think was better than ninja gaiden. I just don't belive that this game company is all there. they could do so much better if they wanted to. aww hell most dev's can but all in all ninja gaiden all togheter isn't great its only good.

[7h3ultim8p00]

The PS3 has more power than the 360, but coding for it is very complicated.

The 360 is less powerful, but much easier to code for.

Each consoles has it's own type of power.

People willing to invest the time/money/resources to learn the coding will say the PS3 is more powerful.

But on the 360, development cost is much cheaper due to a familiar setting and ease of development.

It all really depends on the developer.

PS3 could be like a battle-axe. Sure, it's crushingly powerful, but you need the muscle to lift it.

360 is more like a katana. You don't need as much muscle, but you better hit where it counts.

EDIT: I see someone already beat me to the swords analogy.

[GIJeff]

he might as well have said "I'm retarded.". Seriously the dumbest thing ive heard all year.

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

lololol that just have made my day. That dude is always good for lots of laughs

[ABYSSAL]

he knows better than any of us about hardware becuz he works with the 360 we just play on it, what do any of you know what your talking about, all i see is alot of frustrated angry ps3 owners =\

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

Buddy he's the first dev which said 360 is more powerful, on the other side there are lots of devs which said PS3 is more powerful ;)
But he has put himself on the same level with Kojima was the real shocker lololol

[steck67]

Well, it's in his opinion. He didnt actually say it was. If he was then i'll be lol'ing.

[DJ]

This is just damn hilarious.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

It's a droid crying train :D

[butterfinger]

Jason360 is probably the youngest f@ggot on this site.

[cr33ping_death]

i hate this guy.

[GIJeff]

is a complete fool. I've hated him since an interview I saw of him when he made DOA for the origonal xbox. He's so ignorant and full of himself. I generally hate anyone(except blind people) who wear sunglasses indoors.

CObject* guy = new guy;
guy->create(Itagaki);
bool sunglassesInDoors = false;

// getSunglasses() returns a bool of weather
// or not object has sun glasses in doors
sunglassesInDoors = getSunglasses(guy);

if(sunglassesInDoors == true)
{
cout << guy->name << " is a tool.";
}
else
cout << guy->name << " is pretty much ok.";

[SEAN1617]

WHATEVER THIS MAN IS SMOKING,SNIFFING, SNORTING, INJECTING, OR EVEN LICKING, IS SOME POWERFUL STUFF INDEED. LOL oh ps the reviews called they said your games not too special.

[Enigma_2099]

You had me, man... you had me up until " Different types of power. I think that's evident by the fact that 360 games still regullary out perform ps3 games."

I seriously doubt that's the fault of the system, but rather the fault of the developers, trying to basically rush a 360 port on a console that clearly has different hardware backing it.

You try to appear unbiased, bt for all the praise your comments get, they're still nothing more than long winded speeches with well hidden jabs at SONY within them.

As for Itigaki... once an @ss, always an @ss. Now I'm going to go play Devil May Cry 4...

[Mc Fadge]

Of a slightly less arrogant Uwe Boll, no?

[kevin1122]

whats with people on this site lol. The guy likes the xbox and makes games exclusively for it, he wont come out and bad mouth it or say the competition is better. I'd agree the guy is an ass and isnt doing himself a favor by saying the things he says, but thats his problem.

[RINGOFDEATH]

remember this.I said it first...may/31/2008

[kalle]

Is that your way to say PS3 have most kids?

[butterfinger]

Any comment from Kalle should be deemed irrelevant ever since she said Bioshock will never come to the PS3.

[RobotIsTheFuture]

"Subordinate: Lord Itagaki!
Lord Itagaki: WHAT?
[Itagaki gathers up his dolls]
Subordinate: You're needed on the bridge sir!
Lord Itagaki: Knock on my door! Knock next time!
Subordinate: Yes, sir!
Lord Itagaki: Did you see anything?
Subordinate: No, sir! I didn't see you playing with you dolls again."

That's from f'kin SPACEBALLS MAYN!!! Yeeaahh!!! bubbles!!!

[ThatCanadianGuy]

"I think that I was successful in making a game that no one else could. This is a game that only my team and I would be able to make."

Damn that makes me laugh everytime..he speaks of it like its a masterpeice...

If that's 360's idea of a masterpeice...thats pathetic.

[Alexander Roy]

Well, he might be right. Some other team could have made a good game out of it.

[hay]

What a beautiful flame war.

[JaPo]

All of these MORONIC fanboys simply pressing the 'disagree' button on honest posts because it makes them sleep better at night.

I think the guy with the Ken avatar has a fair analogy going, although it is not really relevant to the subject matter.

I don't know much about Itagaki and haven't yet played any of his games but the countless threads on his perverted endeavours and mindless gloating makes me think he is a complete cretin.

EDIT: Hahahaha I didn't realise he directed the DOA series. No wonder they're so beautifully filthy.

In addition, HONESTLY, I have never seen fanboys be so obsessed with their console ever in any form. Not even on PS3Forums.

[solidworm]

ive just read the NEW NINJA GAIDEN review on teletext, sounds like this guy as an iron bong where is brains should be.

[solidworm]

arnt they running black hole simulations on the ps3 and what about the American airforce buying them up in droves to replace there super computers. Man in comparison the 360 RROD,s after a couple of hours of viva pinata,.....seriously.

[JeepGamer]

1) No other team could have made it? In case you've missed it your game is getting the same scores as Devil May Cry 4. You remember DMC don't you Itagaki... The game you talked trash about? You made a good action adventure game and sullied it up with a lot of trash talking. Taking that low road to success eh, Itagaki?

2) Between your game and MGS4 for game of the year? You actually think your game is in the same league as MGS4? You are not now nor have you been anything other than a Kojima wannabe and the games you bring out reflect this. Your game will be a contender in certain areas for recognition but your game cowers in the shadow cast by MGS4 and GTA4.

3) Your new game will have "violence in it", well that's special. What are you, 12 years old where simply talking about blood and gore is cool now?

4) You develop for the 360 because that's what you're paid to do, so quit acting like you've chosen the 360 as if it were some blessed altar to which you will deliver your games. If you'd quit talking smack and concentrate more on making games you might have actually lived up to the boasts you made about blowing DMC4 away.

[pornflakes]

Yep.. the 360 is the best console on the market with all genres of games! The hardware and the tools of MS give devs the ulimative instruments to make a game perfect.

Sonys tools and hardware allow devs to make good games in 10 years so...

[SL1M DADDY]

Powerful or not, didn't he say just about a year ago that the PS3 was the most powerful? This guy is becoming more and more like a true nija douche bag each time he opens his silly mouth.

[zonetrooper5]

Wow this is a massive sh!tstorm. I love great graphics as much as the next guy but gameplay wins all the time. Look at Half Life 1 for example, graphically at its release it was pretty damn good looking and great playing for that matter, now it looks like crap lol but it plays alot better than many games that come out for both the 360 and PS3.

Take Killzone 2 for example, it looks graphically amazing for a console game. The thing is, gameplay wise, will it compare and I know it won't do anything new or innovate for that matter but if the gameplay is not polished than I really don't think I will enjoy regardless of its great graphics. As for these console wars, some of you people are very sad and must be 12 years old.

[yourgodisdead]

DOUCHE.

[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

Read it and weep

http://www.tgdaily.com/cont...

The XBOX is made out of spare PC parts that were outdated before it hit the market. Its got nothing on a PS3.

[Mr Marbles]

Dude, that is a really bad article, it proves nothing. That is like saying the old intel pentiums were faster than the AMD Athlons just because they had high clock speeds, everyone knows the Athlons ruled intel at that time.

Here are more detailed articles on the performance of the two systems. http://www.itvidya.com/play...

http://dpad.gotfrag.com/por...

[onewinedangel]

now we know why ng2 sucked ball hahha better luck next time maybe u might be aloud to port it to ps3 cause it looks worse than sigma (native 1080p against 740p)

[onewinedangel]

tthis is why sigma looks far better and also plays better than ng2 (any doubt 1080p vs 740)
i never think a developer would be so idiot .thats why he work for ms

[LJWooly]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[KatanaSteel]

PS3 is the more powerful of the two.

TG Daily - How many FLOPS are in game consoles?
http://www.tgdaily.com/cont...

The next console MS release will most likely match the power of the PS3 but be no more powerful to keep costs down, but by that time developers should have figured out it's full capability and it should have a library of games as diverse as the PS2.

I bet not even MGS4 or Killzone 2 is fully maxing out the PS3 just yet.
The Xbox 360 has peaked with GeoW2.

But yeah, Itagaki is a vain, narcissistic man,
How dare he compare himself to Kojima.

[DevilsJoker]

That a developer says something crazy before a games release if its exclusive so they please their audience, which is exclusivly xbox360 owners. Its just to get publicity and his game and name on the front page of various websites.... OH WAIT. Looks like thats exactly what happened, congrats outraged fans you've just given the man exactly what he wanted.

[TrevorPhillips]

as if it is lol i have both ps3 /360 and ps3 is 2x as powerfull he just a dummas cant dev on ps3 thats y 360 is 2 make games u cant tell the diff from ninja gainden sigma and 2 sigma looks great on ps3 and runs 1080p

[GameDev]

lord gamer knights the fanboy developer knight idiotgaki " go forth and fanboy the realm"

[air1]

do sony fans act the way they do? allot of you baught sigma claim to like it loved the graphics but now ng2 sucks because of some no name sites. you sony fanatics are gana eat your words when the game drops and it has no frame issues or anything else that you and the no name sites dream up. this is gana be with out a doubt the best action game of the year. i mean really what game does sony have to compete against it this year, and dont come out with games for 09 and 2010 you sony fans are known for that. look at how you guy's are still trying to compare kz2 and gears 2 when kz2 couldnt cut it to come out swinging with the big boy's this year.

why do you sony fanatics keep claiming that the ps3 is ssooo powerfull wtf has it done since it came out. the only game that can really be braged about is mgs4. you guys act like you didnt drool over bioshock, mass effect, gears, dont sit there and act like if the 360 is a wii. even if the ps3 is more powerfull it's not gana blow it out of the water, it will be like last gen when the xbox had the power over the ps2 maybe not as drastic though... it's funny though how no one cared about the xbox being more powerfull no one cared then all you guy's wanted was the games. now that the script is fliped graphics mean everything and sony fans dont care about who is putting out more quality games

[air1]

so because you have both systems you are able to tell that the ps3 is 2x's more powerfull? uummm how did you come to that?

[gnothe1]

You sony only guys are really really pathetic. when a dev say the PS3 is more powerful he's telling the truth, but if a dev say the 360 is more powerful he's a nut case. when will you guys open your eyes an see this for what it is, sony sold you guys on hopes an dreams an you guys cant come to grips with reality. how long are you guys gonna use that NEW tech excuse. you guys act as if developers dont start making games for a system until after the system releases. Devs have had Ps3 dev kits an systems specs for YEARS now. this is 2008, I dont think they made GTA4 in 2 years, they didnt do A Creed in 2 years, but yet the PS3 STILL lags behind the 360. then you guys harp on exclusives. do you guys really feel that the 360 COULDNT do Uncharted or R&C, come on.

some of you guy like to really go deep an bring up games like wardevil, 8 days, like there the holy grail when you havent really seen or played these game. last gen we all know the xbox 1 got Ps2 PORTS but.... developers manged to make those PORTS look better than the PS2 version, it happened with all EA games all Ubisoft games, hell even the GTA series looked better on the xbox 1 an they were ported for the weaker PS2. but how come game ported from the SUPPOSIDLY weaker xbox360 to the SUPPOSIDLY more powerful PS3 look an perform worse on the PS3. but games ported from the SUPPOSIDLY more powerful PS3 to the SUPPOSIDLY weaker 360 runs equal if not better!!

like i said before the writing is on the wall, an sony SOLD everybody that dream an they fell for it. many people in here dont have both systems an have never touched the 360 but they constantly bash it. just look as whats happening, its the PS3 that TRYING to match or pass the 360's online, its the PS3 that try to match or pass the 360 graphically, the PS3 is trying to match or pass the 360's game catalogue. so its seems to me that the PS3 is WEAKER. WEAKER GRAPHICALLY, WEAKER ONLINE SERVICE, WEAKER GAMES. but you guys still praise it as GOD!!

[air1]

you couldnt of had said it any better especially that last paragraph. i dont get it either all this praise for the ps3 like if it did much. i mean this is sony we are talking about here they been at this for 3 gens now the ps2 set them up to rule this gen out the gate but they got stuck with a flat and still cant find the right tire to put on. i would of thought you sony fans would of expected more out of sony but i guess brand loyalty is a tough thing to break through these days

[gnothe1]

EA showed fight night round 3 at E3 in may 2005 running on actual PS3 hardware, so you know they have had the dev kits since 2004 in order to get that E3 demo that polished for the show. here it is 4 years later an the super PS3 still haven't out performed the 360. when will these guys learn.

another thing, if you were a multi platform developer would you build your game for the most powerful system then cut things away porting it to the weaker system or would you build the best game you can on the weaker system then ADD a few extra TOUCHES on the more powerful system. last gen games built on the PS2 that were ported to the xbox 1 had a few technical touch ups or improvements over the PS2 version an we all know this. Sony sold developers on the Ps3's power that they made the 360 lead. because they know if a game can run on the 360 then they know for sure that it'll work on the PS3 because its more powerful right!! well whats happening, there starting to find out that the PS3 isnt the beast it was said to be!! how many developers are starting to make the Ps3 lead an port games to the 360!! they're starting to realize that any game they build on the PS3 can port easily over to the 360 WITHOUT being cut. because in the past games built on the 360 had to be CUT in order to run on the Ps3. so which do you think is packing the most power.

the way I see it is, MS is a computer company. an computers have ALWAYS had the graphical edge over consoles. MS as a company help developers get great graphics out of the PC, so they have the heads up on know how to get the best graphics, because again the PC has ALWAYS been able to produce the best graphics. an its showing that the 360 is graphically leading the PS3 without all that super computer, super CELL chip,300 teraflop nonsence.

[GIJeff]

An EA port that looks superior to the 360 version(way more detail in the characters, realistic sweat, etc..) and yet utilzes none of the SPU's. Hmmm.... so, we have a game that was released on 1/6th(or less) of the PS3's power looking better than the 360 version...interesting... I honestly have no idea why this is even discussed anymore. It's very clear that the ps3 is more powerful. It's 7800GTXalike GPU kills the x1600 in the 360. And cell vs. intel....well the 360 gets murdered there too. The only reason why some people think otherwise is because they believe pill poppin crackheads like this guy.

PCs are not always better/faster than consoles. An Apple2(360) is not going to be faster than a dreamcast. The problem with your logic, is you think the parts for 360 and ps3 were created by the same company at the same time. The cell is NOT a standard chip you would find in a PC, and instead was created and designed for multimedia applications. Thats why its floating point numbers are so high. The 360's chip is a standard chip weve been using for years. Its really good ad MS word, or Outlook. Now, using directX(a high level API) is much easier and takes less practice, and is widely known for ease of use in the programming world. Thats why we get a lot of simular looking games on the 360 that are relatively consistant with its early life.

Using a PS3 is different, it takes more time to master, just like a ps2. Not just because of the playstation specific API, but because of the hardware itself being so new. But it will be worth it as more 3rd parties "level up".

[joeynox]

I find it amazing that people praise Kojima for making mgs games.People they were good games but not great games.Both are allowed to have their opinions, its sad howclosed minded some fannies are on this crap site

[Tirasoul]

this guy must have take a lot of money from Microsoft to said all this bullshit! haha!

[Telmarine]

You can say PS3 sucks
You can say Xbox 360 has the best online
You can say the Xbox 360 has better games

But never, EVER, can you say that 360 has better hardware.

[Bob Dole]

Bob Dole is the most powerful hardware.

[Milky Joe]

I think he's trying to be too much like a westerner. Now by no means do I class myself as an expert on Japanese culture but it was my understanding that they tended not to boats and act like arrogant kids. This guy has seen that there's money to be made in the west and hence has tried to make himself more appealing to us. Unfortunately, he's overcompensated a little and just comes across as an arrogant pr!ck, even by our standards.

...IMO...

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

That dude is just a halfretarded transsexual

[Kain81]

Fire him.
What a Arrogant $%§/&)?

[MadMax]

Then why is it that most game developers prefer making games for the 360 rather than the PS3? Maybe because its easier to program for and the graphics and frame rate is always better on the 360 anyways. I could care less, i prefer Nintendo over any of them.

[spike]

I have both systems right now. PS3 is more powerfull, but the 360 has way better online.

[TruthBTold]

for one, Bloodmask you again changed the title of the story which is something you always b!tch about so why do you do it, to get hits? I hope you never mention that again, you do it so dont b!tch about others doing it. It shouldnt be done, period. And the story doesnt even talk much about it, it was just one sentence where he says the XBox360 is a powerfull machine, the rest he talks about how great he and his team is and how no one else could have made this game...ppffff. People, read the story before you start or continue to give flaming comments and also report bloodmask for changing the title to get people to come here. Im out.

[Aleshy]

To those that keep complaining about the PS3 being difficult to programme to get the promised power is very wrong, this is a result of pathetic attempts from 360 fanboys to attract Devs to their dead console.

Infact its actually quite simple I recommend you go to the IBM web site and get the PDFs, you will quickly get how it works. Try installing linux on your PS3 and the spe's drivers and a compiler, because you basically load a set of instructions to each core then they compute it, they reserve space in the ram put the results there so then(whoa Dejavu)other cores can use that and voila..

...You have done 8 calculations simultaneously making it ultimatelly the fastest and most powerful way of doing what needs to be done.

[ITA_Mafia_Boy]

but this man is a clown ! Just look at the way he dresses .. he think he is some sort of rockstar ...

[titntin]

What an amazing collection of BS comments!

Just goes to show - any flame war will do!

Those of us with all the machines who don't live in their parents house and still go to school, can make our own minds up!

I've now got NG2 and played it for a few hours. I also have NG sigma on PS3. Whilst NG2 is a fun title and I love the brutality, technically speaking, its definately no better than sigma. In fact its a little worse - the characters in sigma are self shadowing(which was a very impressive technical feat), but they are not in NG2.In most other aspects they are technically identical (I've not encoutered the frame rate issues with NG2 reported by some.

You certainly can't use this game as evidence of hardware superiority, because, if anything, it demonstartes the opposite.

[hazardman]

regardless of the few problems that NG2 might have..its still a must have title to any fan or real gamer..while i do believe the x360 has peaked in power..there is no reason to bash his opinions..he might not have worked on the ps3, but part of his team did..so i'm pretty sure he got plenty of feedback from them..and also most of the people hating on him on this forum are PS3 fanboys..i'm pretty sure that if NG2 was coming out for the PS3 we would see half the comments here..also MGS4 will probably be the best game out this year..for those trying to make comparisons need to stop..their two totally different games..REAL GAMERS PLEASE STAND UP...

[jamesjohns]

What a low budget douche f*ckin piece of sh%t. I hate people like this goffy d*cklipping bastard.

[Siraris]

Since NG2 barely looks better than NG1. If it was so powerful, where's the better looking game!?

[Tha Beast]

So many drugs in the world and this fool seems to have took about 98% of them!

[air1]

everyone here thinks that they know everything about making a game.. so now because you claim that SIGMA has self shadowing and ng2 doesnt make it worse? wtf is up with ppl this gen? what ever happen to something called GAMPLAY? technically sigma doesnt have body parts and blood flying around, technically ng2 still looks slightly better, technically ng2 play's better. im sure that there is more stuff that ng2 does that sigma cant simply because sigma is a LAST GEN TITLE with pretty graphics. if all it takes is graphics for you to think that technically ng2 isnt better than sigma then you my friend dont know sh!t about games. the brutality alone in ng2 chops off sigma's head and thats what impresses me not no damn self shadowing.

i just found it strange how you see self shadowing such an amazing feat. but over look the brutality like if it's been done in that level b4

since when did a system show it's fool power in 2years? we all know that last gen the ps2 was the weaker system and look at what god of war 2 did when we all thought it was taped out. you sony fanatics need to get your eyes out of sony's balls. stop acting like if the 360 hasnt done impressive things and did them first, considering how sony stated that this gen wouldnt start till they said so. im glad i decided not to wait. over a year later, sony is about to get its first AAAA GAME MGS4.

i would of thought you sony fans would of expected more out of a company that been in it for 3 gens. the ps2 set up the ps3 to rule out the gate and they dropped the ball. why? cause they 4got the most important thing GAMES! remember when they said that the ps3 is going for 600 bucks with no games and it's still gana sell? well you proved them right they also made you forget about the GAMES too. look at how you guy's hate on ng2 halo fable 2 gears1&2 all great games that you guy's throw dirt on all because your up sony's as$...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
siraris is a perfect example

[SL1M DADDY]

Is that what power is all about?

[HondaSIRowner]

The most Powerful? Itagaki needs to go away. NG2 doesn't look that much different than the first one so this guy is crazy.

Look at the Damn commercials and gameplay, the game looks so boring.