Tomonobu Itagaki Breaks Silence and Talks About His New Game

GFB writes: "On the heels of finding out that his former studio, Team Ninja, was working with Nintendo on a new Metroid title, the video game rockstar (in his own mind) Tomonobu Itagaki has popped up to announce he has some new plans of his own in addition to having settled his lawsuit with Tecmo."

[Sonyslave3]

Xbox 360 exclusive baby Itagaki San is a hardcore 360fanboy hell yeah.

[NYC_Gamer]

360 is the only console with no real exclusives....

[GR8 1]

xbox360 EXCLUSIVE u cry baby b*tches.

[Wildarmsjecht]

He already predicts his game to sell around 4 million copies...and we know NOTHING about it.DoA 3 sold 2 million..and that's the highest his game has sold. I wonder if he'll be multi-plat then.

[GunShotEddy]

One thing we have to consider is he is technically working for someone else. He is a Chief Technical Officer? That's an executive position, but he acts like he's the head when he's not. If Valhalla studios (or whatever) wants to make a name for themselves (and money) they have to initially be multi-plat right?

[Wildarmsjecht]

He may not be the complete head, but I think he may have enough pull to be making some sort of decision. In any case, I'd like to know what his game is about. The title, the genre, the color palette, ANYTHING before he says it's gonna sell 4 million copies.

[Raf1k1]

I agree, he does seem pretty full of himself to be saying something like that. It sounds like it's going to be a new IP so that drops the likelyhood of high sales even more.

[Blaze929]

Hmmm...it's probably Halo: Ninja that will be published by Microsoft. That's why he's confident it'll sell 4 million.

[iFLOWLIKEWATER]

I find it cool and awkward he's a 360 fan boy Japanese developer.

[Biggest]

Media Molecule and Quantic Dream say:

"Multi-what?"

[we won]

Why is this in the PS3 section?

EDIT

Then add the Wii and the PC channels lol. The guy hates the PS3 and that was part of the drama with Tecmo.

[El_Colombiano]

It's in the PS3 section because the game is not an Xbox 360 exclusive.

[ABizzel1]

It's not absurd to be able to tell how many copies your game is going to sale, before it hits retail. Just look at trends which is what R&D do.

If your game's a great game then you'll hit the 1 mil. mark sooner or later, and being multiplat you should even reach the 2 mil. mark.

If your game has good online then there's another couple of 100k sells.

Based off genre sales, if your game is a shooter/ racing/ sports game then you're likely to sell more copies of your game.

So with that conclusion, and Itagaki's history, I'd guess his next game is an Action-Adventure/ 3rd Person Shooter which would also be a stab at Tecmo's new game Quantum Theory. However, it won't be a Gears style shooter, it'll be more along the lines of that JRPG End of Eternity/ Resonance of Fate except full of action. Which could gather 2 maybe 3 million as a multiplat.

[Redempteur]

i predict a chick ..with bouncy boobs ..

somewhere in the game ...

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Tomonobu Itagaki is an Xbox fanboy he has been open about his dislike for Sony. 4 million isn't hard considering Xbox owners buy the hell out of games.

360 http://vgchartz.com/worldto...

PS3 http://vgchartz.com/worldto...

360 owners are hardcore game collectors

[deafwing]

We all know T.I talks the talk ... but it's the walking that matters. Still, it's always fun to have game dev's/producers like him around - makes things interesting.

[Wildarmsjecht]

You can say that sure for the exclusives like Halo and Gears. But if we're talking strictly Itagaki since this article is about him and his claim of 4 million sold, you have to wonder if he's not just talking out his ass

Refer to my first post. Out all of the game's he's made, his highest selling was DOA 3, and thats at 2 million. The "hardcore game collectors" as u put it arent putting up the 4 million numbers.

[GunShotEddy]

Who says he'll be Xbox 360 exclusive out the gate. He's just an exec, not the president at the new developer.

[Das_Bastardion]

The PS3 got Ninja Gaiden thanks to Tecmo, not Itagaki, perhaps he prefers to use the inferior hardware capabilities of the Xbox360 to make his games

But just because he knows those capabilities too well and actually makes use of them his games are usually very very good

[mcm]

It is definitely going to be a tap tap revenge style music game where you control naked women in a strip club. You have to tap the arrows in rhythm so the dancer will perform special "tricks" and lap dance combos. Increase you score with continuous combos and increase your cash that will allow you to buy flashier costume in career mode. HA HA HA.

[GameOn]

You are a genius. Make that game now!

[KingKionic]

For itagaki to say his new game will sell 4 million , its ether multi plat or they have some big publisher backing them up .

[GameOn]

The Kotaku version of this news said they are specialising in PC and 360 games. Not sure how much weight there is to that but that is what it said.

[DARK WITNESS]

well as far as big publishers go, he has a good working history with MGS and I am sure they would back him on some new project. They also have the money to push a game in terms of sales and marketing so.. that could be one possibility right there.

[Unicron]

Pity. Team Ninja has proven they have PS3 development down.

[El_Colombiano]

It's a Halo game. Again.

[ABizzel1]

@3.4

lol.

Halo.........NINJA

By the way when did I get 9 bubbles.

[Gago]

This guy is responsible for Ninja Gaiden and DOA

obliviously his next game will disappoint

[Gago]

*won't disappoint*

[Pennywise]

Exclusive or not... count me out. This guy is a douche.

[Lirky]

Most likely itll be a wii & 360 platformed game, with the wii version of the game cut down to size to make it look nice for the wiis hardware. And the 360 version would be graphically nicer.

I never did like itagaki if thats how his name is spelled. Hes just too arrogant,coc-ky, and more. I dont know why i even took time to write this comment.

[vgn24]

I don't care what console he backs. You know why he's c*cky? Because he saved Tecmo from absolute bankruptcy and death. It's not a joke that Dead or Alive was named so because Tecmo was on the verge of blinking out. His story at Tecmo with Dead or Alive almost parallels that of Final Fantasy at Square. Final Fantasy was named so because Square almost went under in the 80's. Man I study games too much, HAHA!

But if you save a big company like Tecmo from going under and they rebuild off your hard work, yes you can be c*cky too.

[Ninji]

If it's a 360 exclusive then it must be a shooter because nothing else sells on the 360.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Every game on the 360 sells and ever game sell better than the PS3

360 http://vgchartz.com/worldto... notice the high numbers for games lke GTAIV, Assassins Creed, Indiana Jones, Forza, Fable, Oblivion, Kung Fu Panda, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, RE5, and Guitar Hero

PS3 http://vgchartz.com/worldto... Notice how low the numbers are compared to the 360 and notice the PS3's top list show the same amount of shooters.

Owned... big time

[SIX]

The guy is just a c@cky developer. That's why he's saying it will sell 4 mil.

[juggulator]

Metroid OtherM was announced at last years E3. I sure hope he's really not "on the heels" of finding out about it. If so, that's one hell of a delayed response.

[EvilBlackCat]

BRING IT!

[foxxy]

A great game he just loves taking all the credit he is a douchebag i dont want his games on the ps3.

[Whitefox789]

I'm going to assume that his game will have a hot chick with a camera focusing on her big, moist, jiggly, breast.....

[otherZinc]

I'll be the first to buy a copy!