lost a very talented programmer. One who would put quality over profit. They should have just paid him. Now Tecmo/Team Ninja games will probably drop down to being just average 5/10 scores for reviews. Itagaki did make 'the original' Ninja Gaiden. Hayashi just made it look better..textures, etc.
Sadly, Itagaki is fighting a loosing battle. Just look at companies like EA that do crappy ports to everything. That is probably what will happen to Tecmo.
It is kind of assinine to port Sigma to the 360. It would be the 3rd time that game had appeared on an Xbox platform.
The funniest thing about the whole ordeal is that Itagaki has said many times that the people he works with are his good friends. So if Microsoft offers him a studio his staff may just follow suit. It isn't a big industry secret that Itagaki doesn't like Sony platforms so I really couldn't see him going that route.
Another interesting thing is that he most likely wouldn't quit a high paying job that he has been at for 15 years unless he already had somewhere else to go. Kind of makes you wonder? I'm sure he already has something else lined up.
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