One thing to note is that there have been mixed reports about the review build. Someone mentioned that the review build have issues that have been resolved for retail release -- sort of similar scenario as with Lost Odyssey for Xbox 360. Yet, their is also talk that it might not be the case since PAL retail version still have issues. (In either case, that info should be taken with the grain of salt.)
That said, the forecasts 2.57M copies sold (as of May 27, 2008 @ 11:10am) seems a bit high. The original Ninja Gaiden wasn't selling that great. It took few years just to pass 1 mil mark and that is including the release of Ninja Gaiden Black.
With Ninja Gaiden 2 is being released in almost a week, having received some what lower score might have an impact on sales. I would take a guess that outside of core Ninja Giaden fans -- most will either rent or skip it all together.
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One thing to note is that there have been mixed reports about the review build. Someone mentioned that the review build have issues that have been resolved for retail release -- sort of similar scenario as with Lost Odyssey for Xbox 360. Yet, their is also talk that it might not be the case since PAL retail version still have issues. (In either case, that info should be taken with the grain of salt.)
That said, the forecasts 2.57M copies sold (as of May 27, 2008 @ 11:10am) seems a bit high. The original Ninja Gaiden wasn't selling that great. It took few years just to pass 1 mil mark and that is including the release of Ninja Gaiden Black.
With Ninja Gaiden 2 is being released in almost a week, having received some what lower score might have an impact on sales. I would take a guess that outside of core Ninja Giaden fans -- most will either rent or skip it all together.