Neither game is good looking enough to even bother arguing about.

Both games look like the same old last gen shiny plastic material crap with the only major difference being the 360 can only run it at 720p and the PS3 can at 1080p.

With PS3 owners having:

God of War 3
Heavenly Sword
Ninja Gaiden Sigma/2
DMC4

And the king of console fighting games, God Hand.

Ninja Gaiden just isn't important enough to waste the effort.

the action is fast but 2 looks like it has more going on. I have not liked NG since my nintendo days. I will try the demo out (if there is one) but that may be it.

Graphically I think they are the same, the 360 version has more guts and stuff, but the PS3 version the body movement for the ninja is more fluid to me, and a little faster.

and it supports 1080p really beautifull only possible on PS3.

ng2 isn't even finished. sigma looks better obvious but ng2 is no where near complete.

they look the same

NG2 is not finished so this comparison does not meen anything from my point of view

for the 360 version to hit the stores b4 i listen to a compasion.

I'm sure NG2 will look much better than Sigma once it comes to the PS3. Until then, Sigma looks much better.

Drink my man juice XTWATS.....AAAAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA

ninja Gaiden Sigma looks like crap you knwo they had to Downgrade the Xbox version to get it on PS3 right?

Stupid comparison, they choose an outdoor level vs an enclosed level. NG2 isn't even finished and i'm sure will look a bit better than sigma, at least i hope so since it will have some fierce competition when it's released.
p.s. Both videos look like crap, i don't know how someone can judge based on that.

seems like this is an easy way to make nearly the same game for each console and still give each console an 'exclusive' I dont see how the game can be so much improved over the first if the other just came out.

because it is being developed from the ground up for the XBOX with a full team. Sigma was just revamped code efficiency, touched up visuals, and a few extras. I enjoyed sigma nonetheless.

NG2 doesn't look better than Sigma and Sigma was done by as Itagaki called him a "rookie". ROFL the rookie just showed he ain't any worse than Itagaki...or maybe it has something to do with Itagaki working on a less powerful console?

NG2 looks better, though this is expected from a sequel

NG 2 has better animations, especially death animations, and better environments. However, I find that Ryu's character model looks pretty much the same in Sigma and NG2. Ryu's character model is probably placeholder anyway and should be improved upon before the game is released.

a brand new game that is still in development against a polished port of a 2004 xbox game

there's no way sigma can look better than NG2, if it did then team ninja should be banned from game making

NG2 has the smoother animations, it's not the DOA animations where it looks like it skips a bunch of frames and has the motion blur but it's not Sigma or the PS3's fault, that was just new stuff added to NG2. The environments are also more detailed...yet again not Sigma or the PS3's fault. The comparison kinda sucks since they're comparing the first level of Sigma with barely any color but brown, white, and black, while NG2 has all these bright stand out colors and environments, but anyways...next comparison.

WHEN IS TGS

Screw graphics.

It still won't play as well as DMC3...

hahahahaha...

Though I prefer NG II's enemies. The environments seem better in sigma as well. Shadowing AND Self-shadowing, as well as 2x the resolution as NG II kinda put Sigma ahead. Part II wins in terms of gore factor though, and I liked the magic effects.

we all knew this comparision was coming

that they show the *BEST parts of the Ninja Gaiden 2 demo, and choose the lame, brown, @sstacular level, from the Ninja Gaiden Sigma *DEMO!

at least go to a level that isn't a closed off, claustrophobic room!

personally, i think both games look on par with each other, considering that one is a *FIRST GENERATION Playstation 3 game, and the other is a what, 3rd generation 360 game?

i think NG2 looks great, but the quality of the video (i downloaded and watched the larger, HD version) isn't the best, but the comparison is practically moot when they're comparing oh, i dunno, a *CLOSED ROOM with expansive, and impressive vistas.

out of the 19 chapters of Ninja Gaiden Sigma, they choose the blandest to compare. that's BS right there. it really is.

i swear, you can't escape the fanboyism these days. it's getting to absurd levels.

I think a better comparison video would be one that compares the TGS showing with the NGS Capitol Level. Aqua City just reminds me of it.

pre-pre-pre alpha!!!!

Why can't we just sit back and say that both games own. I see it as NG2=GOW3=NGS>DMC4=Heavenly Sword

we need comparison videos for something so fuc*ing obvious? Anyone who hasn't played sigma and seen NG2 in HD shouldn't comment...I have played and seen this video both on my TV in HD and NG2 is far better, but that's expected as sigma is a mere port from last gen. Anyways the HD makes a HUGE difference

the graphics will get better

WOW U guys obviously haven't downloaded the NG2 video from XBL marketplace.... This video doesn't do it justice, look for a HD version of gameplay or just go to the marketplace and download it!!!! NG2 owns sigma...

how on the ng2 they use the outdoors with more light and then with ngs they used a plain little room..

if they would've used some other outdoor scenes ngs would've looked better but i'm used to these comparisons, like in dirt they used the ps3 demo at EVENING times so the 360 looks brighter. but oh well, the fact that they have to cheat says a lot

But the weak x360 gpu stays the same so, its going to look like crap just like halo 3.

That all you sony fanboys saying NG2 looks worse than NGS considering this is an alpha build FIRST EVER footage LMAO i mean come on do you guys really think this is final or something?You guys are getting more and more desperate every day =P

I love NGS for the PS3 because it's just friggin beautiful but it would not be fair to compare a work of art to an unfinished project like NG2. I'm sure they were both developed close to each other seeing how NG2 looks somewhat similar to NGS.

I'm way too jealous that I might not be playing NG2 because 1 game is not enough to get me to buy an Xbox 360 even though I think the game will be spectacular. Itagaki is way too arrogant to let a bad game slip past his major ego so we all know that he will put in a lot of effort into this game.

Hopefully we (PS3 fans) get a Sigma 2 or a Rachael spin-off game or best of all, we get GOW III.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that the camera in NG2 looks way improved.

Hate to break it to ya SHAKA2k6 but the 360 has the superior GPU and the PS3 has the superior CPU look it up fanboy!!

Sigma has the edge, but it's a finished product, so no news there. However, you still have to give props to Team Ninja for managing to make Sigma look this good, even with dev kits that arrive more than a year later than those of Xbox 360 (and ones that are a lot harder to develop on), when Team Ninja has dedicated most of its work force to microsoft the last gen, and Xbox 360 is a lot easier to develop for, hardware and softwarewise.

I expected NG2 to look better though, since Team Ninja has had the dev kits since day one, and it's easier to develop for than PS3, not to mention the development time has been longer. I'll reserve my final judgement when the final product comes out.

And ppl disagreed with me when I said (too many xbox fanboys engulfed in their own hype, thinking the graphics are better than NGS

NG2 (demonstration) has worse graphics than NGS.

1) its missing bloom
2) environment textures look bland and lack textures

Though It is shaping up to be a great game , and its going to be pretty wicked. Again, it is still a long way to a finished product, so they have time to add in those effects.

Btw DMC, GoW, and Heavenly Sword are different games.

Even though they are different, god of war still owns all of these games in the action genre.

Sigma's graphics and gameplay is head and shoulders above the lame 360 game that actually looks boring. Notice how many enemies you are fighting at one time in the PS3 version and the pace of the action. IT IS NONSTOP, now look at that lame ass excuse for a game on the 360, what is it? an enemy every twenty seconds?? must be that bandwidth bottleneck the 360 has. tisk tisk MS is going to get owned BADLY this time around.

Kotaku

"Right off the bat I notice that the camera is a bit more dynamic in II, working more to enhance the action than simply portray it. The environments look far more detailed as well, and the animations seem a tad bit more fluid. Now that I've seen them side by side, Ninja Gaiden II is looking like a definite improvement over Sigma. Nicely done, Team Ninja."

oh well maybe sonykids are talking about a different vid comparison they saw on youtube with or something 'cause Kotaku and the rest of people with normal eyesight can clearly see its a improvement over Sigma.

now what do you think it will look like once its finished and running on the 360 which Itagaki called best the most powerful gaming console, sorry sonykids, once again=

JOY

But...but..but its the alpha!!!
yah just like halo 3 when we 1st saw the 1st footage of the game and it looks like trash and look at it now it didnt change a bit, so the same stays for NG2 most likely just wait for the superior version later on PS3.

why does sigma have a grainy film? it doesn't look like that on my tv. its crystal clear at 1080p.

Whatever ya gotta tell yourself to make yourself sleep better at night is fine with me. It is obvious that NG2 will look better than NGS even sony fans can admit it the only one's who cant are fanboy''s use some common sense. I agree that GOW3 will be a better game prolly as i love GOW but saying sigma is gonna be better looking than NG2 is just silly and show's how much of a fanboy you are noones is gonna take you seriously LMAO!

NGS looks superb im sure NG2 will too.

LoL, the 360 can't handle strong games like these. The 360's are gonna go red ring soon as they pop in ninja gaiden 2. HAHHAHAA

can't wait for the gears of war pc vs. gears of war 2 comparison

in development?

We argue all we want but NG2 has basically the same visuals more or less than Sigma. I expect more improvements in NG2 but it's not going to be drastic. I can actually point things out that look better on Sigma. The lighting in Sigma is way better. I played through Sigma and the visual quality was not consistent though. The cathedral level in Sigma looks way better than NG2. The fact that I can point things out that look better in Sigma makes NG2 look bad. It shouldn't even be a discussion for which looks better. NG2 should look noticeably better and it doesn't.

You also have to take into account Sigma isn't grabed from a video that was at a conference either.

#45, PS3 fans claiming that games do not look like that in 1080p at home can also be said about 360 games.

NG2 beats Sigma out of the door and it has months left.

I'm sure Sigma would have been on par with NG2 as it is now; if Sigma had an extra 2 years of development.

NGS:
http://www.1up.com/do/slide...

http://www.1up.com/do/slide...

http://www.1up.com/do/slide...

NG2:

http://www.1up.com/do/slide...

http://www.1up.com/do/slide...

http://www.1up.com/do/slide...

Clearly Ninja Gaiden 2 is more dynamic in more ways than one. These are screen grabs not screenshots taken from the conference so the quality of NG2 screen grabs do not match screenshots and it still shines.

NG2 pics...

360...Kojima said it and he is right, didn't a PS3 catch fire or something when making Sigma which is meerly a port from the old Xbox version and with actual old Xbox 1 CGI?? LOL!!

Sorry guys the PS3 just isn't very good at playing games, it doesnt have game friendly hardware the 360 has now go cry me a river.

did not catch on fire when making Sigma, they only made it smoke a few times but what did catch on fire/blow up was the Xbox 360 when they were developing DOA 4.

It's a shame that Sigma didn't sell well on the ps3. It's clearly their best game but I'm sure the stubborn sony fanboys didn't want an original Xbox game. Oh well...I can't wait for NG2. Going to be another HUGE hit for the 360.

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Sigma looks like an Xbox game. No amount of excuse making and sh*t talking will change it Kotaku have better resources in comparing these games than we do and I already see people saying Kotaku towards MSFT when the only people more critical of MSFT than Kotaku is Loot NinJa.

If anything they look too close to the same but the lighting is better on Sigma BUT HEY! While we are arguing or more like debating it shouldnt really F'n matter right? First off for the beta demo, its not done yet, as obvious and NG2 should look better since they've been workin on that for years. It better beat sigma in almost everyway, but so far its only a sliver better, well if I can even say better.

But its already has better game play and better lighting with environments that have vivid life to them camera system is already more advanced has more detail almost on par with lost planet as of now, seems to have better physics. Only a Sony fanboy could say anything Sigma offers is better then NG2. You people act as if we havn't played NG before Sigma has slight inhancments from an Xbox game.

I just realized you're the power of the green. I immediately stop paying attention.

NG2 looks more faster pace and more flashier running at 1080p
NG looks a pinch sharper and runs a little more slower pace also running at 1080p

its amazing that both can keep a high framerate and still look excellent.

Character work, camera work, blood and shading to Ninja Gaiden hands down.

Environments.. well Sigma had a really boring brown room, so I won't comment on that, but most likely 360 will beat Sigma in environments as well.

THE PS3 VERSION OF SIGMA MOVES MUST FASTER IF YOU GUYS WOULD JUST WATCH THE VIDEO CLOSELY,GRAPHICALLY THEY BOTH LOOK GOOD BUT PS3 GOT THE EDGE

Its funny how most of this site tell us that fanboyism is bad for the industry and that they like all systems (yeah wright) and they do next is release this kind of fanboyish video to start a flame war. Totally unneeded.

to our beloved God Of War 3. Flame wars begin there, this is "misguidance"...

Well that was funny. Trust 1up to choose footage of the interiors for Sigma - we all knew that was its weakness. It was the outside that was beautiful, with leaves failing and high-res rock textures. Oh well...NG2 of course looks better, but does it look amazing graphics wise? Not yet...I want to see them push the hardware like they did the Xbox...it will come in the next preview I'm sure.

ng 1 was utter crap why i didn't play it ?was because of the bland area omg the lvl design was soooo repetitive but this games looks very different the environment i quite nice cant wait to see the polished game as they have a year to finish the game will b a gr8 game

in this comparison looks sigma better. but ng2 is not ready yet. comparison with unfinished games is bs, like the ppl who said bs about kz2 Ai. not finished is not finished, the end product should be considered!

At last someone with some sense I mean you are comparing a game that has still a very long time in dev to a game that is finished and is out. I mean for the game to even be close on par with a completed game holds very well for it since it will have loads of time to polish everything up and make things look better. All you have to do is look at the articles we have had on this site about game dev to know that final touches like a lot of you guys are talking about the ones that really make the game are done at the end. I think people just love this whole games on my console are better than games on yours which all boils down to 360vsps3........again wow like that hasn't been done to death lol. Good gaming

When game websites and magazines enjoy starting fights between sony fans and MS fans with this garbage. First off, they should have played a level in the streets on Sigma. It would have been a nicer and easier comparison rather than the wood versus brick comparison they have here. Secondly, from my take on it, a secondary programming group did Sigma all the while the lead was developing NG2. It would be like comparing COD2 to COD3. Silly fan sites and rags need to just stop with the riot incitations.

You SONY fans are funny azz hell,NINJA GAIDEN 2 looks better and you know it, especialy at the end of the video you can see a big difference.

i like ninja gaiden but compared to graphics and animations like in Heavenly Sword this looks like a last gen game .. sorry.

That's because it is last gen. What I am saying is that I am sure Team Ninja did no motion capture for this game and if they did it was at a bare minimum. Heavenly Sword used the best motion capture studio in the world and gave us for the first time ever, characters that showed emotion in its truest form. NG2 is a hack and slash with no emotion and that is exactly what we all had last gen. I am going to get NG2 for my 360 but I do wish more devs would poor more heart into games and induce more emotional responses rather than the typical shock and awe factor found in games of recent.

My god the Fanboyism on both sides in this thread REEKS! The Comparison is bullshit!

Compare the 2 when NG2 comes out. Listening to this drivel is like watching the fanboys attack Killzone2 for bad AI and Halo3 for crappy graphics.

God you guys find the petiest things to argue about.

never really been a big fan of NG, had it on the original xbox and found it to be very slow played and boring. also i find that RYU looks like hes just left his local S&M club, to much PVC for my liking, more NINJA GAIDEN and less NINJA GAY-DEN please!

Looks the same to me but the new weapon looks kick ass.I may have a 360 by the time this comes out but if not I hope it goes to PS3( it could happen).:P

I have to pretty much say XBOX 360 wins that round.

First off, if I were a ps3 gamer, I would just be honored to have had the privilege of playing Ninja Gaiden.......even if it was a polished version of an original Xbox title, but don't kid yourselves, look at the comparisons, NGII looks way better than Sigma. But it doesnt matter, fanboys don't wanna hear what they don't wanna hear. Regardless, this game is going to be a beast to watch and play, so if you guys want to know what it plays like, seeing as you won't have it till the ps4, just subscribe to the many posts about it.

to be honest in terms of graphics i see no difference, the advantage ng2 has over sigma is purely technical.

anybody who even bothers to compare both of the games, especially at this early in development, is a fanboy regardless of what "system" they're vouching for.

It's very difficult for me to not reach through the internet and kick all of you in the collective junk after reading how you prefer "NG2s enemies over NGS" or "the animations look smoother on NGS\NG2". For crying out loud, it's a 9 minute demo video on a game that has isn't even close to being released.

For. The. Love. Of. God.

I don't care which version looks better. Ninja Giaden Sigma looked good enough, so if Ninja gaiden 2 looks just as good, I'm a happy man. It's all about the gameplay man!

there definitly more things going on in the 360 version, look at the blood! the lighting, and the most overlooked thing that no one seems to mention, body parts on the ground that stay there in NG2 and it has no slowdown whatsoever, and the fact his weapons get bloody over time...sure NG sigma looks good, theres no doubt about that, but as a true sequel...NG2 improved on sigma and its a work in progress

It doesnt look much better if at all. I think a major differnce is an outside "sun lit" level vs. the absolute worse set of boards in the game. I mean your comparing brown rooms to outside in venice??? kinda stupid.

And even mor stupid how the enemy Ai(moveset) and the mechanics look IDENTICAL. 1,2,3,pause,Guardbreaker.

I still like Ninja Gaiden. And hopefully it come to ps3, and if not then i'll just stick with sigma. :)

I love it when people start shouting specs for a machine, and its sooo obvious that they just done a copy/paste from a website (which is more than likely wrong)

Specs means nothing.. Games means everything! Gameplay means everything!

All games should be made this way:

Gameplay first, everything afterwards is just a bonus :)

The way i see it folks is this.. why have a game that looks stunning, but the gameplay is absolutely pants.. whats the point?

Anyhoo... no matter what NG looks like.. its hardcore gameplay.. and that just suits me fine :)

WOW! the 360 is on a freaking roll, been out since 05 and it's still "king graphics" and with each new game that looks better on the 360 just goes to show the truth to all that BS Sony tries to sell. "next gen don't start untill we say it does" well Sony when is going to start? Kinda got to catch up to the 360 first "droids" so... when are you going to do that? oh yeah thats right in 08,09,10 and beyond.

So Droids/Sony when the PS3 finaly reaches 360 in "playable" graphics and games you will be saying hello to the next Xbox and be blown out of the water "again". See while the PS3 was being sold a Blu-Ray player instead of a gaming console, the Wii, 360, and PC were giving the gamers what they want "GAMES" while Sony gave you movies. Nothing wrong with movies but don't sell me a Mac and give me a PC, don't sell me a cell phone and give me a pager. Sony sold you a gaming console and gave you a DVD player.

As for Ninja Gaiden 2, hell yeah it's being compaired to Ninja Gaiden Sigma and it still looks better and to make matters worse Ninja Gaiden 2 still has alot of dev time before it reaches the hands of Gaiden fans. Imagine what this game will look like closer to launch and imagine what they will add that we still don't know about.

<--- this gamer has now joined the Wii60 club, should be Wii60PC. Wii sports is all I have so far and it looks like sports will be the games that I Wii for and the 360 is for Graphics, live and pure unmatched enterf**kingtainment.

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i have sigma and i have seen the NG2 video off live. In conclusion i can say NG2 does look better and that comparison is terrible. especially the sigma video. the animations in NG2 are so much better and over all the game looks faster. However when it comes to graphics i have to still say they are both pretty much the same in my eyes with NG2 only having a slight edge. This will probably improve as this game probably won't come out till summer nxt yr however for a sequel i expected a more significant graphical upgrade. Don't expect them to make the same sort of impact they made with ninja gaiden on the original xbox at least from what i am seeing.

Also to the foolish clown that said NG2 looks better than crysis find a gun and shoot yourself... in the leg. don't allow fanboyism to blind you

The character models might look almost identical. Nevertheless, it is obvious that backgrounds and enemy models in NG2 are much more polished and detailed than NG:Sigma. Animations have also been greatly improved.

Personally I'd rather see the graphical difference between NG II vs NG DS. Oh yeah that'd be a tough one.....

To compare these two titles would be like comparing the early Timeshift demo to the current timeshift demo. NG2 isn't finished. It's quite a long way off with a '08 release. Lots of things will be done to it. Sigma however is not only finished, but is simply a polished version of a previously completed title. Comparing a finished title with an unfinished one is senseless. Poor show gamevideos.

all the ps3 owners cried a river when IGN compared a work-in-progress game, KZ2, to the A.I. in HALO 3. You screamed,"Its till in my Grand mother's ALPHA STAGE so that not fair so hum!" or "Well the textures might look bad up close but that's because they have well over a year left to complete the game!" While that logic seems very plausible, why in sam h3ll doesn't that same LOGIC apply to this game. NG2 deserves the benefit of a doubt just like KZ2 then. But you know I don't expect you fan boys to understand how logic works because you are merely sheep(all fan boys/girls). All you do is cry "BAAADD!!" at every game that comes out for the opposing system. Thank guy that we do have a couple of sheep herders on this site to keep you guys in check. Oh and I also expect to have maybe like one bubble left when I come back as everyone gets mad when someone tells the truth!
Then we have sheep like the one below(hey you there go back to sleep)who post one line comments with no facts are any sign of intelligent thought put behind them. I'll take the above logic even further. If you guys expect a product that's still in development to blow an existing product out of the water then why hasn't the PS3 done so with the 360. You can give me that difficult to program for defensive all you want but have developers saying that they had no problems developing for that platform. Some great things take time(i.e. kz2) to reach their potential.

sigma kicks @ss, sorry 360 fans.

While NG2 admitedly looks fantastic, the comparison is laughable at best. Graphics from NGS demo (which was not built from the ground up for next gen) vs NG2 (which is apparently extremely far along in development if they're able to showcase 8 stages). Besides, the visuals aren't head and shoulders above NGS anyway. The camera comparison is even worse. The Sigma footage was taken entirely from enclosed spaces, whereas NG2 was all open areas.

By that video I could not tell a difference.

One thing that I could tell from that video is that then A.I. in NGS is more difficult.

In NG2 the enemies are just standing there attacking one at time while Ryu attacks them. In NGS Ryu is constantly being attacked by two enemies at a time, and he is constantly counterattacking.

Too bad characters -still- looks like barbie dolls/plastic dolls.

This includes lame ass DoA. Stupid Dev.

I dont give a **** if Sigma looks better than Ninja Gaiden 2. Sigma is a remake of an old game, Ninja Gaiden 2 is a NEW GAME ALTOGETHER that wont see release on the PS3 unless they have plans to make a Ninja Gaiden Theta or some greek lexicon along those lines...

Spit in the face of PS3 fanbabies for not knowing the word 'COOL' hahaha

First of all, Team Ninja doesn't do ports. Sigma was built from the ground up for PS3. NG2 was built for 360. NG2 has more detail and is more impressive. Live with it.

I wonder if there´s any sequel that looks worse (grafic) than it´s previous?

Edit: Well that might be an exception then, even thou i don´t realy know how those to compare to each other (And im to lazy to check it up) =)

Agreed. Finally somebody smarter than a Chimp... Everything is better the detail on the buildings aready match Lost Planet, the detail on everything looks better the flesh tones are not so cartoonish the light blazes with realism....

Still to early to determine anything. Physics look better though.

But look here this is Team Ninja and if you think for a second this is the finished product you are sadly mistaking.

NGS: http://www.1up.com/do/slide...

VS

NG2: http://www.1up.com/do/slide...

As you can see Sigma looks like an Xbox game in comparison at this earily stage in NG2's development.

Sigma lack Next-gen effects... TI did day his co-worker did a pretty good job though... Souldn't take more than once to see the difference but for the blind switch back any forth a couple of times between the two links above.

Its sad to see people claiming such loyalist rubbish(1-up has seen it I'v seen it, Kotaku see's it, IGN seen it.

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NGS was developed my a more hungrier, more dedicated crew at team ninja. itagaki just merely ported ngs engine to 360 and optimized it. NGS on PS3 is more consistant and you can tell by looking at the videos.

Comparing a finish game to a still in development one is just plain stupid.

Why is everyone comparing a game that was a port from the original xbox version and polished up to a game which was built from the ground up on a net gen console. Xbox fanboys dont you feel angry that NG2 is getting compared to NGS.?

wow sigma looks way dull compared to Ninja Gaiden 2, and it doesn't even come out till next YEAR! I don't even kno why they made a ps3 version of ninja gaiden anyway. Embarassing, just like lair.

it´s a sequel, but ng2 could be done on the ps3 with the same result.

watch sony defence force is about lol.
Back to topic i think ng2 does look better because of the gore a stuff but i fully judge when the game is done.

Sigma looked better because it's on PS3. PS3 has better graphics, why do you think it costs more? Ninja Gaiden 2 can't look as good as Ninja Sigma did on PS3. Forget it.

I think ng2 looks a little tiny bit better then sigma, it may still be in developement but showing 8 playable levels in the demo I would assume its quite far in it although not too much is known. I also don't think the comparison shots are fair and the person could have used a better environment for sigma. I think the better question is when they rerelease this 4 times on 360, would the ps3 remake look any better on the 5th time around compared to the xbox

This game is Devil May cry but only much more redundant. A hero, inexplicably dressed in leather ( which im sure ninjas dont wear) equipped with magic and various bladed weapons runs around and cuts up monsters. Oh, there will be some pointless side character with big breastesses and more of the exact same gameplay, EXACT same gameplay. Even God of War 2 mixed it up with flying levels and wicked puzzles. I know I have asked this before, but how many times can you play the same game and enjoy it?

the ng2 is in alpha and already looks good the animations are better then ngs,but still ngs looks better.

I love Sigma a lot and I believe Team Ninja will deliver a great on the 360.

The character models are nice and the animation are very nice. Im not going to support the argument of which is better I believe in playing the games you like and keep it moving

well how could ninja gaiden 2 look worse than sigma? who was honestly thinking it was gonna look worse. i really dont see how this is a surprise, of course it looks better, its a sequel and its coming out after sigma did.

this just in: madden 08 looks better than madden 07.

Sigma and NG2 look identical. now in terms of action and speed and camera
NG2 wins hands down. and the effect like blood is alot better. everything is much faster than sigma and teh action is amazing. oh and the character models look more detailed. but graphics look on par with each other. whats gonna be good is that NG2 will be much better looking next year so thats the best part because the action looks to be even more frantic and awesoem than sigma. this will be the game i buy my 360 for. everything else can go to hell. but if somehow Sony gets a version 6-months to a year later or some variation then personally i'll pass on the 3560 and get it for my PS3 because as of right now the next gen PS3 engine they have sitting is definately going to be used and tweaked more and look fantastic. a game will be brn for PS3 using that engine and i'm sure it'll look awesome

I bash this game and the many other games like this that keep releasing with little to no enhancements to the gameplay. So freaking what the camera has artisticly impressive movements that make the moves lok cooler. This doesn't change the fact that the game still plays the same has the same weapons, yes, just because they look different from the last game, they still do the same things and have nearly the same combo sets. Give us something bigger and better. The animations are only slightly improved and and the graphics are better, what other than these two things have we not seen in last gens games? Zone of the Enders is better than this damn game. Why don't they up the antie like Heavenly Sword and give us something we havent experienced before? Maybe gamers are so stupid they just except the same crap over and over but reject anything good or innovative.

Wow, just watched *entire presentation* with Itagi & the complete demo showed at TGS in HD on XBL. Can't believe what I just saw from a game that still has a year of development left...

Incredible. Cannot wait for NINJA GAIDEN 2 !!!!!!!

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.