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Itagaki: My new game will sell four million copies

Posted Mar 3, 2010 at 11:30PM EST by Mabie A.

Listed in: PSP, PS3, Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: Tecmo, Tomonobu Itagaki

The settlement of his suit against Tecmo might jst have been what Tomonobu Itagaki was waiting for before he moves forward and openly talks about his new game. The proud developer has now broken his silence on his new project, and Japanese magazine Famitsu's got it all covered.

According to Itagaki's two-page interview spread, he teases that "[I believe] the game I'm making now will be a little bit like nothing anyone has ever seen." Not only that, he even forecasted that this new game of his will sell up to four million sales, even when nobody has yet to figure out what it's all about. Then again, it's Itagaki, and for sure he's got some major tricks up his sleeves.

And while he was tight-lipped about the recent settlement of his case against Tecmo, he did talk openly about his new company, Valhalla Game Studio. Tecmo alum Satoru Kanematsu joins him aboard, while Itagaki-san plays Chief Technical Officer.

Right now, he revealed that there are about 50 employees, and that while he does plan on hiring some more people, he does not want it to become a "mega-studio" overrun with hundreds of people.

Via [Go Fanboy]

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his direct quote was ""Dead or Alive 3 was the best game I made saleswise -- it did two million copies," he said. "For this game, I'd like to at least double that and get four million people to play it. You have games selling 10 million these days, after all, so I don't think throwing out the four-million figure's that outrageous.""

Which is why when you are a different site, trying to cover the news of another site, words get twisted.

# RE: Itagaki: My new game will sell four million copies — GUNBEHINDTHESUN 2010-03-04 07:27

Why does this guy always have to wear those shades. Is something wrong with his eyes? Team Ninja probably got tired of him not showing them his eyes. Maybe he sleeps have of the time without them knowing it or something. Maybe once he takes those shades off, I can take him seriously.

# RE: RE: Itagaki: My new game will sell four million copies — Guest 2010-03-08 17:10

You're right, let's all look like a damn nerd. That'll help everyone take us seriously.

# lol — vizard00 2010-03-04 07:54

its easy to sell million copy if u dont have moral , remember MW2 ( no demo , lies , and corupted magazines , fake storyies ...)

# wtf? — Guest 2010-03-04 13:10

The only thing you said that makes any sense is the no demo part. The rest of bullshit.

# he's right — Guest 2010-03-07 14:04

youre thge one making no sense, this dude is right fuc_ki_ng mags online or OFFLINE are just abunch of liars now it turns that eeeevreygame that comes out is a 10-10 perfect game made and "must buy it" specially those fif-alike made me in series year after year and the stu_pids won't notice

-1 # RE: Itagaki: My new game will sell four million copies — Guest 2010-03-04 21:27

Good to see that Itagaki is still incredibly sure of himself to the point that his game (that will probably suck like DoA or be average like NG) will sell that many copies.

# RE: RE: Itagaki: My new game will sell four million copies — Guest 2010-03-08 17:12

Yup, his games are so average and suck, lol.

No, just because YOU think that they're average does not make them average. I wonder when idiots such as yourself will begin to realize that the world does not revolve around your opinions.

# Good for him — jmak0 2010-03-05 16:04

Maybe it will be something to do with his Valhalla company name, like a game about norse mythology and battles from the same. It would certainly be something that has not been done much before. Alternatively, it could be a new ultra realistic boob wobble simulator that he will implement into a game somehow.

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