Did this game sell well or not? Because I do at least want NG5 to be a possibility even in this world
The figures I've seen is that it sold around 260k on PS5, 200k+ on Steam, tanked in physical copies at around 13k (edit: in Japan). But it's also on game pass, which I'm guessing is a pretty substantial amount of the player base. I have *NO CLUE* how game pass works or how the whole money-making aspect of it is like for the games and studios.
I don't think NG4 was a very expensive game in the grand scheme of things, and for good reason. Ninja Gaiden IS a niche franchise. Has always been, so they probably didn't expect it to sell in the millions.
I don't know if this I'm just huffing copium but I do think that a sequel could be a possibility, given the game's overall reception and just being noninated in goty awards