F0X said:
BMaker11 said:
ToxicJosh said:
Do these people realise that Nintendo owns the rights to Bayonetta 2?
Whinging to Platinum CAN'T make a difference, as they don't have the power to decide to port it to other systems. It's not difficult.
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You either own the IP or you don't. You don't just "own the rights" to one particular title in a series. And just because Nintendo published and funded the game doesn't mean that it will remain exclusive. Look at Mass Effect 1. MS published and funded that game, but it ended up on PS3 because the IP switched to a new publisher. MS didn't own anything with ME. Gears could end up on a PS console as well, if Epic Games strikes a deal with a different publisher, and they could retroactively place the whole Gears series on a PS console if they saw it as profitable (probably not). Same could happen with Bayonetta 2.
That being said, at this moment in time, this game is being published and funded by Nintendo, so right now, people need to just stfu and get a WiiU if they want it so bad. To ask them to port it isn't simply a matter of coding the game for PS and Xbox. They have to get a different publisher who will OK multiplatform development, have a financial plan, etc. etc. that goes into game development. It may be simple to port it, but so much more goes into something like that. Only reason ME appeared on PS is because EA straight up bought BioWare. To want Bayonetta 2 to appear on PS and Xbox is to either ask Platinum Games to get bought out (which happens, but isn't cool to wish upon independent developers, unless they want it) by a company that does multiplatform games across the board or for them to jump through the hoops of getting a different publisher after the game has already been mad. Either way, I don't think the gains would outweigh the cost in either situation.
So, TL;DR get a WiiU is you want this game right now
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At the same time, I wouldn't advise holding out for a port announcement just because it could possibly happen.
Off-Topic: Boiler up.
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Pretty much. If it comes out on other consoles at some point, so be it. You got the console for the games it had, and Bayonetta 2 just so happened to have released on it. But don't get a not WiiU thinking, from the outset, that you'll be playing this game.
