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Forums - Sales Discussion - Sorry, Bayonetta 2 will not be a system seller (nor sell more than 1 million).

 

Global lifetime sales for Bayonetta 2 will be:

Less than 500k 124 17.06%
 
500k to 1 million 333 45.80%
 
More than 1 million 270 37.14%
 
Total:727
bevochan on 15 September 2014

I don't know why people think Bayonetta 2 will be a system seller for the WiiU.  Sure, there are some Bayonetta fanatics out there, but this is a niche group.

Pos Game Platform Year Genre Publisher North America Europe Japan Rest of World Global
1 Bayonetta PS3 2009 Action Sega 0.41 0.37 0.21 0.15 1.14
2 Bayonetta X360 2009 Action Sega 0.49 0.24 0.09 0.08 0.89

 

Thus far, this game hasn't even sold more than 1 million on the Xbox360 and barely broke 1 million on the PS3. 

My guess is that it'll sell about 350k in the 1st week but won't break 1 million lifetime.




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Spade on 15 September 2014

#OperationPlatinum disagrees



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Seece on 15 September 2014

1m is generous, it'll do 600k MAX Imo!



 

DaltonAbbey on 15 September 2014

Buying it day one but unfortunately I agree that it'll do poorly
Will be lucky to do more than 500k



Angelv577 on 15 September 2014

I don't think it will reach 1 million either, if it does, it will be in a couple of years when it gets cheaper.



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NintendoPie on 15 September 2014

Thanks for the revelation.



Boutros on 15 September 2014
bevochan said:

I don't know why people think Bayonetta 2 will be a system seller for the WiiU.  Sure, there are some Bayonetta fanatics out there, but this is a niche group.

Pos Game Platform Year Genre Publisher North America Europe Japan Rest of World Global
1 Bayonetta PS3 2009 Action Sega 0.41 0.37 0.21 0.15 1.14
2 Bayonetta X360 2009 Action Sega 0.49 0.24 0.09 0.08 0.89

 

Thus far, this game hasn't even sold more than 1 million on the Xbox360 and barely broke 1 million on the PS3. 

My guess is that it'll sell about 350k in the 1st week but won't break 1 million lifetime.

350k FW?!?!?

I say 150k max.



Super_Boom on 15 September 2014

Thanks for apologizing!



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Nem on 15 September 2014

Its not a system seller. I thought it was already clear that such games barely exist. Mario kart 8 is the only i can think of that had any lasting effect.
Selling 1m would be great though. A definite sucess.



Vena on 15 September 2014

1.) Nintendo makes a game for fans.
2.) People make some bizarre expectations for such a game or feel the need to admonish said game.
3.) ???
4.) Profit.

Bayo2 is in the same boat as Sin&Punishment 2, its a game for gamers with no attempt to pretend otherwise by the actual people selling the game. Its a game to fatten up the library and it may move some consoles for the fans of the game or genre but its not going to revolutionize the world nor shift the baselines ala Kart or Smash.