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PwerlvlAmy said:
HollyGamer said:

That's because Sony never funded or investing on making Yakuza games, unlike Bayonetta to Nintendo. Yakuza problem was never about lack of funding because Sega approved it  , Bayonetta in the other hand were in different situation the sequel had never been approve by Sega and the Nintendo come to the rescue. 

right and it was turned down by Sony and others from funding

No funding involve on publishing Yakuza games. 



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Yeah, same story as Bayonetta.



SKMBlake said:

Yeah, same story as Bayonetta.

Yup exactly. Worked out well for all of us. Which is awesome. 



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PwerlvlAmy said:
SKMBlake said:

Yeah, same story as Bayonetta.

Yup exactly. Worked out well for all of us. Which is awesome. 

Indeed. And it's funny to see that in both cases, Sega is involved. And how they're willing to pay for another crappy Sonic game but don't wanna spend too much money on original content.



SKMBlake said:
PwerlvlAmy said:

Yup exactly. Worked out well for all of us. Which is awesome. 

Indeed. And it's funny to see that in both cases, Sega is involved. And how they're willing to pay for another crappy Sonic game but don't wanna spend too much money on original content.

Yeah that part is mind boggling. Give so much money to Sonic games over other IP's. But hey its Sonic, its their identity and mascot, so with as bad as Sonic games have been, they have to keep riding that horse 



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Just how much Nintendo changed from back then, now they want every game possible on Switch.



A few things...

1. Yakuza 1 wasn't a very good game.

2. This is post the failure of Shenmue.

3. Yakuza is still a pretty niche series, but has improved significantly over the years.



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PwerlvlAmy said:
SKMBlake said:

Yeah, same story as Bayonetta.

Yup exactly. Worked out well for all of us. Which is awesome. 

How is it exactly same story, Considering close proximity of Platinum games with Nintendo I doubt they would have gone to sony or MS first for B2, also  Yakuza was never funded by sony nor published by sony, like B2 was by Nintendo, Even if it was offered to Sony and MS, and the reason it could have been rejected was because 1st game performed poorly while yakuza was just a concept.

Nintendo saved an existing franchise to make its dying console exclusive line up look appealing that's standard in the industry. Sony did nothing like that they just gave a chance to a franchise be born on their most successful platform. So in short Sony had no intention of saving anything, besides a developers vision, while nintendo saved a franchise of already released game in order to save its ill fated Wii U 



That's interesting.



taus90 said:
PwerlvlAmy said:

Yup exactly. Worked out well for all of us. Which is awesome. 

How is it exactly same story, Considering close proximity of Platinum games with Nintendo I doubt they would have gone to sony or MS first for B2, also  Yakuza was never funded by sony nor published by sony, like B2 was by Nintendo, Even if it was offered to Sony and MS, and the reason it could have been rejected was because 1st game performed poorly while yakuza was just a concept.

Nintendo saved an existing franchise to make its dying console exclusive line up look appealing that's standard in the industry. Sony did nothing like that they just gave a chance to a franchise be born on their most successful platform. So in short Sony had no intention of saving anything, besides a developers vision, while nintendo saved a franchise of already released game in order to save its ill fated Wii U 

I've already explained multiple times how its very similar. Which is true imo.



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