I'll probably pick it up used. Well, unless they announce a patch that brings things up to snuff. I think they should have pulled a Oblivion/Bioshock here. Announced timed exclusive for 360, say 4-6 months, then released a superior PS3 version to take better use of the hardware. Also I posted this on another thread, but I think it belongs in this one:
You know it is kinda sad that Sega screwed up the port of Bayonetta, as it could have gone on to sell so much more than it is now. I mean this style definitely appeals more to PS3 owners than 360 owners. I say this using Devil May Cry 4 as a reference, since they are both from the same genre and style. According to VGC, DMC4 sold 1.29 mil on PS3 and 1.22 mil on 360. Keep in mind this was in Feb of '08, when PS3 had just under 10 mil in homes and 360 had well over 15 mil, yet the PS3 version sold ~80k more. I am in no way saying that 1.22 mil is a bad number, just establishing that the genre is more appealing for PS3 owners.
Now we have Bayonetta. It should have definitely peaked the interest of quite a few PS3 owners. It's from Hideki Kamiya, the series/style originator. It's more polished with a deeper, more stylish combo system. And, according to IGN, its "teh greatest action game EVAR!" But the crowd who would have been more interested got shafted by a sloppy port.
So here we are, with 10 weeks of sales in Japan and a debut week in America and Others. The PS3 version sits at just 330k WW and the superior 360 at 220k, and looking at the numbers I doubt sales are going to skyrocket anytime soon or have long legs. It's sad when you think about how well Kayima's DMC series has done. All have done more than this in Japan alone, with 2 debuting higher than 330k in Japan alone. I just feel that Bayonetta would have done better as a polished PS3 exclusive, than as a 360 game with a PS3 port that wasn't up to par.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think Bayonetta would have been a 10 mil seller, probably not even a 5 mil. But, I feel with the things going for it, it could have at least sold what the original DMC did, ~2.5 mil. As of now, it will be lucky to hit 1 mil with the 360 and Ps3's sales combined.
