Bayonetta 2: Developers Explain Why They Sided With Nintendo

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z101 said:

binary solo said:

Fact is for the franchise to become stronger and reach "more and more" (not just a few more) gamers it needs to be on all 3 nexgen consoles.

Fact is: Sega didn't want to produce this game.

I don't think that Platinum asked Nintendo first, they surely asked Sony & Microsoft but they obviously refused support. Without Nintendo there would be no Bayonetta 2.

Your fact does not negate my fact, so it's got nothing to do with what I wrote. The fact is the PG dude said they want to make the franchise stronger and reach "more and more gamers". They did the one thing with the highest probability of ensuring the game doesn't achieve the PG franchise growth spin. Hence the PG spin is garbage and they should have just come out and told the truth, which is where your fact comes in.

PG would have been idiots to ask Sony or MS first. Going to any 1st party publisher for a previously multiplat title that sold modestly is a backwards move. PG probably would have wanted Sega to let another 3rd party publisher have the game, but I would think Sega would not want another 3rd party to have it. So PG probably went to Nintendo first and only, as Nintendo are more likely to offer favourable terms in order to snatch a franchise away from the competition.

As I said, that's all fine and good. But PG should be honest about it and don't try to feed gamers a line of bull about it being a growth strategy.