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curl-6 said: Ah, it would seem I misinterpreted you somewhat. I'm actually not so sure Sega actually owns the franchise. They aren't co-publishing Bayo 2, Nintendo's doing that alone. And Platinum have come out and said that the game "wouldn't exist without Nintendo", for the record, suggesting it was pretty much Wii U exclusive or nothing. |
I'm pretty sure SEGA still owns the rights to Bayonetta. They're officially "advisors" or something, which wouldn't make sense if Platinum owned the rights or if Nintendo bought them from SEGA. The SEGA logo is on the Bayonetta 2 promotional material, supposedly. It looks to me like Nintendo is simply publishing Bayonetta 2. I don't know how much SEGA stands to profit but it's obviously in their interest for the franchise to prosper, despite their mismanagement.
I probably shouldn't have said I hope it fails because I don't actually care. Rather, it wouldn't bother me if it fails, as I have a hard time respecting how Platinum and SEGA have handled it, especially with regards to people who supported it on the PS3. It's closer to a sense of apathy than anything else. That's actually pretty bad coming from me, as I'm someone who generally hopes all segments of the industry stay healthy, even if they're not to my taste.
