DevilRising said:
That's not what all the nerds who simultaniously shit their trousers on the internet said when it was announced as coming exclusive to Wii U. Seems to me there is a significant amount of hype. And to the other poster, no, Bayonetta 2 will not be a timed exclusive. It's an exclusive exclusive, because Sega wanted nothing to do with it, even though the first one actually sold pretty well for a VERY odd, VERY niche brand new IP. Nintendo swooped in and said "BAM", and now it's exclusive. With them also financing/publishing Wonderful 101 (even though Platinum did help develop Revengeance), I would say that in the future it wouldn't be a bad move for Nintendo to use some of their $$$$ and just make Platinum another 2nd/1st party dev for them. Considering that they don't get EVERY multiplat game anyway, having another studio like Retro/Monolith/etc. under their belts could be a big help. |
Nintendo most likely rented the Bayonetta trademark from Sega for some period. Once this period is over, Sega is free to make another Bayonetta game (let's say BayonettaΣ2) or rent the franchise to another (richer) publisher. It so happens that after MGRising's success, Konami is seeking to work again with Platinum games, and it so happens there are a lot of hyped PS360 players angried about losing Bayonetta2 who would give a lot of money to take it back. I'm pretty sure that the Invisible Hand of the market will make offer & demand meet.
