| A203D said: Yet we also thought the same thing about the Mass Effect series never leaving Microsoft. |
Mass Effect is different set of circumstances. BioWare developed the game which MS published but MS didn't pay for full development....only marketing, distribution and a waived licensing fee for BioWare (standard for exclusive games). The game was released in November of 2007. However, in October of 2007, just a month before the game launched, EA purchased BioWare and it's IPs. Because MS didn't retain any rights to the ME franchise, EA obtained them from BioWare which allowed the original ME to eventually be ported to the PS3.
Bayonetta 2 is being wholly funded by Nintendo, not just pbulsihed by. When you pay the funding for something, you retain the rights to it. This applies to just about all entertainment media. When a book publisher pays an advance to an author for a book, the publisher flat out owns the book rights. When a movie company greenlights a film (pays for production), they own that film even if a different studio actually did the production.
There is not a single instance in the history of video whereby a publisher pays for development but did not retain rights for development unless they eventually sold those rights. Sony is a common subject for the latter in that case. Spyro and Crash were properties they originally funded by sold their rights back to the developers. Nintendo sold back the rights to Rare for several of the titles they funded as well.
In other words, for Bayonetta 2 to appear on a console beyond Nintendo's sphere of influence will require circumstances beyond what we see today (Nintendo sells the rights, Nintendo itself is sold, etc...).
The rEVOLution is not being televised
