S.T.A.G.E. said:
spemanig said:
The problem with Bayonetta is that it's just one game. And it's not western. It's niche because it doesn't cater to a western audience. And good on it, but that means nothing when it comes to making the Wii U a must have console for the majority of gamers.
They need western heavy hitters, and a lot of them. If Nintendo announced two to three huge AAA western style IPs by a western developement team as new Nintendo first party IPs, it would cause a shit storm, because now there's games most western gamers will want on a system they thought they didn't. If last E3, Sunset Overdrive, Destiny, and a new Iron Man game that looked as pomising as the Arkham series were all announced to be coming out this year ans next exclusively for the Wii U, the Wii U would be doing exponencially better, because it would have games that most of the dominantly western gaming market is craving for. Nintendo needs that.
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I assure you, the majority of bayonettas sales come from the west. The problem with the game is that Platinum Games titles are extremely niche. Put the game on Nintendo console and you decrease the chances of survival even greater. Nintendo has paid for two Platinum Games titles and one has already failed to properly impress.
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Just because most of it's sales are from the west doesn't mean it appeals to the west; that just means it really doesn't appeal to the Japanese. The reason their titles as niche is because they don't appeal to the west, where the vast majority of gamers are. It's the same think with JRPGs. Persona get's a lot of it's sales from the west, but that doesn't make it a popular western game.
W101 didn't fail to impress. Almost everyone who played it loved it. But all of those people would have bought a Wii U if it it came without it. It would have don't far worse on other consoles. At least with Bayonetta 2, there's a tiny audience who are willing to buy an entire console filled with games they don't want to play it. Imagine that on a grander scale with something like The Division as an exclusive Wii U first party IP. That wouldn't fail to properly impress.
