Media Create/Famitsu Sales (9/15 - 9/21) Bayonetta 2 39k

[vivster]

mii-gamer said:

vivster said:

mii-gamer said:
i like how people are reveling in the fact that it flopped wishful that nintendo can port the game to other systems. LOL

Well I'm just reveling in it because some fans were quite smug about it. I don't want to see it doing bad. But obviously Platinum decided that it didn't matter to them that the game sells copies.

So if they don't want it to be successful, we should be supportive of their wishes.

I'm going to be smug when I get to play this sexy beast next month

@bold: well, i don't think thats true. Remember Nintendo financed this, they are responsible for the marketing and essentially will take the financial hit, shielding platinum from damage. Platinum Games got paid to make the game and judging from impressions/reviews, Platinum did make an awesome game and nintendo did pour alot of resources for the studio to use to make the game. An effort was made here.

It's just that only 39k gamers wanted to buy the game, and that's how the cookie crumbles

I'm going to be smug right back at you when I'm playing it :P

Yes, Nintendo financed it. And it may be true that they approached Sony and Microsoft for funding as well. But in the end they chose Nintendo and Wii U exclusivity, which means they will at least be expecting that it won't sell well.

They had the choice between releasing on a platform where there aren't as many potential buyers and not releasing at all. So financial success was never an option. But they won't go hungry since for them the game already paid off and moneywise the game doesn't need to sell a lot. At least not for Platinum.