When will Bayonetta 2 hit a million? Weighing the risk vs the reward.

[vivster]

RolStoppable said:

vivster said:

I don't think there is a lot of risk lying on Platinum's shoulders. As long as console manufacturers are clawing for exclusives and Platinum is willing to whore themselves out to them they're gonna have a busy gen.

The question is how far will console companies go (i.e. spend) for exclusives.

If no one wants to pay for their games anymore they're probably ready to be bought up entirely anyway and their games and employees will live on.

Talk about a contradiction.

Well the unknown component here are the console companies. No one can predict how long they will be willing to pay for low selling IPs. The chances of Platinum having steady work in the next 7 years and them getting shut down and bought up in the next 2 years is 50/50.

If they do get bought up I believe a lot of the employees will keept heir jobs and we will see a number of their franchises to be continued. So really the employees of Platinum do not have much risk. It's not them who are losing money.