So why do you think DmC Definitive Edition sold less its first week worldwide on the PS4 and XBone than Bayonetta 2 did on the Wii U?

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bigtakilla said:

Let's look at what these two games had going for and against them (using a + - system)

DmC
+ 4x the userbase of Wii U owners (~20 mil)
+ The biggest name franchise in the hack and slash genre
+ Consumers who tend to buy maturer rated titles (supposedly)

- Remake

Bayonetta 2
+ New game

- Not the type of game people usually buy on this console (supposedly)
- Only ~5 mil people to possibly buy it
- A sequel to a game that never really sold that well to begin with.

Just saying, Bayonetta did not have all the advantages.

God of war is a much bigger name than DMC, the God of War remaster will outsell it easily. Bayonetta was marketed and was praised by critics and gamers, perhaps some even bought a WII U for it.

 

So I guess those would be the reasons why bayo and dmc did what they did. The DMC series are quit dead these times like ninja gaiden.