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curl-6 on 20 January 2016
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JustBeingReal said:
curl-6 said:

Actually, Platinum themselves have confirmed the game would not exist without Nintendo:

http://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/9/22/3371474/bayonetta-2-would-not-exist-without-nintendo-platinum-games-wii-u


So they claim, but what else were they going to say when they've partnered on so many other projects.

It makes no sense, because of how bayonetta sold across 360 and PS3, along with the fact that both companies are happy to invest in unproven projects. Bayonetta 2 simply wasn't that big of a risk, for either platform holder or for an external publisher to help invest in.

Shenmue 3 is getting help, Nier Automata. Deals for a bunch of new exclusives, investments in unproven projects on both Sony and MS's side show why this makes zero sense.

Bayonetta's sales are no guarantee at all that it made any money. Games have sold better than that and still been unprofitable.

If Bayonetta was really such a moneymaker on PS3/360, that's where the sequel would have gone. Instead, Sega reportedly cancelled the game, (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-01-sega-cancels-bayonetta-2-report) before Nintendo stepped in and revived it.