Bayonetta 3 announced exclusively for Switch!

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Kyuu said:

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Let's not forget that Platinum straight up said that Bayonetta 2 "would not exist without Nintendo".

It's not like the game was going to come out on Playstation/Xbox until evil Nintendo stepped in and stole it. It was a choice between Bayonetta 2 on Nintendo or no Bayonetta 2 at all. Thankfully, the former happened, and the result was a great game.

Salty Bayonetta fans should direct their frustration on Sega... not Platinum Games, not Nintendo. But I doubt Bayonetta 3 wouldn't exist when NieR Automata is selling so well and Valkyria Chronicles is making a comeback...

Sega has a long history of idiotic and nonsensical decisions, but they retain the right to control their IPs. I don't find them evil.. they're probably just stupid.

It's all down to the publisher, since Platinum's games are funded by others; such as Square Enix in the case of Nier. Sega didn't want to stick their neck out on Bayo 2, so Nintendo stepped in and footed the bill in exchange for exclusivity. Granted, we don't know what the situation was regarding Bayo 3, so we can only make educated guesses at the moment. But the series doesn't have a great track record as a moneymaker, so it may not seem an appealing investment to a third party publisher. To a first party looking for an exclusive to diversify their library and earn critical acclaim, however...