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irstupid on 11 December 2017
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Kyuu said:
irstupid said:

I'm not saying people recognize Bayonetta only due to Nintendo, I'm saying due to Nintendo Bayonetta hasn't been forgotten or dissapeared.

Without Nintendo and B2, it would be nearly 10 years since the first game came out. Companies don't just randomly make a sequel to a 10 year old game that didn't sell that well. If Nintendo didn't grab Bayonetta 2 when it did, the entire franchise would have disappeared FOREVER. No boyentta 2 ever, no bayonetta 3, no ect. The series would have been dead and kaput. 

And what makes you think it would sell 3 million across all consoles. It didn't when it was released on the the huge userbase it had when Bayonetta 1 released. You are making a baseless claim with that. 

How exactly is this a baseless claim? Bayonetta 1 (a new IP) combined sold around 2.2mil on PS360. 2.5mil+ with the generation late PC port (That just came out this year). With Switch and a properly timed PC release added to the formula, exceeding 3mil is a fairly conservative estimation.

Bayonetta 3 sales breakdown:

PS4: 1.3mil
X1: 0.5mil
PC: 0.6mil
NS: 1.0mil

There you have it. Being a sequel to an old IP won't negatively affect sales since the series wasn't that big to begin with. There are numerous examples of late sequels doing a lot better than first game. Idk, but it looks like you want to see things from an overly pessimistic perspective.

   

The point you keep ignoring is that Bayonetta 2 exists due 100% to Nintendo. Without Nintendo, there would be no Bayonetta 2, and thus this Bayonetta 3 would be instead be Bayonetta 2 and it would have been 10 years since the first Bayonetta came out.

Most sequels don't sell as well as their predecessor. Not to mention a sequel to a particularly niche game that has not seen a release in 10 years. A second game to a franchise. Not a 3rd, 4th, 5th or anything, just the second game.

There would not be that much hype for suddenly bringing Bayonetta out of the grave.

Doing a quick search I see that Brutal Legends was released also in 2009. It sold approximately what Bayonetta sold as well. So imagine if at the game awards or E3 this coming year Brutal Legends 2 had been announced. Sure it might make the cult fans of the game super excited, but it's not going to have nearly as much hype, excitement or sales potential as Bayonetta 3 does right now. And that reason is because Bayonetta has stayed in the lime light since 2009 due to Bayonetta 2 and Smash inclusion.