Famitsu Sales: Week 12, 2023 (Mar 13 - Mar 19)

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curl-6 said:

Not surprising Bayonetta Origins fell flat to be honest, commercially it's a very tough sell.
The series is niche to begin with, and Origins jettisons pretty much all the qualities that make the IP appealing, so it's a spin-off of a niche series that doesn't even target the existing fanbase.
Add that it's full price despite resembling the sort of thing you'd usually see for $20 on the eshop, and I'm not sure what Nintendo and Platinum were thinking.

After watching reviews, the game looks great, I kind of wish it was a new IP and not part of the Bayo lore and instead a world of its own. None the less, I think we shouldn't assume that it was expected to be some major seller. I'll definitely be checking it out once it's on discount but yeah, I think a low entry point and exposing the series/game to more people would be better then full price+few sales