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It seem to me this is a timed exclusive.

They havent really made it that clear why this game can't be multiplatform, so I'm going to venture a theory.

This game might not be out next year, but by 2014. Thus I think they are preparing to make this game truly next gen in the sense they will port it to the PS4 & 720 when the time comes rather than limiting the games potential to the PS3, 360 & Wii U.

I honestly cant see them making this game a Wii U exclusive a good buisness decision, the sales of the first game came from outside the Wii market. We shall see.

My point is I think this game is only exclusive until the next Sony and Microsoft consoles are announced. They simply want to move onto next gen, which is commendable I suppose.

I actually laughed right now, but I should be sad since you are right. There is nothing wrong with them doing this decision, but lie to their buyers is another thing. Better be quiet than do this PR.

The issue, the way I see it, is that one company appears to have had enough faith to pick it up. And that company happens to be a console maker. Thus, it becomes an exclusive.

There has not been cross-over game-making since the classic days (where companies made games for competing consoles). I doubt we will see a return of them.

Thus, the choice becomes buy the console or don't play the game. Ironically, this has been the "choice" that X360 and PS3 owners have continually told Wii owners over the last few years.

Mike from Morgantown

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Do you have any evidence to back up the claim that a niche game franchise switching from 2 console multiplat to a 3rd console exclusive for the 2nd game in the series at the beginning of that 3rd console's life does better than the original game?

Best example I can find of a niche franchise switching consoles is Oddworld (albeit it was exclusive on one console and switched to exclusive on the other, so not exactly the same situation). How did that work out for the franchise? Not all that well. The 2 Xbox entries combined sold the same as the lower selling game on the PS1. Yes Wii U will sell better than XB, so Bayonetta has a better chance, but I would be very surprised if B2 sells 2 million. That means either negative, zero or single digit positive growth. Not the "more and more" and "stronger" that the Platinum dude is trying to spin.

Maybe there are some examples where the franchise saw substantial growth by switching and reducing the number of consoles it was available on. It would be interesting to see.

Fact is for the franchise to become stronger and reach "more and more" (not just a few more) gamers it needs to be on all 3 nexgen consoles.

What's done is done; hopefully Nintendo does a good job in creating hype and attention for this game. Perhaps it can have the same success RE4 had for the Gamecube.

Fact is: Sega didn't want to produce this game.

I don't think that Platinum asked Nintendo first, they surely asked Sony & Microsoft but they obviously refused support. Without Nintendo there would be no Bayonetta 2.

Maybe/Maybe not ...

While it seems counter-intuitive, the fewer platforms a high quality game is on the higher profile the game becomes; and the earlier in the lifespan of a console the higher profile an exclusive game becomes. A large portion of the reason for this is that later in a console's life games can get lost in the library (after all the system is seeing a steady stream of games and has a massive library of budget games)  so games released earlier stand out more, and exclusive games attract a lot of hype (sometimes just for stupid reasons, like someone saying "Name something the Wii U can do that the HD consoles can't" and then  someone answers "Play Bayonetta 2").

this is so stupid

buy all three consoles. That is what I did as a Wii onwer because Nintendo took a completely different direction.

Can't afford it? Then fucking save money, they aren't due out for another year.