i agree, sega are a trashy company, but even on xb1, ps360 and ps4. it would still have lost money. IMO, they shouldnt have bothered with bayo 2 at all. 

They didn't buy the IP as far as anyone is aware. Something like that should be on some publically accessible record.

No argument there. Their "kill off everything but Sonic/Aliens" strategy blows.

I'm not sure how well Bayonetta 2 would fare on the other consoles, though. Assuming the exact same release date, it would probably just get lost in the flood of all the other October/November games. Bayonetta did so well in part because it came out during the January dead period.

Sega downsized massively a few years ago as I recall. I'm guessing one of the results was ending their relationship with Platinum Games entirely. 

Sega has not worked with them in 4 years and the only reason they're even involved with Bayo 2 at all is because they hold some of the franchise rights. But pretty sure they cut all actual active ties to Platinum after Vanquish was released four years ago. 

Since then Platinum has moved on to work with Konami, Nintendo, and Microsoft. 

I believe Sega really only works on like 5 IP now -- Sonic, Yakuza, Football Manager, Aliens, Total War.

The Wii U isn't that expensive, if you really want the game buy a Wii U. There's also a ton of other great titles on the console so you can most the most of the investment.

Two very different situations that are not at all like this one.

Ninja Gaiden had already released months earlier on other platforms. It was never an exclusive, just an enhanced port.

Rayman Legends originally was a Wii U exclusive by Ubisoft's own choice. Nintendo *never* moneyhatted any of it.

Not that I'd reccomend it, but if it's really that big of a spur up one's ass, you could GameFly Bayonetta 2, buy a Wii U on your credit card, play the game for a couple of weeks, beat it, and then return the Wii U. 

Right, and you don't even need to keep it for any game if you didn't want to.

If Bayo 2 is the *only* title someone is interested in, they can just as well buy the system and the game used and sell it back. Easy as that. Very mininal spent net out of pocket when its all said and done.

It's weird to see people saying different.

Lol poor Ryuzaki, you really want to play this game don't you?

If you're are so desperate to play it, just buy a used wii u and sell it after 5 days. I would also recommend playing it over at a friend, but since we're talking about wii u here...stick to the first option.

As for the article, good for Sega, they dodged a bullet here, and probably got a hefty sum from Nintendo instead.