It's a great game, but there's just not enough other games for that same audience on the Wii U to build any momentum with.

It's like Banjo-Kazooie to the XBox audience ... that userbase just isn't into that style of game because they're not exposed to it enough.

Epic first reply, and 100% agree. 

It isn't a seller hence why system sales are still low.

This is not kind of game everyone wants or like to play. It may be great for those core fans who likes action with hack and slash style for fun but not for everybody. Also those who bought Wii U for this game will forget Wii U after this game is done and move on to other games they like in other platforms because they can get these kind of games more from 3rd parties even though they are not getting reviews like this but it will satisfy them as they have other kind of games too.

Of course IT IS A SYSTEM SELLER.

EVERY game Nintendo releases or even announces for the Wii U is ANOTHER REASON to buy one.

/this

Bayonetta is a niche franchise. If it were a system seller, MS or Sony would have picked up the tab. I'm just glad Nintendo picked it up off the scrap heap and were nice enough to include Bayonetta 1 for free with the sequel.

:O

A succesful youtuber!

This changes everything.

The reason why Bayonetta won't be a system seller is sexism. Gamers like their ladies to be sexy and sexual, but they don't like their ladies to be sexually powerful or dominant. They don't like them to be in charge of their own sexual destiny. It is too threatening to the sexuality of the gamer. Even with her crotch shots and arse wiggles, she's telling gamers they have no chance of actually getting any, so enjoy what I'm condescending to show you 'cause that's all you get. She's also saying that even if you did manage to get more from her, her raw sexual energy would burn you up and leave you an empty shell.

The vast majority of gamers can't handle that. Which is why despite Bayonetta being so critically acclaimed it failed to sell enough to make a profit. And why it is a terrible fit for Nintendo as from a sexuality perspective Nintendo's audience is even more conservative than others.

Bayonetta 2 will not sell very well, and will not move many Wii Us because people are too afraid. Not me though. That's the one thing I kind of appreciate about the game it's just the game, B1, itself I didn't connect to when I tried it out. Then again when I first tried God of War I didn't really connect with it, but now I love it, aside from the ridiculous and puerile sex bits, which are completely the opposite of the sexiness of Bayonetta. Too bad I will never buy a Wii U I guess, at least never during the official years of the 8th generation.

I do feel a bit obliged to play B1, so I will be looking out for it, as broken and not very playable as it is on PS3.

i watched theradbrad play this the other night,but i dont remember him saying he bought a wiiu for this,maybe he did and i forgot.....the game looks pretty damn good though,the fact you get the first one for free makes it tempting for sure 

its only hourly but,its actually a spot ahead of codaw xone,and a spot behind the cod ps4 version,its sandwiched inbetween them....

It's probably one of the Wii U's biggest system seller that isn't a traditional Nintendo game (Mario, Zelda, Smash Bros, etc)