What has more validity sales and critical success or random forum dwellers' opinions, which most are biased and clearly have agendas behind them? Decisions decisions. 

Reviewers are people too, often biased and with agendas behind them. And sales only indicate subjectively motivated purchases.

As unlikeable as Kratos has become, Bayonetta and her extremely cocky, sex-doll, cliche attitude is much more unlikeable to me. I beat the first game and by the end I wanted someone, anyone, to bash her head against a concrete wall so bad.

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Setting: GoW. The art design for the levels in DMC has never caught my eye like GoW and its amazing looking world.

Characters: Neither of them have what I would consider good character development, but at least GoW's characters take themselves seriously, most of them anyway.

First game: Both had really good first games, obviously the first DMC was amazing for its time, but the original GOW just outshines it in pretty much every regard. Specially considering it's the only game from either franchise that I consider has an actually good story.

Evolution: DMC. GoW feels pretty much the same as the first game, but the quality remains constant in every release.

Better games overall: GoW. I just love the fact that it's so focused on the brutality of its combat. I've never really fell in love with the whole "being stylish in combat" thing that DMC focuses on. I prefer the combat to feel visceral and raw, just you and a horde of enemies, surviving any way you can.

Let's keep it simple. If you told me bayonetta is better than gow, but reviewers say gow is better than bayonetta, whose opinion do you think i will go with? Goodnight :)

I told you it was better in my opinion. Reviewers told you GoW was better in their opinion. It's not about right or wrong, it's about people having different tastes.

hmm this is tough. I like em both but ive always been partial to GOW moreso than DMC. DMC has better settings and has evolved more but thats kind of the rub. I still think GOW has better gameplay overall despite the changes made to DMC over the years. GOW just got it right the first time around, cant really do much with perfection IMHO.

Sure we have our preferences but I think sales speaks louder than personal opinions ...

I thought we agreed to disagree on sales = quality? ;)

I know ...  

(I hope one day you'll come to accept that conclusion.) 

GOW has better presentation but DMC combat is far more deep and complex.

I believe that the reason why people prefer GOW is because it does not have such a high learning curve as DMC. Not that many people have the time, or patience, to really delve into the DMCs combat.