Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.

One thing that we can easily learn by checking  websites/news/web forums  about videogame sales is that  there´s no real realible source for this kind of  information.

And people always seems to prefer to use numbers that either favor their favourite brand or disfavor the brand they hate. That´s  just silly. 

What's ironic is that is exactly what you're doing, even going as far as disregarding a confirmed source

Supposedly NPD gives diffeent people slighly different data in order to catch leakers who just copy and paste the numbers they are given.  So leakers will obfuscate their meaning and use rounded numbers to avoid being caught.  

How do we know this is true? Or just a rumour?

Ahhhh. That explains it!

Yep that makes sense and now that i think about it, Aqua said the same thing yesterday.

That does not make the situation any better.

wow never heard about that but makes sense.
not long ago I read that some digital magazine outlets include an individual watermark for each of their subsribers, so they know exactly who uploaded their ebook on the internet for others to download.

Im not sure id consider 2 million in sales as bombing.

@OP - 400k isnt that bad if you you look at things.  One, I believe this is just US, not canada.  So it will be slightly higher than what is currently shown.  But lets say Bayonetta 2 has sold 450-500k world wide.  Its still potentially in the top 20 games on WiiU sales wise and im sure it will continue to sell.  These arent lifetime sales.

However the problem is in three groups.  Nintendo's fanbase typically buys family friendly games.  Mario, Zelda, Splatoon, Mario Kart, etc   I most certainly cant see parents buying Bayonetta for their kids so that removes them.  

Another problem was that Bayonetta's fanbase (2 million people) were on other consoles.  While there certainly was overlapting consumers that has multiple consoles that is still a lot of potential fans lost.  However, Bayonetta 2 likely wouldnt have been made otherwise.  Nintendo helped them out.

The way i look at it is, this game is niche.  Its a great game that people are lucky that it was made in the first place.  And honestly, i believe it is probably profitable for Platinum Games as well.  Nintendo probably made it much less risky to make by funding it and i cant imagine it costing a fortune to make.

Just like From Software, i dont think Platinum Games has to sell millions to profit from a game.

yep.... a internet forum member that  no one knows for sure who he is, where he´s from and which source he has..... very confirmed source indeed.

Whatever anyone wants to believe. I´m  done here.