Like, hopefully many of you, I am continuously baffled by the lack of understanding towards why PlatinumGames can't just publish or port games they literally do not have the rights to... They don't have the rights to those games. Personally, I don't understand why that is so hard to understand, Or why certain, weird comparisons are made to those who do own the properties they develop. Yes this hits a nerve.

Fortunately, Kamiya gave a concise and respectful explanation. just a few minutes ago. 

I was debating whether or not to put the whole set of tweets here but I figure it would take up a lot space or something or other.

Point is, there really shouldn't be any debate over this after this explanation.

Edit: here's the whole thing.

I've got something I want to tell you all. It's about Bayonetta 3. (1/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

We are a developer that creates games by signing contracts with publishers and receiving funds from them in order to cover development costs. (2/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

For Bayonetta 1, we signed a contract with Sega and received funds from them, then we proposed a design for the game and entered production. All of the rights belong to Sega. (3/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

At the time, our company had only just been established, and we weren't properly equipped for multiplatform development, so after discussing with Sega, we decided to develop the game exclusively for Xbox 360. (4/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

However, after that, one of Sega's trading partners ended up making a port for PS3, at Sega's behest. More recently, they also decided that a Steam version should be developed, which was released last year. Sega owns the rights to all of these versions. (5/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

When we started making Bayonetta 2, we initially received funds from Sega to develop the game for multiple platforms, but the project was halted due to circumstances at Sega. Nintendo then stepped in to continue funding the game, allowing us to finish it. (6/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

As such, the rights belong to Sega and Nintendo. The rights owners decided the game should be made for Wii U. (7/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

Nintendo was also kind enough to fund a port of Bayo 1 for Wii U, and they even allowed us to use the Japanese voice track we created for the Wii U version in the PC version of Bayo 1 as well. (8/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

I am extremely thankful to Nintendo for funding the game, and to Sega for allowing them to use the Bayonetta IP. (9/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

As for Bayonetta 3, it was decided from the start that the game was going to be developed using Nintendo's funding. Without their help, we would not have been able to kick off this project. (10/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

All of the rights still belong to Sega and Nintendo. The rights owners decided that the game should be made for Switch. (11/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

Game development is a business. Each company has its own circumstances and strategies. Sometimes this means games get made, sometimes it means they get cancelled. (12/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

I cannot express how happy I am that we get to make Bayonetta 3, and we intend to do everything within our power to make it as good as it can be. That's all we can do, and we consider it our greatest mission. (14/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

It took a while for production of Bayonetta 3 to be okayed, but now that it has kicked off, I hope it will turn into a wonderful encounter for all of you. (15/15)

— 無職 神谷英樹 Unemployed Hideki Kamiya (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 13, 2018

far cooler than a reply of just

"no"

reading the 15 of them, the guy is really passionate about the project ever since Bayo 1, that much is very clear. Love of the IP really must help in the creation of a good game for it.

Climax Edition, now that's funny shit

This is the way I see it:

I'm pretty sure literally no one who asks for Bayonetta 2 or 3 on other platforms, doesn't understand why it can't come. Seriously. The reason why people think they genuinely don't understand is that when they don't have any realistic basis to ask for a port, they back themselves into a corner and ask "Well why CAN'T it be done?" But everyone knows WHY. It's right there on the box.

Really this has become more of a game of what people want to happen than a game of how publishing rights are actually handled. The people who are disgruntled fans and want it on different platforms will continue to keep passionately tripping on their shoe laces, and the Nintendo fans that are happy they have an exclusive like this will keep using the facts that publishing rights make a port near impossible to try and ("'explain' publishing rights")gloat in a roundabout way.

I'm not saying anyone in this thread or even anyone on this website is doing this. But even as a kid or pre-teen publishing rights aren't rocket science. All you have to say is literally "this company is funding, they control the publishing, ports are a no no." But the point is, even if some people genuinely don't understand publishing, and even though it's great that we now have a thread explaining it ... I just think that if this keeps going on, it won't be about a lack of understanding anymore.

Took him long enough to do this in a straight-to-the-point approach that was also RESPECTFUL, but at least he did.

Did an adult take him aside and explain to him why clear communication is better for business than just being an asshole?

Makes sense

Co-owned IPs seem more in a grey zone though

And he couldn't have said this before being a complete asshole?
Still an explanation that leaves a lot of things desired. I'd rather he expand on the "Nintendo stepped in" part, because that's the most important thing here. Why Nintendo? Why not someone else? Why exactly at that point in time?

finally a kamiya post where it didnt result in me having to go ask my mom lol