I can only speak for their Nintendo games, out of experience, but they seem to do a good job there. Astral Chains was awesome and original. Bayo 1&2 (while way too inappropriate for my tastes) were really well design games and the action was fun and cutscenes were superb. The Wonderful 101, while not my cup of tea, was and is extremely popular within a niche. Starfox Zero sucked, but I've heard recently that Nintendo actually made most of the game themselves and Platinum just polished it and couldn't make many changes.

It more or less proves that Platinum can make some bangers if given the time, the budget and aren't forced into doing something that isn't exactly their forte (like a F2P game), and it also proves that SE don't know wtf they are doing and how badly they handle managing the projects they give out. 

When you compare the games platinum has made with Nintendo vs the ones under Activision/SE, it becomes obvious that it's the publishers lack of vision/budget and time that's the part of the problem. 

I think SE saying some of their titles not meeting sales expectations is a ploy of some sorts, because with TR 2013 they said the same thing. They still went on to publish two sequels after it and the sales for all the trilogy games were pretty good. After Marvel's Avengers they still went ahead with Guardians.

I think SE saying some of their titles not meeting sales expectations is a ploy of some sorts, because with TR 2013 they said the same thing. They still went on to publish two sequels after it and the sales for all the trilogy games were pretty good. After Marvel's Avengers they still went ahead with Guardians.

Platinum seems like such a messy, mismanaged, and inconsistent developer. I don't know if there is enough evidence pointing to Square Enix being the main reason behind this disaster; Platinum is certainly no stranger to making bad and unsuccessful games. Let's not forget that Square actually saved their ass with NieR Automata.

Perhaps what they needed is a new NieR sequel headed by Yoko Taro and produced by Yosuke Saito, aka Platinum's saviors.

Hopefully Bayonetta 3 can help them out of this disaster. Otherwise they're in trouble... I'd rather have them acquired by anyone than gone.

THANK YOU! I have been trying to say this since TMNT as it was made in less than a year. Korra I think was 6 months.

Nintendo isn't the company I'd want to acquire them due to underpowered hardware and full exclusivity. Nothing Platinum made on Nintendo platforms reached even half the success levels of NieR Automata, which surprisingly was never ported to Switch. That game could hit 8 million+ with a Switch version added, demonstrating Platinum's potential as a multiplatform developer.

I think they best fit Capcom which is pretty much the company that spawned them. But it goes without saying that between Nintendo acquiring them and bankruptcy, everyone should hope for the former.

I am sure after this the line of companies to buy platinum games will be massive.