If Sega is funding this than they're making a dumb decision making it exclusively for the switch and not putting it out on other platforms. Nintendo is paying some part of it
Not necessarily. They have made loads of exclusives for Nintendo platforms in the past for no reason. They make exclusives for every platform still quite regularly.
There could be deals behind the scenes that we do not know of, like it could be as basic of a deal as Nintendo agreeing to pay back development of the next Mario & Sonic Olympics title.
We will see and you may be right but I think you are setting yourself up for disappointment assuming Nintendo is not partially funding it like the last one just because there isn’t a copyright from Nintendo. Nintendo even controlled when, who, and how it was announced and appear to be publishing as well. We don’t know but I wouldn’t assume Sega made it exclusive for no reason.
I just want to see SEGA's brands flourish again and having so many of their games stuck on singular platforms is disappointing. It is nice that Valkyria Chronicles 4 is on everything and I wish this was the same, it's especially disappointing after Bayonetta 1 was such a big hit on PC.
And both Sony and Microsoft (and whoever else) passed on it. Nintendo showed faith in it so why shouldn't SEGA and Platinum continue the partnership with them?
Yeah I mean it does seem like more of a nice gesture rather than anything else.
This is blatantly untrue.
The original rumour we heard in mid 2012 clearly said that Bayonetta 2 was one of the many titles SEGA cancelled because of their restructuring and focus on their "core Ip (Sonic, Yakuza and back then even Aliens).
It was not shelved, it was clearly done for. Just because they didn't cancel the movie, which was clearly planned to be an advertisement after Nintendo picked up the funding for B2 means absolutely nothing ( We have no idea what kind of deal the movie was tangled up with).
Quite frankly, this reeks of grasping at straws when even the development team went on record to say that B2 wouldn't have happened without Nintendo. This sped up thing is nonsense and not how publishers work.
The development team only ever said 'in danger of being cancelled', which is likely more . They were notably very disappointed with how SEGA handled Vanquish and Anarchy Reigns marketing. Cannot say I can blame them either.
Better start asking Nintendo to port it to your beloved platform.
First of all, nice fanboy reaction - I want it on all platforms, just like how I want all of SEGA's significant IPs to be. Second of all, that is from the Bayo1+2 trailer. This is what the Bayo3 trailer has:
You can stop port begging please? You're trying so hard. You can't handle Nintendo has Bayonetta exclusive again.
What? I said I want it on all platforms, just like Valkyria Chronicles 4. This is a great franchise and I want to see SEGA's brands flourish. On everything.
Also I only have only purchased Nintendo game hardware in the past 6 years, so congrats for playing yourself.