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SEGA releases Bayonetta (8-bit) on Steam

I wouldn't be surprised if Bayonetta 3 was console exclusive to Xbox One / Scorpio, and on Steam / PC.

Not because it shouldn't be on PS4 / PS4 Pro (it should) but because Microsoft will be looking for exclusives to show off Scorpio.
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With the countdown site a PC port of the first game makes the most sense.

Otherwise anything this close to April 1st without an announcement would be a super troll. Which would be fascinating to see.
 

ArtHands

Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Bayonetta is a lowest selling yet highest demand series for some odd reason
 

Majukun

Member
Bayonetta is a lowest selling yet highest demand series for some odd reason

not that low selling....bayo 1 did decent numbers for a new IP,in fact it went better than DmC if i remember correctly..or at least not that far from it...something alike 1.2 mln worldwide,not excellent,but not a flop

bayo 2 went really bas,but it was on a dead console owned mostly by people that only buy nintendo games.
 
I bet Nintendo will give another shot. They kept publishing Fatal Frame series even when the sales were horrible.

To be honest the only way I see Bayo 3 happening is probably Nintendo. I'd buy another 1&2 pack on the Switch. If they made a Bayo trilogy Switch set I'd be all over it as well.

Buying Bayo 1 PC on release date.
 

BasilZero

Member
Interesting.

Will get Bayo 1 on PC if it does come out lol



(Even though I already beat the first one)


Wouldnt mind getting the 2nd one either though I plan to play it on my WiiU sometime soon.

I'm sure SEGA will be able to release it in some way...if not, no loss either ways for me lol
 

ArtHands

Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
not that low selling....bayo 1 did decent numbers for a new IP,in fact it went better than DmC if i remember correctly..or at least not that far from it...something alike 1.2 mln worldwide,not excellent,but not a flop

bayo 2 went really bas,but it was on a dead console owned mostly by people that only buy nintendo games.

If sales isn't disappointing, why will nobody want to publish Bayonetta 2 except Nintendo?
 

Jawmuncher

Member
If sales isn't disappointing, why will nobody want to publish Bayonetta 2 except Nintendo?

Do we know for certain no one else wanted to publish it? Could be a case where Nintendo just had the most lucrative offer. As an example SFV was actually brought up with MS apparently, but they decided agaisnt it for their own KI.
 
Between this and continuing to make Sonic games, I am really starting to believe that Sega is the worlds leading terrorist organization.
 

Miker

Member
Oh my god if Bayonetta is finally released on Steam I'd have to re-evaluate everything I know to be true.
 

robotrock

Banned
If Capcom were smart they'd be working on a proper return to form as DMC5 - but I have little trust in Capcom nowadays. But hey - they did finally port Dragons Dogma to PC which was a great move so who knows.

Well, they did just put out RE7. I feel...ever so slightly better about Capcom right now than I did a year ago
 
Bayonetta 2 isn't happening, don't do this to yourselves. Bayonetta 1 would be amazing though, can't imagine what else this countdown could be.
 
Well, they did just put out RE7. I feel...ever so slightly better about Capcom right now than I did a year ago

Absolutely right. Capcom are sitting on their own balls less and less so I really hope whatever they do with Devil May Cry, if anything, turns out amazing.
 

Bronetta

Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Pretty sure DMC5 is gonna happen.

I'll believe it when I see it. RE7 aside, Capcoms been on some maximum fuckery this gen.

I cant even get hype for MvC:I, I just know Capcom gonna screw it up somehow.
 

DMONKUMA

Junior Member
Playing with my emotions huh Sega.....

Gonna play an actually Bayonetta game that is 60fps is gonna be great.
 
I hope they do a console release based on the PC one like they did with Valkyria Chronicles as well. Bayonetta 1 is one of the best games I have ever played and deserves to be on as many platforms as possible. One of those games that genuinely just feels so good to play. This is pretty obviously building up to a PC port and it's about damn time. Total no-brainer of a game to bring over.

People asking for Bayonetta 2 to be ported to anything other than Switch though... lol
 

Pie and Beans

Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Bayonetta 1 and Vanquish double pack please.

Bayonetta 2 had a worse story and the only stand out things was the better Star Fox mission and the more varied Bloody Tower equivalent. The story was hugely shit and skippable compared to Bayo 1's actual character building and emotional highs, and the huge AoE witch weave attacks you got were lame. Oh and all the "flying" bosses in Bayo 2 were total shit. Big letdown game tbh (Saito is the special sauce).
 

jett

D-Member
Once again: that game should have came to PC from the get go, otherwise, it would be alive right now.

Well, plenty of these folks may not own consoles.

I own Bayonetta and Vanquish on PS3. I actually own Bayonetta twice, my disc cracked, bought it on PSN.

I'd buy them again on Steam without a second thought.
 

Miker

Member
Bayonetta 1 and Vanquish double pack please.

Bayonetta 2 had a worse story and the only stand out things was the better Star Fox mission and the more varied Bloody Tower equivalent. The story was hugely shit and skippable compared to Bayo 1's actual character building and emotional highs, and the huge AoE witch weave attacks you got were lame. Oh and all the "flying" bosses in Bayo 2 were total shit. Big letdown game tbh (Saito is the special sauce).

I'd agree that Bayo 1 is a better game than 2, but 2's environmental variety, enemy variety, and general color scheme puts it on par with 1 for me. Love some of the weapons as well, although they vary in terms of their usefulness.
 

ArtHands

Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Do we know for certain no one else wanted to publish it? Could be a case where Nintendo just had the most lucrative offer. As an example SFV was actually brought up with MS apparently, but they decided agaisnt it for their own KI.

I think we can more or less say for sure. Its pretty much dead for a couple of years.

Can you just imagine the cries of the Nintendo fanatics.

Good god that would be so delicious I would dine on that for all eternity.

That's some major schadenfreude there.
 

kevin1025

Banned
Those achievement icons are pretty pretty pretty good!

What's with the April Fool's jokes being slightly cruel this year? (If this is that.)

They feel extra mean this year, with this (if it's fake hype) and the Nintendo Fire Emblem one.
 
Funny that you're saying all this when Lego City Undercover was the same way

and its coming out on other consoles on Tuesday

Nintendo owns large portions of Bayonetta 2 directly. There is no way it will ever release outside of a Nintendo console unless Nintendo sells their rights to the game (which they won't).

For example, all Bayonetta 2 content in Smash Bros is a shared copy write between Nintendo, Sega and Platinum according to the game.
 
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