PlatinumGames Responds to Fans Over Bayonetta 2’s Wii U Exclusivity

<p>Angry fans have been storming the internet&comma; leaving Hideki Kamiya <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;CNBFTBGB&sol;statuses&sol;246285810889027584">some rather nasty tweets<&sol;a> over PlatinumGames&&num;8217&semi; decision to make <em>Bayonetta 2<&sol;em> a Wii U exclusive&period; In response to fan reactions&comma; Tatsuya Minami&comma; President and CEO of PlatinumGames took to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;platinumgames&period;com&sol;2012&sol;09&sol;14&sol;bayonetta-2-joins-the-wonderful-101-on-wii-u&sol;">the company&&num;8217&semi;s website<&sol;a>&comma; to detail PG&&num;8217&semi;s decision to turn to the Wii U&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;As game developers&comma; we are incredibly excited to be able to announce a new title to all of our fans&semi; however&comma; we are aware that the announcement may have come as a shock to many of you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;As with Bayonetta&comma; Bayonetta 2 is under development and production here at PlatinumGames&comma; and is a true sequel to the acclaimed first game in the series&period; Bayonetta is one of our most beloved titles&comma; and it played a large part in establishing PlatinumGames as an emerging game studio in the minds of users worldwide&period; Bayonetta has fans the world over&comma; and we would never dream of alienating them from participating in the future of PlatinumGames&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Minami went on to discuss how the move would benefit the series over time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;That being said&comma; the console games market is in a state of upheaval&comma; so establishing a new game franchise requires a considerable amount of will&comma; determination&comma; and love&period; Bayonetta is a brand that we want to see become stronger&comma; reaching the hands of more and more gamers&comma; so we have continued to consult with SEGA&comma; the previous game’s publisher&comma; on how we can make sure this takes place&period; Our answer was a new partnership with Nintendo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Along with their new hardware&comma; Nintendo&comma; as a company&comma; is dedicated to establishing a new future for the games industry&comma; as you can tell by their record of passionate support for gaming&period; Alongside Nintendo&comma; we hope to grow the Bayonetta brand beyond where it stands today&comma; allowing even more gamers around the world to experience the action of our beloved witch&period; As developers&comma; we are working hard to make this a reality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We hope that you will look forward to what we have in store&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;368488&sol;bayonetta-2-we-would-never-dream-of-alienating-our-fans-says-platinum&sol;">CVG<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;